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  • McDowell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Chappell, Roswell, 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, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Aslean Zachary Eaglin, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0739

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Admitting Evidence Related to Inadvertently Destroyed Handgun in Connection to Murder

  • Rutledge v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcus Maurice Rutledge, Millen, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Herbert Hartwig, Daniel Patrick Bibler, (Houston County District Attorney's Office), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0766

    Trial Court Must Hold a Hearing to Determine Whether Defendant's Failure to File a Timely Appeal Was Due to the Ineffective Assistance of His Plea Counsel

  • Agee v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce Steven Harvey, (Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Layla Hinton Zon, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office) Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0726

    Trial Court Erred in Ruling That Deceased Witness' Statements to Law Enforcement Were Admissible; Forfeiture-by-Wrongdoing Exception Does Not Apply to Defendant's Late Husband

  • In the Matter of Vincent Chidozie Otuonye.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-01
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vincent Chidozie Otuonye, (Law Office of Vincent Otuonye), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y1265

    Court accepts attorney's petition to surrender his law license after he was convicted on a felony charge of furnishing prohibited items to inmates

  • Hood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office) Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0725

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Ruling That Other-Acts Evidence Was Relevant to Felony Murder Defendant's Intent

  • The State v. Hinton

    Publication Date: 2020-09-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Juliana Sleeper, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah Wendy Young, (Law Offices Ow Deborah W. Young, LLC.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0648

    Court affirms order suppressing recordings of a defendant's interviews that were made after the defendant invoked his right to remain silent

  • Stephens v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, (Fayette County District Attorney's Office) Fayetteville, Tasha Monique Mosley, Christopher David Sperry, Jeffrey Michael Hawkins, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0583

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's contentions of trial court error regarding the striking a prospective juror for cause

  • State v. Grier

    Publication Date: 2020-08-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Teri Brown Walker, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0633

    Court affirms new trial order in a felony murder case where the only witness that identified the murderer was an accomplice to the crime

  • Ringold v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0580

    Trial court is ordered to dismiss a murder defendant's pro se motion to withdraw a guilty plea where defendant was still represented by counsel when he filed that motion

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S20A0721

    Defendant Claiming Batson Jury Selection Error Failed to Show Prosecution Acted With Discriminatory Intent