State v. John Doe (2006-2008)
Charges: Child Molestation (2 Counts)
County: Dekalb County Superior Court
State’s Case: The Defendant was the 53 year old boyfriend of the mother of a four year old boy who claimed Defendant had molested him in the mother’s home. After extensive pre-trial investigations and two years of work, the child was proven to have been untruthful.
Results: All charges were dismissed by the Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office.
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State v. John Doe (2007-2008)
Charges: Computer Trespass; Possession of Child Pornography
County: Fulton County Superior Court
State’s Case: Defendant was a 30 year old teacher with no record. A neighbor accused him of hacking into his computer network and downloading child pornography. The police arrested Defendant and charged him with computer trespass and possession of child pornography.
Results: All charges were dismissed by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.
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State v. John Doe (2007-2008)
Charges: Child Molestation (1 Count)
County: Dekalb County Superior Court
State’s Case: The Defendant was a 17 year old high school student who had agreed to babysit his neighbor’s 8 year old son for two weeks. The boy told his mother that the Defendant made him sit in his lap and “touched his bottom”.
Results: After extensive pre-indictment investigation including a psycho-sexual evaluation and an extensive preliminary hearing which revealed many inconsistencies in the complainant’s story, all charges were dismissed by the Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office.
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State v. John Doe (1994)
Charges: Sexual Battery (3 Counts)
Sexual Assault Against Persons in Custody (3 Counts)
County: Newton County Superior Court
State’s Case: Defendant was a high school teacher who was accused of fondling the buttocks of three teenaged girls at school, over a period of several days. They all made an outcry to a counselor at school. The Defendant was indicted for the above charges.
Results: After a six day jury trial, Defendant was acquitted of all charges.
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State v. John Doe (1995)
Charge: Rape
County: Dekalb County Superior Court
State’s Case: Defendant was a deaf 26 year old carnival worker. He and another deaf companion picked up a woman at a dance club. Both were alleged to have raped her after driving her away from the club.
Results: After an eight day trial using deaf interpreters, the Defendant was acquitted of rape.
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State v. John Doe (1993)
Charges: Second Degree Vehicular Homicide
County: Gwinnett County State Court
State’s Case: Defendant was an 18 year old high school honor student. After a power outage due to an ice storm, he went through an intersection (the control devices were not working) and struck another vehicle, killing the other driver.
Results: After a four day trial, the Defendant was acquitted.
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State v. John Doe (1996)
Charges: Armed Robbery and Burglary
County: Dekalb County Superior Court
State’s Case: Two victims were robbed at gunpoint in their home in the middle of the night. Both victims identified the Defendant as one of the perpetrators. The Defendant pawned several items taken in the robbery four days later, which was captured on camera.
Results: After a week long trial, Defendant was acquitted of the charges.
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In Re: BB (an infant) (2003)
Charges: Aggravated Battery, Shaken Baby Syndrome
County: Fulton County Superior Court
State’s Case: The Defendants were the parents of a five week old baby boy. The parents were suspected of shaking the baby, causing severe brain injury.
Results: Petition for Deprivation of Parental Rights was dismissed by the Attorney General’s Office. Following the dismissal, the Fulton County Police declined to prosecute.
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State v. John Doe (2000)
Charges: Motor Vehicle Theft
County: Dekalb County Superior Court
State’s Case: The Defendant was accused by his former girlfriend and another witness of stealing her car from her driveway. The car was found burned the next day. They both stated they saw Defendant drive her car away in broad daylight. Prior counsel had stipulated a polygraph on both witnesses, which they had passed. At trial, the Defendant presented his own expert polygrapher to dispute the results of the stipulated polygraph. The Defendant testified that he did not steal the car.
Results: After a week long trial, the Defendant was acquitted.
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State v. John Doe (1996)
Charges: Child Molestation (5 Counts)
County: Forsyth County Superior Court
State’s Case: The Defendant had been convicted of molesting his sixteen year old stepdaughter over a period of several months. Mr. Roberts got his case reversed on appeal (see Flowers v. State, 220 Ga. App. 814 (1996)).
