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  • The State v. Shropshire

    Publication Date: 2024-01-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ruth M. Pawlak, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Vance Patterson, (The Law Office of Brian V. Patterson, LLC), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G0310

    Court clarifies legal standards for merger analysis in cases involving separate charges of child molestation and aggravated child molestation

  • Sumter County et al. v. Morris et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-16
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raleigh Willis Rollins, H. Thomas Shaw, (Alexander & Vann, LLP), Thomasville, Hayden Hooks Hooks, (Arnold & Hooks LLC), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ralph F. Simpson, (Simpson Mediation Services), Cobb, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G0169

    Court clarifies county's obligation in road maintenance, emphasizing the need for county authority to accept the dedication of a road for public use before the county is obligated to maintain it

  • Gates v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Foster Kramer, (Kramer & Pine), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stuart H. Hunter Patray, Daphne Jarriel Totten, Keith A. McIntyre, (Ogeechee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1158

    Court reverses denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence of his medical records that were seized pursuant to an ex parte court order, stating that the seizure was a privacy violation

  • Wilson et al. v. Inthachak et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ranse Murphy Partin, William Kent Owens, Jr., James Thomas Cox, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, James D. Hudson, (James D. Hudson, P.C.), Douglas, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Richard Dekle, Sr., Sandra E. Vinueza Foster, Wiley A. Wasden, III, (Brennan & Wasden LLP), Savannah, for appellee; Jarome Gautreaux, (Gautreaux Law, LLC), Macon, for Amicus Appellant; Gregory Gaines Sewell, (Bouhan Falligant, LLP), Savannah, Pamela Newsom Lee, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Freeman Mathis & GARY, LLP), Atlanta, Patrick N. Silloway, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, Philip C. Thompson, (Duane Morris LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1095

    Court returns case to appellate court, which was divided equally on the application of a particular issue, due to lack of equal division jurisdiction

  • Lee v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft, III, (Office of the Public Defender), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Frederick Lewis, Tina G. Stanford, Cynthia Dawn McDonald, Stacey Sherrard Jackson, (Chatahoochee Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1097

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes and rejects defendant's contentions of trial court's erroneous denial of motions for mistrial and ineffective assistance of counsel

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  • Beard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Jason Michael McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Lenny I. Krick, Drew Healy, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0906

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of jury instruction error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara S Becker, (Sara Stewart Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Thomas L. Williams, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0948

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes, finding that defendant's contentions that the trial court erred by refusing to give a self-defense instruction was harmless error

  • Jivens v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Eric Christopher Peters, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Shalena Cook Jones, Margaret Hinchey DeLeon, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, Gabriel Adam Justus, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1078

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of various trial court errors, all of which were either harmless or unpreserved for appeal

  • Scoggins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H Jones, (David H. Jones LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Eric Christopher Peters, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Rosemary M. Greene, Whitney Anne Law, (District Attorney’s Office of the Cherokee Judicial Circuit), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0894

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Bates v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Henry Frier, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Mathew Eli Plott, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0881

    Court affirms convictions of three co-defendants in a shooting death over their contentions of insufficient evidence, improper admission of certain evidence, and challenges to jury instructions