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  • Muse v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elaine L. Thompson, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0316

    Trial Court's Response to Jury's Written Inquiries Did Not Violate Defendants' Right to Counsel and Right to Be Present

  • Raffensperger v. Jackson et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ross Warren Bergethon, Maximillian James Changus, Margaret Kemmerly Eckrote, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Melissa Angeleah Tracy, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Yasha Heidari, (Heidari Power Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, Renee D. Flaherty, (Institute for Justice), Arlington, Jaimie Cavanaugh, (Institute for Justice), Minneapolis, for appellee; Amy Lee Copeland, (Rouse & Copeland, LLC), Savannah, for Amicus Appellant; Anthony L. Cochran, Emma Cramer, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus; Maxwell Kent Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, Eugene R. Curry, (Law Office of Eugene R. Curry), Barnstable, Joseph Diedrich, (Husch Blackwell LLP), Madison, Rebecca C. Furdek, (Husch Blackwell LLLP), Milwaukee, Abraham James Spung, (Husch Blackwell LLP), Chattanooga, Glenn A. Delk, (Lightmas & Delk), Atlanta, Wilson C. Freeman, (Pacific Legal Foundation.), Sacramento, Timothy Sandefur, (Scharf-Norton Center For Constitutional Litigation), Phoenix, Madison Hunter Kitchens, John Franklin Sacha, Jr., Seth Isaac Euster, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0017

    Statute Requiring Certification of Lactation Care Providers Violated Due Process Right to Practice Their Chosen Profession

  • King v. King, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald R. Andersen, (Skinner Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael T. Fackler, John C.W. Cherneski, (Miliam Howard Nicandri & Gilliam, P.A.), Jacksonville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Q0105

    Court determines that if a confidential relationship creates a duty to disclose, failure to adhere to that duty may constitute a breach of a fiduciary duty

  • Smith, Warden v. Chandler

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Kammer, Chris Alviz. Alexandra Hofstetter, Lilly Nickels, Taylor Rinberger, (Mercer Habeas Project), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0224

    Court affirms petition for habeus relief where petitioner, who was convicted of child molestation, made claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel

  • Martin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Michael Lanier Edwards, Shalena Cook Jones, Jillian H. Gibson, Gabriel Adam Justus, Nick Jack Rajesh Sheppard Patel, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0340

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence

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  • Brock v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Michael Johnson, Nashville, Ryan C. Malone, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jennifer Rue Smith, Chase Landon Studstill, (Alapaha Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Nashville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0124

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to admission of other acts evidence and claims of ineffective assistance

  • Bowman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hunter Joseph Rodgers, Michael B. Syrop, (Paulding County Public Defender’s Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Brett Williams, Matthew Wayne Rollins, (Paulding County District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee; Kimberly A. Dymecki, Peachtree Corners, Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Jason B. Sheffield, (Peters, Rubin, Sheffield & Hodges), Decatur, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S22G0303

    Court reverses appellate court decision and finds that a defendant's right to a speedy trial was violated because the jury was never sworn in under oath

  • Norris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    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, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1166

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Impeach One of Several Physicians Who Described Child's History of Injuries

  • Gonzales v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Lee Copeland, (Rouse & Copeland, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John Thomas Durden, Jr., Melissa Leigh Poole, (Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Hinesville, for appellee; Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia), Morrow, Jill Anderson Travis, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Mazie Lynn Guertin, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Jason B. Sheffield, (Peters, Rubin, Sheffield & Hodges), Decatur, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Natalie Katherine Glaser, Omotayo Bayonle Alli, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S22A1303

    County's Filing Notice of Appeal Challenging Unappealable Order Did Not Did Not Deprive Trial Court of Authority to Dismiss Pending Counts

  • Evans v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0893

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Seek Admission of Responding Police Officer's Body Camera Videos