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  • Ward v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teri Lynn Doepke, (The Doepke Law Firm, LLC), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bobby Lee Christine, Kevin Richard Majeska, (Columbia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Evans, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0139

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and malice murder over defendants' challenges to sufficiency of evidence and other contentions of error

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James David Michael, (Burgar & Michael, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Mark Geller, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Ashley Cecelia O’Neal, Nicole De Leon Finnie, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0084

    Error in Instructing on Evidence Not Admitted at Trial Was Harmless

  • Marlon Ellis v. Edward Philbin, Warden

    Publication Date: 2023-06-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marlon Ellis, Grovetown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Whitener Hamilton, (Plunkett, Hamilton, Manton & Graves, LLP), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22H1172

    Habeas Claimant's Second Petition Denied After Previous Petition Was Denied on Grounds of Res Judicata and Lack of Exhaustion

  • O'Neal v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eliot Jay Abt, (Abt Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Katie Alice Hingerty Borodin, (The Hingerty Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Sheila Ann Ross, (Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia), Morrow, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0034

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion Defendant and Others Mutually Conspired to Rob Victim

  • Perrault v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George William Thomas, Robert L. Sirianni, Jr., (Brownstone P.A.), Winter Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gray, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0379

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and simple battery - family violence over defendant's evidentiary and other challenges

  • The State v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2023-05-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Keely Kight Pitts, Timothy Grady Vaughn, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Edward Jones, (Jones & Oliver, P.C.), Fort Valley, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0420

    Court vacates ruling that other-acts evidence is inadmissible and remands for performance of a balancing test as per the court's analysis

  • Session v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael B. Syrop, Allen Rust Knox, (Paulding Judicial Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Dallas, Hunter Joseph Rodgers, (J. Ryan Brown Law LLC), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anthony Brett Williams, Matthew Wayne Rollins, (Paulding County District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0022

    Court affirms conviction for failing to register as a sex offender based on acts conducted in another state

  • Thanh Tan Phung et al. v. Ashley Hart.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne D. McGrew, III, (McGrew Miller Bomar & Bagley, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alexander Gray Hait, (Hait & Kuhn), Woodstock, Joseph H. King, Jr., (Joseph H. King, JR., P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22C1238

    Court denies a petition for certiorari filed by defendants in a personal injury case involving an automobile that hit a pedestrian

  • Bacon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Lee Copeland, (Rouse & Copeland, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John Thomas Durden, Jr., Hugh Davis Ridgway, (Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0256

    Defendant Not Prejudiced by Trial Court's Refusal to Permit Testimony From Defense's Expert Witness on Gun Safety

  • Saylor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-17
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Christopher Mark DeNeve, Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0208

    Defendant Failed to Show Joint Trial With Other Defendants Would Be So Prejudicial As to Warrant Separate Trial