• In The Matter Of Laxavier P. Reddick-Hood.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-22
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: S18Y1038

    The Supreme Court reinstated an attorney to the practice of law after she fully complied with the conditions for reinstatement the Court had imposed along with her 3-year suspension.

  • Warbington v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jordan Warbington, Helena, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Daniel J. Porter, Tracie Hobbs Cason (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18A0347

    The trial court denied defendant's meritless Motion for Jail-Credit Time when it should have dismissed the motion as a nullity; because the motion was a nullity, the Supreme Court dismissed defendant's appeal from the denial of the motion.

  • Watson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Expert Witnesses
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Horne Petrey (Dekalb County Public Defender's Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham (Department of Law), Atlanta; Jennifer Lynn Brooks, Helen Virginia Peters, Deborah D. Wellborn, Anna Green Cross, Sherry Boston (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18A0427

    The Supreme Court affirmed defendant's convictions for felony murder and possession of a firearm as he failed to prove his several ineffective assistance of counsel claims.

  • In The Matter Of Gregory Reece Barton.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-15
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Reece Barton (Gregory R. Barton P.C.), Douglasville, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta; Adam Marshall Hames (The Hames Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: S18Y0601

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney in connection with two clients' matters, in which the attorney failed to properly communicate and failed to appear at hearings.

  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chauntilia Khelice Adaway (Tifton Circuit Public Defender's Office), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Aimee F. Sobhani (Department of Law), Atlanta; Clifford Paul Bowden, Jennifer Dawn Hart (Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18A0429

    Defense Counsel Not Ineffective for Failing to Call Witnesses Who Could Testify as to Contentious Relationship Between Defendant and Victim

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  • Soto v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Waring Gibert (El Gallo Legal), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; John Richard Edwards, D. Victor Reynolds, Michael Scott Carlson (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18A0346

    Record Supported Trial Court's Refusal to Charge Aggravated Assault as Lesser Offenses of Reckless Conduct or Terrorist Act

  • Stephens v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Alexander Miller (Steven A. Miller Law), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague (Department of Law), Atlanta; Stewart David Bratcher, Rosemary M. Greene (Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18A0421

    Evidence Supported Conclusion Infant Ingested Cocaine After Finding It Where Parent Stored It For Sale

  • Mitchell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Converse Bright, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Meyerhoefer, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Jessica Whittington Clark, Bradfield M. Shealy (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18A0193

    Extensive Evidence Supported Defendant's Conviction for Murder, Assault, and Firearm Possession

  • Rhoden v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Hines
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ivars Lacis (Lacis Law LLC), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien (Department of Law), Atlanta; Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Arthur C. Walton (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18A0116

    Batson Did Not Apply to Prosecutor's Mere Non-Exercise of Peremptory Strike

  • Russell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa Lynn Doepke (Alcovy Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder (Department of Law), Atlanta; Layla Hinton Zon, Candice Leigh Branche (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18A0091

    Defendant Who Shot Victim After Playful Scuffle Turned Violent Was Not Entitled to Mutual Combat Instruction