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Judge told to reconsider Glock case

By Bill Rankin
Feb 18, 2013

The Georgia Supreme Court Monday told a Cobb County judge to reconsider charges against three lawyers accused of conspiring to steal more than $3 million from Gaston Glock and his companies, including Glock Inc.

The court said that, before trial, a determination needs to be made whether the statute of limitations has expired on 11 counts in the indictment, thereby barring prosecution. Former federal prosecutor Jim Harper and lawyers Jerry Chapman and Jeffery Pombert have pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.

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