Results: The District Attorney’s Office declined to further prosecute and all charges were dismissed.
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State v. John Doe (1998)
Charges: Murder, Armed Robbery, and
Violation of the Georgia Controlled Substance Act
County: Dekalb County Superior Court
State’s Case: Defendant and three others went to the home of an acquaintance to purchase drugs. During the transaction, the victim was shot and robbed of money and drugs. All four were accused of murder, armed robbery and VGCSA.
Results: The Defendant’s charges were reduced to criminal attempt to commit VGCSA. All other charges were dismissed and he received no jail time.
State v. John Doe (1992)
Charges: Child Molestation
County: Fulton County Superior Court
State’s Case: The Defendant’s ex-wife reported to authorities that Defendant had molested their five year old daughter. The Defendant was arrested for child molestation. During the District Attorney’s investigation, his visitation rights were terminated.
Results: The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office declined to prosecute.
State v. John Doe (1993)
Charges: Criminal Use of Fighting Words, Simple Assault
County: Clayton County Superior Court
State’s Case: The Defendant was a union organizer for the Northwest Airlines Mechanics Union. At a union meeting he called a rival organizer a “f___ing scumbag” while wildly flailing his arms about and gesturing in front of numerous witnesses. He was arrested and tried for “fighting words” and simple assault.
Results: After a four day trial, the Defendant was acquitted of all charges.
State v. John Doe (2001)
Charges: Aggravated Sodomy
County: Dekalb County School Board – Dekalb Juvenile Court
State’s Case: The Defendant was a 16 year old high school student. He was accused of forcing a 15 year old girl to orally sodomize him after school. There were two “corroborating” witnesses.
Results: After a full tribunal hearing and an appeal to the full Dekalb County School Board, the charges were dropped and juvenile authorities declined to prosecute.
State v. John Doe (2000)
Charges: Child Molestation, Sexual Exploitation of a Minor
County: Gwinnett County Superior Court
State’s Case: The Defendant was accused of molesting his 12 year old stepdaughter. Mr. Roberts conducted an extensive investigation and interviewed the child. The child eventually claimed she had dreamed the whole thing.
Results: All charges were dismissed by the Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office.
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State v. John Doe (2003)
Charges: Aggravated Assault
County: Dekalb County Superior Court
State’s Case: The Defendant was the live-in girlfriend of an Atlanta businessman. She allegedly stabbed him in the shoulder and upper left arm, causing him to lose consciousness due to loss of blood. She claimed he was abusing cocaine and threatening bodily harm to her, but admitted to the stabbing.
Results: After a thorough preliminary hearing and a thorough forensic investigation, the Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office dismissed all charges.
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State v. John Doe (2006)
Charges: Theft by Taking
County: Dekalb County Superior Court
State’s Case: The Defendant was the business partner in a model building company. The partnership broke up and the complainant hired a forensic accountant who calculated that the Defendant stole over $300,000.00 from the company. The Defendant was indicted in Dekalb County Superior Court.
Results: After a week long trial, the Defendant was acquitted of all charges.
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The United States v. John Doe (2004)
Charges: Conspiracy, Theft, Fraud
County: United States District Court, Southern Circuit, Savannah
Government’s Case: The government alleged that Defendant conspired with others to obtain money and property from the Republic of S’waiziland by fraudulently causing their government to believe they would open a baby food factory. Funds were obtained from the government for this but no factory was ever built. Defendant was under grand jury investigation for over one year.
Defense Counsel: Steve Roberts and Bob Wilson
Results: After an independent defense investigation, the government did not arrest the Defendant. The government did indict the other conspirator, who was convicted.
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State v. John Doe (2006)
Charges: Theft by Taking, Theft of Government Property
County: Dekalb County Superior Court
State’s Case: Defendant worked for the Dekalb School Board in the security department. The State alleged that he stole several computers from the school system (and engaged in other wrongdoing). The computers in question were located in his home.
