Glen Edward Ashman (February 7, 1956 - August 17, 2018) in

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) was a lawyer who served as a judge in the Municipal Court of

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beginning in 1988. He was last reappointed on July 2, 2007. Th
East Point City Court
is one of the state's busier municipal courts, handling traffic, housing code
East Point City ordinance
and other criminal cases.

Education

Ashman received his B.A. from

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and his

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''cum laude'' from

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, where he was on th
Mercer Law Review
. He was admitted to practice law in Georgia in 1980.

Law Practice

Ashman had a general civil practice in the

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, including divorce, adoption, bankruptcy, wills, and personal injury.

Books and articles

Ashman was the author of the Georgia Municipal Judges Benchbook. The benchbook is published by th
Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (ICJE)
and the Georgia Council of Municipal Court Judges]. Ashman also authored ''Random Searches at Public Concert Held Fourth Amendment Violation'' in th
Mercer Law Review
, Volume 30, Page 1093 (1979).

Online Forums and Blogs

Ashman was a long-time participant in the online world, hosting forums on Delphi online service, Delphi Forums. His personal law forum was started in the mid-1990s. In 2002, he served as a member of the Executive Council for Delphi Forums.

The Kudzu Case

One of Judge Ashman's more notable dealt with how appellate courts handle appeals of Constitutional issues from local courts. ''Russell v. City of East Point'', 261 Ga. 213, 403 SE2d 50 (1991), Locally, it is more commonly known as the

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case, and dealt with an attorney's home being overgrown with the weed. The constitutional issue was whether a right to a

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applies in a local ordinance case in which the court has held that there is no possibility of incarceration.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashman, Glen 1956 births 2018 deaths Georgia (U.S. state) state court judges Mercer University alumni