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  • Wright v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Bischoff, (Bischoff Law LLC), Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Ballard, (District Attorney), Griffin, Benjamin Coker, (District Attorney), Thomaston, Marie Broder, (Spalding County District Attorney's Office), Griffin, Brittany Fallin, (Upson County District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0740

    Trial Court Improperly Revoked Probation Based on Defendant's Possession of Meth Pipe; State Only Showed Spatial Proximity, Not Admissible Evidence

  • Purnell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Johnson, Thomas Buscemi, (District Attorney's Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0526

    Potential Jurors' Comments on Sentencing and Parole Were Not Inherently Prejudicial; Trial Court Did Not Err in Declining to Strike Venire

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Lewis, (JCTL Law LLC), Colorado Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Majeska, Henry Syms, (District Attorney, Augusta Jud. Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0299

    Court Did Not Err in Denying Defendant's Motion for a Mistrial; Inadvertent Publication of Part of Witness Interview Did Not Infringe on Defendant's Right to a Fair Trial

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Crawford, (Crawford and Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Langley, Sidney Landreau, (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Blairsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0498

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Declining to Strike Member of the Jury Pool; Prospective Juror Was DA's Wife, But There Was No Possible Bias Found

  • Leggett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Adams, (The Adams Law Group PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tasha Mosley, (District Attorney Harold R. Banke Justice Center), Jonesboro, Charles Brooks, (Office of the Solicitor General of Clayton County Harold Banke Justice Center), Jonesboro for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0173

    Court vacates DUI convictions and remands case to determine if defendant voluntarily waived his right to counsel, and for consideration of other arguments