City of Atlanta v. Lambright

Pope, Judge.

Appellee Mark Lambright was formerly an officer with the City of Atlanta Police Department. The officer was charged with violation of certain work rules of the department arising out of an incident in which he took and kept in his possession, in violation of departmental procedures, eight warm-up suits with price tags attached found in a stolen vehicle which was discovered by the officer and his patrol partner. When he was questioned by superior officers concerning the incident, the officer refused to respond on the advice of his attorney because he had been charged with the crime…