Mr. Butler was an up-and-coming contractor hired to rebuild a duplex. Mr. Butler hired a subcontractor to install the plumbing in the duplex. As luck would have it, the client-owner was slow to pay Mr. Butler, who, had no actual cash on hand with which to pay the subcontractor. Because the subcontractor was insisting on being paid for the services he rendered, Mr. Butler gave the subcontractor a check, with the explanation that the check would not be good until Mr. Butler received funds from the client-owner. Well, the client-owner never paid Mr. Butler; and the contractor brought a criminal action against Mr. Butler for theft of services and deposit account fraud.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Racism Defense Attorney
In the last eight and a half years, I have repeatedly been told by clients, the parents of clients and other attorneys that do not frequently practice in Gwinnett County, how racist the criminal justice system is in Gwinnett County. While I must acknowledge that the sentences handed down by the judges are sometimes much harsher than the sentences handed down in Dekalb County and Fulton County (I represent folks in those counties also), I have not seen the racial disparity that would warrant such an indictment of Gwinnett County. For me, Gwinnett County is best illustrated in the case of State of Georgia v. Eric Butler, decided October, 2008.
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