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  • Boone v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Chappell, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, (District Attorney), Rome, Ashley Cox, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1610

    Court affirms convictions for attempted child molestation, trafficking for sexual servitude, and computer pornography, but reverses convictions for obscene contact and attempted exploitation

  • Kennedy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brett Adams, (Ellis C. Smith, Attorney at Law), LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, John Winne, (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office ), Lagrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1412

    Court affirms convictions for firearm possession and other crimes over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence, improper denial of a motion to suppress, and wrongful seizure of evidence

  • Massey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Bradley, (Ocmulgee Circuit Public Defender's Office), Milledgeville, Brian Cathey, (Brian Cathey Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Eatonton, Jeff Burks, (Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Madison, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0008

    Court affirms burglary conviction over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence, which showed defendant's attempt to unlawfully enter a residence

  • Anderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Goldberg, (The Law Office of Ben Goldberg, LLC), Mableton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0358

    Court affirms convictions for rape and related charges over defendant's challenges of juror's compromise, ineffective assistance of counsel, and insufficient evidence

  • Everett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Horne Petrey, (Dekalb County Public Defender’s Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Sarah Jane Thomas, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Mario Kladis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0396

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's claims of jury instruction error on justification and ineffective assistance of counsel

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  • Richardson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dillon McConnell, (The Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Ruth M. Pawlak, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0179

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's contentions of improper witness testimony bolstering and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Durden v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, Ryan C. Malone, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stacey Sherrard Jackson, Cynthia Dawn McDonald, (Chatahoochee Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0270

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's challenge to a Detective's testimony and claims of jury instruction error, but vacates armed robbery conviction due to merger doctrine error

  • Hassan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Bruce Steven Harvey, (Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Pareesa Hanna Amjadi, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0026

    Court affirms convictions in a gang-related drive-by shooting case over defendant's challenge to admission of evidence about another related murder and alleged jury instruction error.

  • Howard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gary Drew Bergman, (Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia), Morrow, Stacey Sherrard Jackson, Tina G. Stanford, (Chatahoochee Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0105

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel and jury selection error

  • Clark v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amara Montgomery, (Rockdale County Public Defenders Office), Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, (Henry County Courthouse 2nd Floor), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1690

    Court affirms denial of a motion for early probation termination under OCGA § 17-10-1 (a) (1) (B), citing statute's directory nature and deference to trial court's judicial discretion