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- Following her release from Fulton County Jail, defense counsel for Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson held a press conference Friday.
- Peterson had been intervening on behalf of an unknown woman being assaulted outside a Buckhead lounge by a man, according to eyewitnesses.
- Defense counsel Marvin S. Arrington Jr. of Arrington & Phillips calls for dismissal of felony charges brought against Peterson.
After being released on a cumulative $5,000 surety bond, Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson joined her defense counsel from Arrington & Phillips in southwest Atlanta to host a press conference Friday afternoon.
On Peterson’s behalf, attorneyMarvin S. Arrington Jr. and a pair of witnesses linked to an incident at a Buckhead lounge that led to her arrest, contended the judge had been wrongfully arrested and charged with at least two felonies.
‘Judge Christina Peterson Will Be Completely Exonerated’
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