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  • Walker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Allen Adams, Jr., (Griffin Circuit Public Defender Office), Thomaston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Benjamin David Coker, Brittany Ashton Fallin, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1520

    Jury Was Properly Instructed on Elements of Malice Murder Despite Trial Court's Singular Use of Wrong Word in Jury Instruction

  • The State v. Bryant

    Publication Date: 2020-03-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Abigail Beth Long, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Scott Byrne, (Chatham County Public Defender's Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1145

    Court vacates order that excluded evidence in a murder case and remands for clarification of trial court's findings on bad faith and prejudice

  • Lee v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2020-03-02
    Practice Area: Discovery | Expert Witnesses
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley S. Wolff, David Marlow Atkinson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Crawford Alford, Nathan David Cronic, Sr., (Willis McKenzie LLP), LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G1549

    Court vacates order excluding testimony of late-identified expert and announces factors to be considered in excluding that testimony

  • Gittens v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Timothy Grady Vaughn, Keely Kight Pitts, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1044

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's arguments on sufficiency of evidence and other contentions.

  • Deloach v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Lee Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Matthew Breedon, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1299

    Record Did Not Support Trial Court's Conclusion Prosecution Knowingly Failed to Correct Witness's Material, False Testimony

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  • City of Atlanta et al. v. Atlanta Independent School System

    Publication Date: 2020-02-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emmet J. Bondurant, II, David Gregory Hill Brackett Robert Lawrence Ashe, III, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Jeffrey Spencer Haymore, (Dillard Sellers, LLC), Atlanta, Susan Marie Garrett, Nina Hickson, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, Robert Sparks Highsmith, Jr., (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Joseph Daniel Young, (Joseph D. Young, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard H. Sinkfield, Michael L. Eber, Rachel Mary Bishop, Cameron Blaine Roberts, (Rogers & Hardin LLP), Atlanta, appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1203

    Dispute Between City of Atlanta and Atlanta School System Not Ripe For Review

  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Brown Dillon, (Brown & Gill, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Sassano, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Benjamin David Coker, Elizabeth Morgan Kendrick, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1257

    Evidence That Stabbing Victim Was Involved in Altercation With Third Party Shortly Before He Was Killed Was Properly Excluded From Trial

  • Coen v. Aptean, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-27
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Software
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: S18G1638

    Court interprets OCGA §51-7-83(a) to mean that punitive damages are recoverable in lawsuits over abusive litigation

  • Howell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee William Fitzpatrick, (Fitzpatrick Law, PC), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert McIntosh Poston, Jr., (Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1182

    Probative Value of Evidence of Prior Assault to Show Intent to Attack and Kill Homeless Victim Was Not Unduly Prejudicial

  • Mitchell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-27
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    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