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  • Head v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Timothy Douds, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Grace Guthrie Griffith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0263

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other offenses over defendant's challenges based on Confrontation Clause issues and improper admission of expert testimony

  • The State v. Lopez-Cardona et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Greenwald, David Leroy Whitman, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, Richard Carter Armond, (The Armond Firm, LLC), Lawrenceville, Lyle Kilvington Porter, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0104

    Court vacates evidence suppression orders in a murder case due to insufficient findings on a Miranda waiver, and remands for further proceedings

  • Harmon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Dodd Roth, (Augusta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Eric Christopher Peters, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John M. Kraft, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0158

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, error in denying a directed verdict, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Hill v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Aaron Pope Carey, (Frost & Carey, LLC), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Amber Rae Bennett, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0156

    Court affirms conviction for malice murder over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, trial court error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Eleby v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly Laverne Copeland, (Kimberly L. Copeland & Associates, LLC), Jesup, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jessica Brooke Haygood, Jonathan Lang Adams, Dorothy Vinson Hull, (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Forsyth, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0129

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's multiple contentions of error, but vacates sentences for armed robbery and conspiracy due to merger error

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  • Starship Enterprises of Atlanta, Inc. v. Gwinnett County

    Publication Date: 2024-07-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Regulation
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan I. Begner, (Begner & Begner, P.C.), Sandy Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bryan A. Dykes, Scott Dean Bergthold, (Law Office of Scott D. Bergthold, PLLC), Chattanooga, Chattanooga, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0361

    Court affirms dismissal of a constitutional challenge to Gwinnett County's adult establishment ordinance on grounds of res judicata

  • In the Matter of Emily C. Williams.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-17
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily C. Williams, Jacksonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24Y0919

    Court accepts attorney's petition for 91-day suspension as voluntary reciprocal discipline following disciplinary proceedings against her in another state

  • In re: Formal Advisory Opinion No. 22-1.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-17
    Practice Area: Legal Operations
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, John Joseph Shiptenko, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24U0609

    Court approves advisory opinion enabling remote work by non-Georgia lawyers under specific defined conditions

  • Ford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucile Miller Ruiz, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ruth M. Pawlak, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0101

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contention of insufficient evidence, improper witness testimony, and erroneous admission of evidence

  • McCabe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Ann Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Sheila Ann Ross, (Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia), Morrow, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0293

    Court affirms felony murder convictions despite defendants' claims of insufficient evidence, juror misconduct, trial court error, and claims of ineffective assistance