TRUTH HUNTER
INVESTIGATIONS
Clayton County, Georgia
Not Guilty
Investigation
Homicide & Gang Investigation
Year
2026
Location
Clayton County, Georgia
Retained By
Nicole Fegan, Fegan Law
Objective
Conduct a comprehensive homicide investigation focused on self-defense. Contest the State’s criminal street gang allegations and claimed identifiers. Analyze cell phone extractions and social media. Testify as a gang expert at trial.
The Work
Behind the
Record.
How Did Truth Hunter Investigations Play a Part?
The State charged homicide and four counts under Georgia’s Street Gang and Terrorism Prevention Act. That combination changes the case. Once gang counts are in the indictment, the jury is no longer looking only at a shooting. It is being asked to treat the accused as part of a criminal organization. The investigative problem was whether the State had actual nexus evidence under Georgia law, or identifiers, association, music, and reputation dressed up as gang.
The homicide side of the file was investigated as a self-defense case: witnesses, scene, digital timeline, and the conduct of the people involved. In parallel, claimed gang identifiers were examined against training and experience in Georgia street gang investigations. Cell phone extractions and social media were reviewed for what they actually showed about membership, direction, and any connection between an alleged gang and the charged acts, as distinct from image or affiliation.
Gang expert testimony was provided at trial, so the jury heard the difference between a statutory gang case and guilt by association. I was able to demonstrate the “gang evidence” was merely clients ties to a legal music label, and not connected to criminal street gang activity.
Jury trial charges: Violation of Georgia’s Street Gang and Terrorism Prevention Act (4 counts), Malice Murder, Felony Murder, Aggravated Assault.
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