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  • Carter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-12-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Alan Anderson, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Virginia Lee Davis, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0871

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes and rejects defendant's claims of error as to omission of an accomplice corroboration jury Instruction and improper admission of evidence

  • Jenkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-12-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Charles Keith Higgins, Benjamin E. Gephardt, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0534

    Defendant's Unequivocal Statement During Booking Demanding Presence of Lawyer Was Valid Invocation of Miranda Rights

  • Regan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-12-06
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gordon Clark Hall, Jr., (Law Office of Gordon Hall, LLC), La Fayette Melinda Faye Johnson, (Johnson Law Firm), Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bailey Rachel Simkoff, Randal Matthew McGinley, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0686

    Defendant's Sentence For Felony Child Molestation Violated Federal Equal Protection Rights

  • Cooper v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-12-05
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Walter Donnelly, (Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0846

    Trial Counsel Did Not Render Constitutionally Ineffective Assistance by Failing to Object to Multiple Portions of Lead Detective Testimony

  • Elements Distribution, LLC v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2023-12-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Church, (The Church Law Firm, LLC), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Brandon Delfunt, (Gwinnett County District Attorney), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0842

    Court reverses trial court's denial of a petition to return products containing delta-8-THC and delta-10-THC, where those products were seized pursuant to an invalid warrant

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  • Champion v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Sirianni, George Thomas, (Brownstone PA), Winter Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christian Brown, Bradford Rigby, (District Attorney’s Office of the Cordele Judicial), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0887

    Court affirms convictions for identity fraud, forgery, and other charges over defendant's contentions ion insufficient evidence, improper admission of evidence, and ineffective assistance

  • The State v. Robertson

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Johnson, Lenny Krick, Sherry Boston, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerard Kleinrock, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1012

    Court reverses trial court's grant of defendant's motion for a new trial on charges of vehicular homicide and other crimes, finding that error in admitting BAC evidence did not contribute to verdict

  • Bonner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White, (District Attorney), Atlanta, Michael Coveney, (District Attorney’s Office of the Northern Judicial Circuit), Danielsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0970

    Court affirms convictions for attempted murder and neglect of an elder person over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Jordan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marquis Jordan, (Hall County Correctional Institution), Gainsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Eatonton, Faith Worley, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0772

    Court reverses and remands for reinstatement of defendant's original probation sentence on an aggravated assault count, finding that trial court did not have jurisdiction to change that sentence

  • Martin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mike Carlson, Fani Willis, (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney, Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, Kevin Armstrong, (Office of the District Attorney), Atlanta, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0906

    Court affirms denial of defendant's convictions for rape, child abuse, and other crimes over his contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel, improper admission of evidence, and jury instruction error