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  • Williamson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Timothy Lee Eidson, Ronald Steven Smith, Ronald Victor McNease, Jr., Thomas S. Bishop, (Patula Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cuthbert, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0276

    Court affirms murder and other convictions and rejects defendant's motion for remand.

  • Koroma v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick Koroma, (Washington State Prison), Davisboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Edwards, D. Reynolds, Lindsay Gardner, John Melvin, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0659

    Court affirms denial of child molestation defendant's motion to modify and reduce his sentence.

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Abigail Safford, (Attorney at Law), Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chad Pritchett, Louie Fraser, (Dublin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0263

    Court affirms denial of child molestation defendant's motion for a new trial

  • Robbins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marquise Robbins, (Hays State Prison), Trion, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Burke Doherty, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0030

    Defendant was not entitled to appointed counsel for his motion to modify his sentence, and his claims for ineffective assistance of counsel were without merit

  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd Matthews, (Attorney at Law), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Baker, Tracy Lawson, Yolanda McKenney, (Clayton County District Attorney Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0430

    Remand Necessary to Determine Whether Conviction Resulted From Trial or Negotiated Plea

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  • Moore v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carzell Moore, (Telfair State Prison), Helena, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jonathan Lang Adams, Cynthia Trimboli Adams, Elizabeth Knight Bobbitt, (Towaliga Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Barnesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0138

    Court vacates denial of motion for an out-of-time appeal on procedural grounds

  • Giddens v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dustin Land, (Bryan and Land, LLC), Ashburn, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford Bowden, Jennifer Hart, (Assistant District Attorney), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A2122

    Court denies defendant's motion to withdraw a sexual battery guilty plea after sentencing

  • Love v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard Anderson, (Law Office of Howard W. Anderson, III, LLC), Pendleton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, Christopher Carr, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, William Clark, (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Cleveland, William Langley, (District Attorney), Blairsville, Paula Smith, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1818

    Court denies defendant's enumerations of error and affirms his rape conviction

  • The State v. Spratlin

    Publication Date: 2019-04-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, Otobong U. Ekpo, (Dekalb County District Attorneys Office), Decatur, Anna Green Cross, (The Summerville Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of The Public Defender), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1158

    Court reverses new trial order that had been entered in favor of murder defendant

  • Heath v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Natalie Paine, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A2112

    Vehicular homicide conviction reversed due to trial counsel's failure to file a general demurrer to a defective indictment