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  • 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

  • The State v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2023-05-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Keely Kight Pitts, Timothy Grady Vaughn, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Edward Jones, (Jones & Oliver, P.C.), Fort Valley, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0420

    Court vacates ruling that other-acts evidence is inadmissible and remands for performance of a balancing test as per the court's analysis

  • Bacon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Lee Copeland, (Rouse & Copeland, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John Thomas Durden, Jr., Hugh Davis Ridgway, (Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0256

    Defendant Not Prejudiced by Trial Court's Refusal to Permit Testimony From Defense's Expert Witness on Gun Safety

  • McCalop v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. M. Raffauf, (J. M. Raffauf P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Ashley Cecelia O’Neal, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0210

    Defense Witness Opened Door to Presenting Evidence of Defendant's Bad Character

  • Barrett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lumpkin, (Office of the Public Defender for the Cherokee Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anna Johnson, Samir Patel, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit - District Attorney’s Office), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0849

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation and other crimes over defendant's challenge to refusal to admit certain evidence and admission of other acts evidence

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  • The State v. Harnett

    Publication Date: 2023-05-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, James Williamson, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bert Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0265

    Court vacates judgment excluding level-of-certainty evidence and remands for application of the Rule 403 balancing test

  • The State v. Berman

    Publication Date: 2023-04-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Fitzner, (Middle Judicial Circuit), Swainsboro, Jessica Wilson, (District Attorney’s Office, Middle Judicial Circuit), Lyons, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Kirkland, (Law Office of Tina Maddox, LLC), Vidalia, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0654

    Trial Court Should Have Allowed Investigator's Testimony Regarding Defendant's Alleged Incriminating Statements About Prior Acts of Child Molestation

  • Nundra v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-04-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Dwayne C. Singleton, LLC), Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joseph Kenneth Mulholland, (South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0043

    No Error in Allowing Prosecutor to Compare Defendant With Sociopaths and Serial Killers During Closing Argument

  • Middlebrooks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Dodd Roth, Tiera Mary Elaine Williams, Maigan Jenkins, (Augusta Public Defender’s Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1328

    Forensic Psychologist's Testimony Supported Jury's Conclusion That Murder Defendant Was Feigning Symptoms of Schizophrenia

  • Spratlin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Pearlman, (Office of the Public Defender Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerald Henderson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney), Lawrenceville, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Judicial Circuit, DA), Athens, for appellee; Robert Smith, (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia), Morrow, Greg Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A22A1213

    Court vacates conviction for criminal trespass and remands case for application of the correct Confrontation Clause analysis of challenged testimony from a deceased witness