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  • Walker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert James Beckwith, (The Beckwith Law Firm), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Aslean Zachary Eaglin, Dustin Jeremiah Lee, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0424

    Evidence Did Not Support Instruction on Lesser Included Offense of Misdemeanor Marijuana Possession

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John Alexander Fitzner, Jessica Black Wilson, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lyons, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0035

    Victim's Diary Entries Admissible at Murder Trial Under Residual Exception to Hearsay Rule

  • Allen, Warden v. Daker

    Publication Date: 2021-06-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0091

    Court affirms habeus order that a defendant was improperly denied a right to have appointed appellate counsel following his convictions for murder and other crimes.

  • The State v. Thomas

    Publication Date: 2021-05-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Ann Brandenburg, Marcia Gail Shein, (Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg), Decatur, Howard Jarrett Weintraub, Atlanta, Benjamin Black Alper, (The Law Offices of Howard J. Weintraub, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0324

    Retrial Warranted Following Prosecution's Failure to Advise Defense of Agreement With Prosecution Witness

  • Outlaw v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maryann Faith Blend, (Maryann F. Blend, Esq., P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, (Gwinnett Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0305

    Use of Statements Made by Prisoner to His Girlfriend During Jailhouse Visit Did Not Violate His Miranda Rights

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  • Pearson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Davis Smith, (Conger & Smith, LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bradfield M. Shealy, Catherine Harris Helms, Michelle Thomas Harrison, (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1539

    Robbery Appellant Failed to Show That There Was a Substantial Likelihood of Irreparable Misidentification at Roadside 'Showup'

  • Finney v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Karl David Cooke, Sandra G. Matson, Dorothy Vinson Hull, Shelley T. Milton, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1469

    Cumulative Effect of Trial Court's Instruction and Evidence Errors Required Reversal of Convictions

  • Hurston v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Peter J. Skandalakis, John Clinton Winne, (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1223

    Appellant Fails to Show That Trial Court Violated His Right to Be Present During Trial or That His Trial Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance

  • Champ v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    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, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bradford Lee Rigby, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1552

    Court Remands Case for Trial Court to Hold a Hearing and Rule on Appellant's Constitutional Right-to-Be-Present Claim

  • Carston v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Peter J. Skandalakis, John Clinton Winne, John H. Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1157

    Appellant Failed to Show That the Trial Court Erred in Admitting Video of a Gang Beating of the Victim That Did Not Involve Appellant