• Casas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Kerry Oconnell, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0137

    In-Chambers Meetings With Judge and Attorneys Outside of Unruly Defendant's Presence Did Not Violate His Due Process Rights

  • Chapman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Charles Cauble, (The Law Office of Charles Hudson Cauble, P.C.), Newnan, Megan Harrison, (Coweta County Public Defender), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Parrish, Marietta, John Cranford, Jessica Williams-Vickery, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0234

    Traffic Officer's Reasonable But Mistaken Belief That Driving On Fog line Was Illegal Justified Stop

  • Waller v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Jayna Easton, (Fulton County District Attorney Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0523

    Trial Counsel's Decision Not to Challenge Admission of Other-Act Evidence Was Part of Reasonable Trial Strategy

  • Tarlton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-27
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Bennett, (Bennett and Connell, LLC), Adel, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jessua Hornsby, (District Attorneys Office - Southern Judicial Circuit), Dixie, Chase Studstill, (Alapaha Judicial Circuit Distritct Attorney’s Office), Nashville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0347

    Defendant's Right to Be Present Not Violated When Trial Court and Counsel Discussed Replaying Forensic Video to Jury

  • Pugh v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Brandon M. Delfunt, Clifford Louis Kurlander, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0253

    State Failed to Meet its Burden to Prove Guilty Plea Was Entered Knowingly and Voluntarily

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  • Perryman-Henderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of the Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Agatha K. Romanowski, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0228

    Defense Counsel's Cross-Examination of Medical Examiner Was Within Range of Reasonable Professional Assistance

  • Muse v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    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

  • Leonard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan C. Malone, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Emily Rebecca Polk, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stacey Sherrard Jackson, Frederick Lewis, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0135

    Declarant's Belief That His Death Was Imminent Supported Application of Dying Declaration Exception to Hearsay Rule

  • Greene v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Kenneth Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Eric Christopher Peters, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth Dalia Racine, Aimee F. Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney’s Office), Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0200

    Any Error In Admitting Evidence of Prior Assaults on Murder Defendant's Ex-Girlfriends Was Harmless

  • Lute v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William, (Attorney at Law), Sandy Springs, Andrew Fleischman, (Sessions & Fleischman), Sandy Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Stone, Sandra Wisenbaker, (Office of the Solicitor General), Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0449

    Weaving Within Bounds of Single Lane of Travel on Lined Roadway Does Not Violate Georgia Law