My question involves civil rights in the State of: Georgia
My husband went down to the city hall of a small town in North Georgia (we live about 2 hours away) requesting open records of an incident that had happened over the weekend. They were not being helpful, so my husband got a little mouthy and said "I can't wait to sue the **** out of your city" as he walked out the door. (He said that because we believe they conducted an illegal search of our vehicle and charged him with possession of something that did not exist). The chief of police called him and said he planned on charging him with disorderly conduct next time he sees him. Remember, he said this OVER THE PHONE. My husband showed up to his court date and during the roll call, he said he would like to talk to the solicitor about the charges of possession. A little while later,k the judge called a few cops up to the stand then called my husband. My husband said "I need to speak to the solicitor." Judge said "No, we're doing this now." He said they were binding the charges over to the state (would not even listen to evidence we found from dashcam footage and police reports) and asked what his problem was with the other charge, i.e. why did he curse like that. Husband asks "Am I on trial right now? I haven't even been charged with that" and the Chief says "I told you over the phone you would be charged" and then the judge proceeds to hand my husband the citation and says "I find you guilty of disorderly conduct" and husband says "this is a kangaroo court" and was promptly charged again and taken to jail. So in a span of about 90 seconds, he was literally charged, judged, and sentenced to disorderly conduct and then charged again. A lawyer I know says this is called immediate adjudication. I'm not asking about the 2nd DO charge, but what kind of recourse do we have over the immediate sentencing after charging with the first one? You cannot charge someone with a crime over the phone as far as I know, so what do we do now? By the way, this judge is a municipal court judge over 17 cities in the northern Georgia area.

