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  • McGuire v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Rust Knox, Douglas Patrick Smith, (Towaliga Judicial Circuit Public Defenders Office), Forsyth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Lang Adams, Richard G. Milam, Cynthia Trimboli Adams, (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney's Office), Barnesville, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1215

    Court affirms malice murder conviction and rejects defendant's alternative hypothesis on voluntary manslaughter

  • State v. Rumph

    Publication Date: 2020-01-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Bradley Smith, Rebecca Ashley Wright, Natalie Spires Paine, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, appellant.
    for defendant: Keith Bernard Johnson, (Keith B. Johnson LLC), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0995

    Murder suspect's statements that were made without a Miranda warning would not be suppressed because defendant was not in custody when he made them

  • Carter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Lloyd Beckstrom, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, (Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1586

    Jury Was Authorized to Believe Witness's Pretrial Statement Over His Contradictory Trial Testimony

  • Powell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Troy Edward Golden, (Dougherty Circuit Public Defender's Office), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Gregory W. Edwards, (Dougherty County District Attorney's Office), Albany, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0721

    Trial Court Did Not Fail To Fully Instruct Jury on Respective Responsibilities of Trial Court and Jury

  • McClure v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Morgan Kendrick, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Griffin, Benjamin David Coker, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G1599

    A criminal defendant may pursue alternative competing defense theories and request conflicting jury instructions on those theories

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  • Pennington v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Francis Peil, (Huggins Peil, LLC), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Bradley Smith, Natalie Spires Paine, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G1495

    Court reiterates that a criminal defendant may pursue alternative competing defense theories and request conflicting jury instructions on those theories

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jon Wesley Setzer, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, (Gwinnett Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0681

    Recent Death in Family Was Hardship That Warranted Striking Prospective Juror Over Her Objection

  • Bryant v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Henry Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, Destiny H. Bryant, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0747

    Defendant's Last-Minute Decision Not to Testify on His Own Behalf Precluded Later Claim of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

  • Martin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hajja Martin, Helena, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Gerald Mason, Jason Matthew Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0635

    Evidence Supported Jury's Finding That Defendant's Unrebutted Self-Defense Story Was Not Credible

  • Chapman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Bradley Robert Thompson, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0868

    Court rejects defendant's jury instruction challenge due to waiver of claim or error