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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

  • Gaston v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Santos Fleischman, Noah Howard Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, F. McDonald Wakeford, Kevin Christopher, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1284

    Defendant Was Not Prejudiced by Trial Counsel's Failure to Request a Jury Charge on Self-Defense

  • 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

  • Flowers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas Earl White, Warner Robbins, appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Karl David Cooke, Jr., Jason Michael Martin, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1151

    Court affirms murder and assault convictions over defendant's evidentiary challenge to admission of prior acts evidence and autopsy photograph.

  • Doyle v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob Dennis Rhein, (Law Offices of Jacob D. Rhein), Lawrenceville, appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Marc A. Mallon, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1005

    Court reversed murder conviction based on trial court's failure to give jury instructions on accomplice corroboration

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  • The State v. Stephens et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gregory W. Edwards, Harold Ronald Moroz, Melinda April Wynne, (Dougherty County District Attorney's Office), Albany, appellant.
    for defendant: Ricky Daniel Collum, (The Collum Firm, P.C.), Moultrie, Ingrid Patrice Driskell, Albany, Troy Edward Golden, Alexander S. Merrill, (Dougherty Circuit Public Defender's Office), Albany, Johnny Wayne Knight, (John W. Knight, Attorney at Law), Albany, Sandra Anne Satchell, (Georgia Public Defender Office), Albany, Roberto Shawn Hoover, Douglasville, Benjamin David Harrell, (Harrell and Lewis, LLC), Camilla, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1079

    Court affirms denial of admission of deceased witness's testimonial statement because defendants had no opportunity to cross examine the witness

  • In the Matter of David Godley Rigdon.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-29
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Chong Joo Kim, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y0434

    Attorney's Failure to Provide Factual Detail as to Felony Offenses Precluded Granting Petition for Voluntary Discipline

  • In the Matter of Richard M. Colbert.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-28
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard M. Colbert, (Richard M Colbert PLLC), Gulf Breeze, Richard Michael Colbert, Montgomery, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19Y1650

    Voluntary Surrender of Attorney's License Appropriate Disposition Following Guilty Plea to 13 Felony Counts

  • Perdomo v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Khary J Talley, Katherine Morgan Mason, (Augusta Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kevin Richard Majeska, Joshua Bradley Smith, Natalie Spires Paine, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1641

    Abundant Evidence Supported Convictions For Murder and Other Crimes Committed During Crime Spree

  • Chavez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Leslie Anna Coots, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1573

    Evidence Did Not Support Conviction for Possession of Firearm by First-Offender Probationer