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  • Ringold v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard T. Ringold, (Ware State Prison), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Samantha Routh, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1215

    Court Reverses Trial Court's Denial of Motion to File Untimely Appeal Where Trial Court Denied Motion Without Hearing Despite Evidence That Defendant Was Never Advised of Right to Appeal and Orders Hearing on Whether Defendant was Wholly Deprived of Right to Appeal Denial of Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea

  • Plummer v. Plummer

    Publication Date: 2019-02-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacqueline Nicole Fortier, (Garnett Harrison, PC.), Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph E. East, Joseph Remington East, (Joe East Law, PC), Kingsland, for appellee. Audrey Shapiro Chapman, (Audrey Shapiro Chapman PC), Brunswick, Therese S. Barnes, (Georgia Supreme Court), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18G0146

    Family Law Court Retained Jurisdiction Over Custody Proceeding Even After Child and Both Parents No Longer Resided in Georgia

  • Rawles v. Holt

    Publication Date: 2019-01-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1334

    Court Reverses Habeas Court Denial of Relief Based on Agreement Between Defendant and State in Which Defendant Waived Ability to See Habeas Relief in Exchange for Lighter Sentence

  • Mizell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-12-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Christopher Locke, (Locke Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, F. McDonald Wakeford, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1029

    Magistrate had a substantial basis for a search warrant, and the trial court properly denied a motion to suppress evidence found pursuant to that warrant.

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-12-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Davis Smith, (Conger & Smith, LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, (Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1454

    Court Affirms Conviction of Robbery Participant Convicted of Felony Murder but Vacates Sentence After Trial Court Failed to Merge Predicate Offense with Felony Murder Charge

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  • Dunn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Shane Howard, (McMillan & Rawlings, LLP), Sandersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., Rebecca Ashley Wright, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: s18a1284

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Sought Challenge Trial Court's Refusal to Allow Defense to Use Peremptory Strike on White Juror

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Alan Anderson, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Vanessa Therese Meyerhoefer, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stephen Andrew Bradley, Allison Thatcher Mauldin, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Milledgeville, Greensboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1169

    Murder conviction affirmed after court finds no error in admitting jailhouse testimony or in denying motion to sever

  • Raines v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Rupp Cribbs, Veronica M. O'Grady, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Scott L. Ballard, Benjamin David Coker, Brittany Ashton Fallin, A.D.A., (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0725

    Court Affirms Conviction of

  • Bennefield v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bennefield, Alamo, 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: S18A1410

    Court Rejects Untimely Appeal of Guilty Plea by Murderer

  • Sloans v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron Scott Palmer, (Middle Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague,, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, A.D.A., Natalie Spires Paine, Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1138

    Court Rejects Appeal by Convicted Murderer Who Challenged Use of Autopsy Photos at Trial