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  • Compton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jad Johnson, Victor Aloisio, (Office of the Public Defender, Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clayton Fuller, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1703

    Court affirms conviction for theft by receiving stolen property despite alleged conflict between defendant's Alford plea and claim of innocence

  • Ponders v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Micah Gates, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Kenemer, John Helton, Megan Parker, (McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham, LLP), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1780

    Court affirms conviction for child molestation over defendant's multiple contentions of ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Kevin Armstrong, Pareesa Amjadi, (Fulton County Office of the District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1753

    Court affirms convictions for rape and aggravated sodomy over defendant's contentions of jury instruction error, improper admission of prior acts evidence, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Jakes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sylvia Goldman, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Leslie Coots, (District Attorney Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1215

    Court affirms convictions for possession of controlled substances and other crimes over defendant's contention that a successor judge improperly ruled on a motion for a new trial

  • Martin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Jones, (Leslie Spornberger Jones LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tammy Coffey, (District Attorney’s Office Baldwin County), Milledgeville, Tuttle Barksdale, (OcMulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Eatonton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1421

    Court affirms convictions for possession of a controlled substance, rejecting defendant's arguments as to the denial of his motion to suppress evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

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  • Sullivan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Withers, (Withers Law Firm PC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ian Heap, Daphne Totten, (District Attorney’s Office, Ogeechee Judicial Circuit), Springfield, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1600

    Court reverses revocation of suspended sentence and remands for resentencing because defendant's failure to attend drug treatment was a violation of a general and not a special condition

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Jones, Bryan Roy, (Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1751

    Court affirms convictions for rape, aggravated Assault, and false Imprisonment over defendant's contentions of Inconsistent verdicts, insufficient evidence, jury instruction error, and improper closing

  • Jaccaro Cross v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Clifford Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1446

    Court affirms multiple convictions in an armed robbery case over defendant's challenges involving identification testimony by co-defendant and another witness

  • Poole v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Chappell, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Leah Mayo, (Rome District Attorney’s Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1318

    Court affirms convictions for theft by taking and exploitation of a disabled adult over defendant's contention that the two convictions were mutually exclusive

  • Graham v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody Peterman, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michelle Harrison, Bradfield Shealy, (District Attorney Southern Judicial Circuit), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1377

    Court affirms conviction for incest and statutory rape over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel, emphasizing the strength of DNA evidence against him