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  • Whited v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara Mattes, (Barbara Mattes, Attorney at Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Walter Cliff Howard, Randal Matthew McGinley, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1215

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions of error regarding a jury charge and abuse of discretion in denying a motion to strike evidence

  • McElrath v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-05
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herman Maddox Kilgore, Carlos Javier Rodriguez, (Kilgore & Rodriguez, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., Stephanie Adrean Green, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0605

    State May Seek Retrial of Defendant On Count For Which Jury Returned Repugnant Verdict

  • Ammons v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-05
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bruce Syrop, Dustin Stephen Townsend, Hunter Joseph Rodgers, (Paulding County Public Defender’s Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anthony Brett Williams, Matthew Wayne Rollins, (Paulding County District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0542

    Admission of Evidence Driver Refused Roadside Field Sobriety Tests Violated Constitutional Guarantees Against Compelled Self-Incrimination

  • Winslow v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Rust Knox, (Towaliga Judicial Circuit Public Defenders Office), Forsyth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jonathan Lang Adams, Dorothy Vinson Hull, Leslie Ann Tilson, Carolee Reed Jordan, (Towalinga Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Forsyth, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0498

    Defendant Consented to Search of Laptop, And Consent Was Never Withdrawn

  • Beamon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Kay Jefferson, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1037

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and claims of failure to merge two charges

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  • Brookins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josh David Moore, Thea Adele Delage, (Office of the Georgia Capital Defender), Atlanta, Michael Boland Admirand, Katherine L. Moss, (Southern Center for Human Rights), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, III, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gray, Sydney Elizabeth Segers, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Milledgeville, for appellee; Anna Marie Arceneaux, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for other party
    Case Number: S22P0556

    No Error in Jury's Decision to Find Capital Defendant Not "Mentally Retarded" or "Mentally Ill"

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George William Thomas, (Brownstone P.A.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0794

    No Speedy Trial Rights Violation Where Defendant Waited Until Shortly Before Trial to Assert Rights and Failed to Show Prejudice

  • Torres v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Sabert Lowther, Bingzi Hu, (Lowther Walker LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Charles Keith Higgins, Benjamin E. Gephardt, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0659

    Defendant's Statements to Investigators Were Given Voluntarily and Were Not Induced by Hope of Benefit

  • Adkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathon Justin Majeske, (The Issa Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah Gonzalez, Samuel Richard d’Entremont, (Western Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0796

    Circumstantial Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion Victim Did Not Die From Suicide or Attack by Some Unknown Assailant

  • Benton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Lee Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Cook Jones, Abigail Beth Long, Bradley Robert Thompson, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22G0104

    Defendant's First-Offender Sentence Was Not "Conviction" For Purposes of Recidivist Sentencing Law