Results: After a week long trial, the Defendant was acquitted.
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State v. Jane Doe (2007)
Charges: Violation of Georgia Controlled Substance Act
County: Douglas County State Court
State’s Case: The Defendant was driving her own car with a male passenger. Upon being stopped for a traffic violation, marijuana was located in the back floorboard, on top of the Defendant’s purse.
Results: The State dismissed the charges on the Defendant after motions, the day the trial was to begin.
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State v. John Doe (1996)
(Minor tried as an adult)
Charges: Rape
County: Dekalb County Superior Court
State’s Case: The Defendant and three others were indicted for raping a 17 year old classmate. They had picked her up at her house at 2:00 AM and kept her out until 8:00 AM the next morning. She was found by a paper delivery person, crying and saying she had been raped by all four Defendants.
Results: After a two week trial, the Defendant was acquitted.
State v. John Doe (1995)
Charges: Armed Robbery
County: Dekalb County Superior Court
State’s Case: The Defendant and two juvenile companions were accused of the armed robbery of a sporting goods store. They were facing twenty years in prison. All were positively identified as the perpetrators by the two store employees.
Results: After a week long trial, the Defendant was convicted of a misdemeanor and served no time in jail.
State v. John Doe (2005)
Charges: Armed Robbery
County: Dekalb County Superior Court
State’s Case: The Defendant was a high school golf star who eventually got a college scholarship for golf. He and a co-defendant were arrested for the armed robbery of a golfer at the Charley Yates Golf Course. Both were positively identified by the victim.
Results: After a thorough defense investigation, all charges were dismissed by the Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office. The arrest record of the Defendant was expunged.
The United States v. John Doe (2004)
Charges: Conspiracy to Import Cocaine
County: United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia
Govt.’s Case: The Defendant and two others were charged in Federal District Court with conspiracy to smuggle large amounts of cocaine into the United States. Defendant worked as a baggage handler for a large air line. One of the three was given immunity for becoming a government witness against the Defendant.
Results: All charges were eventually dropped. The Defendant was never tried.
State v. John Doe (1997)
Charges: Child Molestation (2 Counts)
County: Dekalb County Superior Court
State’s Case: The Defendant was a teacher with twenty four years of teaching experience. The State alleged he had fondled two fourteen year old girls (sisters) when he was signing them up for a summer school class at their home. He was arrested when this was reported to school officials and their father the day after the alleged incident.
Results: After an exhaustive investigation by the defense, the charges were not proved by the school system and the Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office, upon review of the defense investigation, dismissed all charges.
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State v. John Doe (1998)
Charges: Child Molestation (5 Counts), Cruelty to Children (5 Counts)
County: Coweta County Superior Court
State’s Case: The State alleged that Defendant took baths with his 4 daughters, ages (3-9), and performed numerous inappropriate acts with them and in their presence, including several acts of coprophelia. The State was recommending a twenty year sentence for Defendant.
Results: The charges were reduced to one count of Cruelty to Children and Defendant pled to time served, and was not required to register as a sex offender.
State v. John Doe (1996)
Charges: Child Molestation, Enticing a Child for Indecent Purposes
County: Coweta County Superior Court
State’s Case: The State alleged that Defendant contacted a fifteen year old high school student online and arranged to meet her in a parking lot in Coweta County. They did meet and she alleged that he fondled her.
Results: The charges were reduced and the Defendant was allowed to plead to only Enticing a Child and was not required to register as a sex offender.
State v. John Doe (2004)
Charges: Felony Murder
County: Dekalb County Superior Court
State’s Case: The Defendant shot her husband in the head when she mistook him for an intruder. She thought he was asleep in another part of the house. After the State discovered several insurance policies with the Defendant as the beneficiary, the State charged her with felony murder.
Results: After a defense investigation, including polygraphs and a forensic investigation, the State reduced the charges to misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter. The Defendant was given a 12 month suspended sentence.
RESULTS OF PREVIOUS CASES TRIED BY R. STEPHEN ROBERTS
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