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  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Beth Shubow, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Dustin Jeremiah Lee, (Fulton County Office of the District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0241

    Trial Counsel Who Said Murder Defendant Never Told Him His Erotic Asphyxiation Defense Did Not Act Unreasonably in Failing to Develop That Line of Defense

  • Rickman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Horne Petrey, (Dekalb County Public Defender's Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Sheila Ann Ross, Peter J. Skandalakis, (Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0127

    Any Alleged Error in Trial Court's Admission of Character Evidence to Show Motive and Intent Was Harmless, as Evidence of Defendant's Guilt Was Strong

  • Collins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long Dai Vo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Smyrna, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0158

    Trial Court in Felony Murder Case Did Not Err in Giving Jury the State's Requested Instruction on 'Revenge for a Prior Wrong'

  • Keller v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn E. Rhodes, (Office of the Public Defender), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, George Epps Lipscomb, II, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0006

    Search of Cell Phone Was Not Warrantless; Warrant Described With Particularity the Cell Phone and Its Contents to Be Searched

  • Sullivan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Beth Shubow, Stephen Randall Scarborough, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0056

    Convicted Malice Murder Defendant Fails to Show Trial Counsel Was Ineffective by Failing to Get Expert Testimony About Defendant's Mental Health

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  • Morris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Crawford, (Crawford & Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Marc A. Mallon, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0176

    State's Delay in Filing a Complete Transcript of Trial Proceedings Did Not Violate Malice Murder Defendant's Right to a Timely Appeal

  • Howard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Kay Jefferson, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0819

    Malice Murder Conviction Did Not Require Proof of Premeditation or Preconceived Intent to Kill

  • Heyward v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cody Jeremiah Jung, (Fulton County Public Defender's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Tristan Wade Gillespie, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0399

    Error, if Any, in Failing to Instruct Jury on Voluntary Manslaughter Was Harmless

  • In the Matter of D. Duston Tapley, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-29
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Duston Tapley, Jr., (D. Dustin Tapley, Jr. Attorney at Law), Vidalia, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Quentin LaMont Marlin, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y0754

    Special Master Disregarded Relevant Evidence Regarding Accused Attorney's Mental Competence

  • Santana v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ruth Ly Rocker McMullin, (McMullin LLC), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry Wayne Rorex, Tucson, Barry Wayne Rorex, Sonita, for appellee. Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0563

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Challenge Fingerprint Evidence