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  • Behl v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Jones Walker, (Eastern Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bonnie Lowe Jones, Shalena Cook Jones, Bryan Michael Roy, Timothy Patrick Dean, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0377

    Incarcerated Pro Se Defendant Failed to Preserve Issue of Alleged Denial of Access to Digital Discovery

  • Hood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lela Julia Acker, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joseph Kenneth Mulholland, (South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0326

    Record Supported Trial Court's Finding That Plea Counsel Fully Advised Client as to Future Parole Eligibility

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jess William Clifton, Lyons, Timothy Larry Lam, Monticello, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John Alexander Fitzner, Jessica Black Wilson, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Lyons, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0144

    Evidence Supported Jury's Finding Defendant Was Party to Murder

  • Allaben v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan O. Oden, (Appellant Division of Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Thomas L. Williams, Agatha K. Romanowski, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0061

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Support Jury's Finding Murder Might Have Been Committed In County Where Defendant Was Tried

  • Monroe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katherine Morgan Mason, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jennifer Rue Smith, Chase Landon Studstill, (Alapaha Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Nashville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1116

    Misconduct of Two Jurors Did Not Require Mistrial

  • Haufler v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Andrew Santos Fleischman, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, Devin Austin Rafus, (The Aurora Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Allison Thatcher Mauldin, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, Christian Blayne May, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Greensboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0054

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of failure to give a certain jury charge and error in admitting evidence

  • Bowman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hunter Joseph Rodgers, Michael B. Syrop, (Paulding County Public Defender’s Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Brett Williams, Matthew Wayne Rollins, (Paulding County District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee; Kimberly A. Dymecki, Peachtree Corners, Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Jason B. Sheffield, (Peters, Rubin, Sheffield & Hodges), Decatur, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S22G0303

    Court reverses appellate court decision and finds that a defendant's right to a speedy trial was violated because the jury was never sworn in under oath

  • Norris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Alan Anderson, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1166

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Impeach One of Several Physicians Who Described Child's History of Injuries

  • Gonzales v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    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., Melissa Leigh Poole, (Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Hinesville, for appellee; Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia), Morrow, Jill Anderson Travis, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Mazie Lynn Guertin, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Jason B. Sheffield, (Peters, Rubin, Sheffield & Hodges), Decatur, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Natalie Katherine Glaser, Omotayo Bayonle Alli, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S22A1303

    County's Filing Notice of Appeal Challenging Unappealable Order Did Not Did Not Deprive Trial Court of Authority to Dismiss Pending Counts

  • Middlebrooks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Dodd Roth, Tiera Mary Elaine Williams, Maigan Jenkins, (Augusta Public Defender’s Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1328

    Forensic Psychologist's Testimony Supported Jury's Conclusion That Murder Defendant Was Feigning Symptoms of Schizophrenia