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  • Copeland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Lorraine Leslie, (The Leslie Group, LLC), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Aslean Zachary Eaglin, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0281

    Court affirms felony murder conviction and rejects defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and claims of self-defense

  • Ward v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teri Lynn Doepke, (The Doepke Law Firm, LLC), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bobby Lee Christine, Kevin Richard Majeska, (Columbia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Evans, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0139

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and malice murder over defendants' challenges to sufficiency of evidence and other contentions of error

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James David Michael, (Burgar & Michael, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Mark Geller, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Ashley Cecelia O’Neal, Nicole De Leon Finnie, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0084

    Error in Instructing on Evidence Not Admitted at Trial Was Harmless

  • Taylor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-04-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    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, Daniel Brent Cochran, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, (OcMulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gray, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0053

    Trial Court's Self-Defense Instruction Did Not Improperly Shift Burden of Proof on That Defense to Defendant

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-04-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Dodd Roth, Lydia Martell Schlitt, (Augusta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee; Jill Anderson Travis, Mazie Lynn Guertin, Natalie Katherine Glaser, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Jason B. Sheffield, (Peters, Rubin, Sheffield & Hodges), Decatur, Kenneth Wayne Sheppard, Smyrna, Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia), Morrow, Ross Warren Bergethon, Stephen John Petrany, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Drew F. Waldbeser, (Lehotsky Keller LLP), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S22A0964

    Pro Se Filing Made by Defendant Actually or Presumptively Represented by Counsel Not Necessarily a Nullity

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  • WS CE Resort Owner, LLC v. Holland et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-16
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Davison Burch, Jr., Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., Leah Ward Sears, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Jeffrey Spencer Haymore, Julie Louise Sellers, Randolph Baxter Russell, (Dillard Sellers, LLC), Atlanta, Kevin Robert Stone, (Sugarman Law, LLP), Atlanta, John O’Shea Sullivan, (Burr & Forman LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Elwin Stell, Jr., (Stell, Smith & Mattison, P.C.), Winder, for appellee; Joshua Adam Scoggins, Kenneth Stanton Kincaid, (Miles Hansford & Tallant, LLC), Cumming, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S22G0030

    "Golf Course" Designation on Subdivision Plat Did Not Create Easement Benefiting Homeowners

  • Wilson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Howard, (The Howard Law Firm, P.C.), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, Joshua Mark Geller, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0885

    Conspiracy to Purchase Marijuana Was Predicate Felony That Proximately Caused Victim's Death

  • Gay v. Jackson, Judge et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda K Johns, Tokunbo Henry Adeleye, (City of Atlanta Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Raines Felton Carter, (Office of the City Solicitor), Atlanta, Gary E. Jackson, (Atlanta Municipal Court), Atlanta, Hermise Pierre, Michael Christopher Wynter, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1204

    Court affirms dismissal of defendant's pretrial habeus petition because defendant had other remedies available that superseded habeus relief

  • Ridley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Chappell, II, (Georgia Public Defender Council), 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, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1081

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and allegations of error and abuse of discretion

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Yelton Peace, (Manning Peace, LLC), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, Fani T. Willis, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Burke Olivia Doherty, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0958

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's contentions of violation of a speedy trial right, trial court evidentiary error, and ineffective assistance of counsel