Conviction Reversed on Appeal Robert "Leslie" Morrow, Canton, Georgia (arrested Aug 2011)

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    Robert "Leslie" Morrow, 28, paraprofessional & wrestling coach at River Ridge High School, Cherokee County Schools, Canton, Georgia, "accused of assaulting a 16-year-old girl in his vehicle"

    GA Daily News: Wrestling coach Robert "Leslie" Morrow charged with sexual assault (Aug 11 2011)

    Robert "Leslie" Morrow, 28, of Canton, is accused of assaulting a 16-year-old girl in his vehicle in December, according to Brittany Duncan, spokeswoman for Woodstock police. Morrow, a paraprofessional at River Ridge High School, was arrested Thursday after turning himself in to police. The victim, who reported being assault July 26, said the incident happened in a business park within the River Park subdivision, located on Highway 5 near Sixes Road in Woodstock. The teen was not one of Morrow's students ...

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    Woodstock Patch: River Ridge Wrestling Coach Arrested in Sexual Assault Incident with Student: Robert Morrow was arrested and charged with one count of sexual assault by a person of authority (Aug 11 2011)

    A wrestling coach was arrested and charged with sexual assault of a student after he turned himself in to this morning. Robert Leslie Morrow, 28, of Canton is in custody at the Cherokee Adult Detention Center with an $11,200 bond on one count of sexual assault by a person of authority, said Lt. Jay Baker, spokesman for the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office ... "According to the victim, the incident took place in December 2010 in Morrow’s vehicle in a local business park within the River Park Subdivision, located on Highway 5 near Sixes Road in Woodstock," said Brittany Duncan, spokeswoman of the Woodstock Police Department. The 16-year-old victim was not one of Morrow’s students, but attended class in the same classroom where he worked, said Barbara Jacoby, spokeswoman for the Cherokee County School District.
     
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    11 Alive: Cherokee Co. educators arrested for sexual misconduct (Aug 12 2011)

    Robert Leslie Morrow, 28, of Canton turned himself in to Woodstock police Thursday morning. Morrow, a paraprofessional and wrestling coach at River Ridge, performed a sex act with a 16-year-old student in December 2010, according to investigators. He confessed to the act during an interview with detectives, Woodstock police said.
     
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    Ledger News: Parapro, teacher arrested (Aug 17 2011)

    Robert Leslie Morrow, 28, of Canton, turned himself in Aug. 11 on the sexual assault by a person of authority charge after a warrant was taken for his arrest, said Ofc. Brittany Duncan, spokesperson for Woodstock Police.

    The incident reportedly occurred in December 2010, but was not reported to law enforcement until July 26, Duncan said. Morrow and the victim, who was not his student, but attended class in the same room where he worked, allegedly were parked in a local business park within the River Ridge subdivision, located off Ga. 5 near Sixes Road in Woodstock, at the time of the incident. “During an interview with detectives, Morrow confessed to the incident occurring,” Duncan said.
     
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    Cherokee Tribune: Former River Ridge wrestling coach heads to trial on sex charge (Aug 15 2013)

    Robert Leslie Morrow, 30, a former varsity wrestling coach at the school in Woodstock, is scheduled to appear in Cherokee County Superior Court on Monday and face a felony sexual assault charge, said District Attorney Shannon Wallace ... He pleaded not guilty Dec. 16, 2011, Wallace said.

    Woodstock Patch: Former River Ridge Coach To Stand Trial for Sexual Assault: Morrow was arrested in 2011 for allegedly having sex with a former student inside his car within a Woodstock subdivision (Aug 16 2013)
     
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    Cherokee Tribune: River Ridge coach guilty in sex case (Mar 1 2014)

    Robert Leslie Morrow, a one-time varsity wrestling coach at the school in Woodstock, was found guilty of felony sexual assault by a person of authority Thursday by a Cherokee County jury, according to the Clerk of Court’s Office ... After his conviction Thursday, Morrow was arrested and taken back to the jail to await sentencing, according to the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office.
     
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    Cherokee Tribune: Former River Ridge coach gets ten years (Mar 15 2014)

    A former River Ridge High School coach and paraprofessional got a 10-year sentence Friday for having sexual contact with a student in a 2010 incident the girl’s mother says has caused years of anguish. Robert Leslie Morrow showed little emotion as Cherokee Chief Superior Court Judge N. Jackson Harris ordered him to serve 240 days behind bars, with the rest of the decade on sex offender probation.

    Woodstock Patch: Former Coach Gets 10 Years in Sex Assault Case: Robert Leslie Morrow will serve 240 days behind bars, and the rest of the 10 year sentence on probation as a sex offender (Mar 17 2014)
     
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    State Supreme Court tosses conviction of Georgia paraprofessional who had sex with student

    I suspect this decision released today by the state Supreme Court will spark a lot of discussion. From the State Supreme Court: The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that the sexual assault conviction of a Cherokee County school paraprofessional who had sex with a 16-year-old student must be thrown out. In today’s unanimous opinion, Justice Keith Blackwell writes that under the statute outlawing the conduct, the paraprofessional convicted of the crime could not be considered a “teacher,” and therefore the statute did not apply to him. According to briefs filed in the case, in December 2010, Robert Leslie Morrow, 27, ...


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