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  • Westbrook v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Emily Kathleen Richardson, Sherry Boston, Destiny H. Bryant, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1120

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's arguments against sufficiency of evidence, trial court error, and assistance of counsel

  • Mitchell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-27
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Shepherd West, (David West & Associates), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Alonza Whitaker, Benjamin E. Gephardt, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1147

    Gruesome Autopsy Photo Had Significant Probative Value as to Direction of Gunshot Wound

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Dustin Jeremiah Lee, (Fulton County Office of the District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1570

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Sustain Convictions for Malice Murder and Possession of a Firearm

  • Taylor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner, Jr., (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, Brandon A. Bullard, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, David Benjamin Cooper, (Metro Conflict Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1476

    Thirteen Obscene Words Uttered in One Profanity-Laced Courtroom Tirade Constituted Single Act of Contempt

  • Bankston v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clinton Bankston, Unadilla, appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Vance Patterson, Kenneth W. Mauldin, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1551

    A Motion to Vacate a Conviction Is Not an Appropriate Remedy in a Criminal Case and Is a Nullity

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  • Driver v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Chappell, II, Roswell, appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Leigh Ellen Patterson, Luke Anthony Martin, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1298

    Court Properly Admitted Into Evidence an Admission Defendant Made to Police While in Custody; Defendant Voluntarily Waived His Right to Counsel

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Lee Copeland, (Rouse & Copeland, LLC), Savannah, appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John Thomas Durden, Jr., Alexis Marie Antonucci, Sandra Dutton, (Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1187

    Court affirms murder conviction over evidentiary and due process challenges

  • Ramirez v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-17
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of the Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Emily Kathleen Richardson, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1504

    Trial Counsel Was Not Ineffective for Withdrawing a Request to Charge the Jury on Mutual Combat; Evidence Did Not Support a Mutual Combat Charge

  • Bullard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Perry Waters, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Karl David Cooke, Jason Michael Martin, Shelley T. Milton, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1017

    Court affirms murder and gang crimes convictions over defendant's challenges to sufficiency and use of evidence

  • The State v. Beard

    Publication Date: 2019-12-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jessica A. Seares, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0535

    Court affirms trial court's grant of new trial to murder defendant, which grant was based on trial court's authority as "thirteenth juror"