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  • Usher v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Johnny O'Neal Usher, Nicholls, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Hinton Zon, Shaun Joseph Foley (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington; Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0274

    Defendant Seeking Out-of-Time Appeal Failed To Show Any Claims of Error Would Be Resolved In His Favor

  • Brown v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad (Haddad Law Group LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn (Department of Law), Atlanta; Joshua Daniel Morrison, Paul L. Howard Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Michael V. Snow (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0262

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Cross-Examine Witness Regarding Multiple Prior Arrests and Felony Convictions

  • In The Matter Of Ronald John Doeve (three cases).

    Publication Date: 2018-05-24
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald J Doeve (Doeve Law Firm LLC), Lilburn, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta; Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta; Anthony B. Askew, Atlanta; Robert J. Castellani, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18Y0456

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney based on his violations of the rules governing financial matters and trust accounts and misrepresentations he made in State Bar disciplinary proceedings.

  • Leanos v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Arturo Corso (The Corso Law Center LLC), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder (Department of Law), Atlanta; Lee Darragh, Shiv Sachdeva (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0528

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for felony murder and other crimes in connection with the killing of a taxi driver.

  • In The Matter Of Ricardo L. Polk

    Publication Date: 2018-05-23
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ricardo L. Polk, Mableton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, Andreea N. Morrison (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Y0740

    The Supreme Court rejected attorney's petition for voluntary discipline in which he seemingly requested the imposition of discipline to run concurrently with the suspension with conditions he was already serving.

  • 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