During a court hearing last week for a case investigated by the Fort Oglethorpe Police Department, the city’s attorney testified – on behalf of the defendant.
Robbie Stultz said his stepson is friends with one of the two defendants, a teenager charged with raping a fellow student at Lakeview High School. He said he didn’t know many of the details, only that he was being asked to serve as a character witness for the boy during his arraignment April 6.
“This is personal,” he said. “This is a good kid. I know him. I didn’t know anything about the case.”
Stultz said it doesn’t matter that he is Fort Oglethorpe’s attorney and that Fort Oglethorpe investigators arrested the boy.
There is no conflict, he explained, since he does not prosecute such cases. He merely represents the city in legal matters, like potential lawsuits.