Thompson v. The State

Publication Date: 2024-05-13

Practice Area: Criminal Law

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Court: Georgia Supreme Court

Judge: Justice Colvin

Attorneys:

For plaintiff: Kevin David Ströberg, (Ocmulgee Circuit Public Defencer), Gray, for appellant.

For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Faith Donnell Worley, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, III, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Eatonton, for appellee.

Case number: S24A0117

Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's claims of insufficient evidence, error in admitting prosecutor's statements, and ineffective assistance of counsel

Cochran v. The State

Publication Date: 2024-05-02

Practice Area: Criminal Law

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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals

Judge: Judge Brown

Attorneys:

For plaintiff: Greg Willis, Casey Cleaver, Jessica Jones, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.

For defendant: Sonya Chachere-Compton, William Smith, (Douglas County Solicitor General’s Office), Douglasville, for appellee.

Case number: A24A0013

Court reverses dismissal of defendant's motion to suppress evidence in a DUI case, finding that the motion adequately detailed assertions that a traffic stop was pretextual and lacked probable cause

Premier Petroleum, Inc. v. Heer, Inc. et al.

Publication Date: 2024-04-26

Practice Area: Contracts

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