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  • Russell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-05
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Gaddis Speights, (Speights Law, PC), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Cliff Head, Shannon Glover Wallace, Rachel Marie Ashe, (Cherokee County Office of the Solicitor General), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0910

    Evidence Showed That Defendant Reinitiated Police Interview After Previously Invoking Right to Counsel

  • Snipes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-05
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Allen Adams, (Griffin Circuit Public Defender Office), Thomaston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Benjamin David Coker, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, Elizabeth A. Baker, (Fayette County District Attorney's Office), Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0934

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Strike Investigator's Damaging Testimony on Cross-Examination

  • Scott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-05
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Alan Anderson, (Atlanta Circuit Public), Atlanta, Joseph C. Timothy Lewis, (JCTL Law), Colorado Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Marc A. Mallon, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0880

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Challenge Credibility of Prosecution Witnesses

  • Studivant v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Kenneth Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lee Darragh, (Hall County District Attorney's Office), Gainesville, Harold Alvin Buckler. Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1024

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Call Uncertain Alibi Witness

  • Roberts v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Randall Scarborough, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, Meghan Brittany Callier, (Fulton County Government - Office of the Public Defender), East Point, 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: S20A0988

    Denial of Statutory Double Jeopardy Claim Is Appealable Under Collateral Order Doctrine

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  • Reeves v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Z Brown, (The Moore Brown Law Group, P.C.), Marietta, Genevieve Holmes, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Mathew Eli Plott, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1005

    Defendant Failed to Show Critical Issues Were Discussed in Bench Conference Held Outside of His Presence

  • Brooks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-18
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Juliana Sleeper, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0895

    Defense Counsel Not Ineffective For Pursuing Self-Defense Claim As Defense Against Murder Charge

  • Watson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
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    Case Number: A20A1165

    Defendant Did Not Credibly Establish He Was Unaware of Fourth Amendment Waiver in Bond Order

  • Finnissee v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen Strang, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bradfield M. Shealy, Michelle Thomas Harrison, (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0966

    Trial Counsel's Decision Not to Request Jury Instruction on Lesser Offense of Voluntary Manslaughter Was Strategically Sound

  • Heyward v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Jones Walker, (Eastern Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Matthew Breedon, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0946

    Trial Counsel's Failure to Introduce Equivocal Evidence Supporting Self-Defense Theory Did Not Establish Ineffective Representation