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  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Santos Fleischman, Noah Howard Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0836

    Warrant For Cell-Site Location Information Need Not Particularly Describe Physical Location of Data Sought

  • In the Matter of Ashutosh S. Joshi.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-16
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Vincent Chandler, (Chandler Law LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee; Patrick E. Longan, (Walter F. George School of Law Mercer University), Macon, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0155

    Court rejects petition for voluntary sanctions for attorney's communications with a represented witness and remands for consideration of disciplinary rule violations

  • In the Matter of Candice Valerie Blain.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-16
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Candice Valerie Blain, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0661

    Court orders disbarment of an attorney who abandoned a client and failed to respond to disciplinary actions

  • In the Matter of Chandra McNeil Norton.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-16
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randy Scott Chartash, (Chartash Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Charles David Jones, (Taylor Tucker & Jones LLC), Peachtree City for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0306

    Court orders disbarment as a sanction against a lawyer who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and who failed to report conviction for more than a year

  • In the Matter of Debra Kaye Scott.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-15
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Kaye Scott, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0508

    Court suspends attorney from practice of law due to her failure to appear for a public reprimand that was agreed upon as an appropriate sanction for her violations of Bar Rules

  • Whited v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara Mattes, (Barbara Mattes, Attorney at Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Walter Cliff Howard, Randal Matthew McGinley, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1215

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions of error regarding a jury charge and abuse of discretion in denying a motion to strike evidence

  • Montgomery v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis Hewitt, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Jason Matthew Rea, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1302

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of error on recharging the jury and not applying the thirteenth juror standard

  • Gay v. Jackson, Judge et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda K Johns, Tokunbo Henry Adeleye, (City of Atlanta Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Raines Felton Carter, (Office of the City Solicitor), Atlanta, Gary E. Jackson, (Atlanta Municipal Court), Atlanta, Hermise Pierre, Michael Christopher Wynter, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1204

    Court affirms dismissal of defendant's pretrial habeus petition because defendant had other remedies available that superseded habeus relief

  • Wright v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, Richard M. Darden, (Darden Law Firm), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, John Andrew Rumker, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1117

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of trial court character evidence and jury instruction error

  • Ridley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Chappell, II, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1081

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and allegations of error and abuse of discretion