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  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Kwashnak, (Public Defender's Office), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Plez Higdon Hardin, Lewis Ramon Lamb, (Southwestern Circuit District Attorney), Americus, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1266

    Court affirms aggravated assault and felony murder convictions but vacates aggravated assault sentence that should have merged.

  • Rich v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas Earl White, Warner Robbins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, (Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1492

    Evidence Proved Kidnapping Offense; Defendant's Forced Movement Was Not 'Merely Incidental' to His Commission of Armed Robbery

  • Wells v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reggie Allen Lampkin, (R. A. Lampkin, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Benjamin E. Gephardt, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1592

    Defendant's Confrontation Rights Were Not Violated When Court Admitted Inculpatory Statements of Accomplice Who Testified at Trial

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry David Wolfe, Bingzi Hu, (L. David Wolfe, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19G0125

    Trial Court Lacked Authority to Dismiss Counts of Child Pornography Indictment at the Pretrial Stage of the Proceedings

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Jayne Campbell, (Chattahoochie Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Columbus, Victoria Lynn Novak, (Office of the Public Defender), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ray Winston Daniel, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19G0394

    A Plea in Bar Is Not Proper Until an Indictment Has Been Filed; Defendant Must Wait for Prosecutor to File Indictment Before Filing His Plea

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Dustin Jeremiah Lee, (Fulton County Office of the District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1570

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Sustain Convictions for Malice Murder and Possession of a Firearm

  • Rammage v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Mitchell Harrison, (Oconee Circuit Public Defender Oconee Cirucit), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Vanessa Therese Sassano, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gregory Albert Oberry, Timothy Grady Vaughn, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1518

    Defendant Convicted of Malice Murder and a Firearm Offense Was Not Entitled to a Jury Instruction on Justification or Accident

  • Redding v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Emily Kathleen Richardson, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Vincent James Faucette, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1302

    Court affirms murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel and trial court error

  • Mosley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Joseph Huffman, Jr., (The Huffman Law Firm, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Christine Sieger Barker, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1301

    Court affirms murder and other convictions over defendant's challenges to evidence, trial court error, and effectiveness of counsel

  • Mann v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Hong Chol Yun, (Newton County Pubic Defender's Office), Covington, Anthony Scott Carter, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Layla Hinton Zon, Candice Leigh Branche, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1256

    Court affirms denial of murder defendant's new trial motion over his multiple arguments of insufficient evidence, trial court error, and ineffective assistance of counsel