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  • The State v. Kenney

    Publication Date: 2023-02-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., Michael Scott Carlson, Jayna Easton, Brice Rives Hiles, Karen S. Bemis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randall Scott Estes, (Drake & Estes Law Firm), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0891

    State Affirmatively Waived Arguments For Admission of Unavailable Witness's Hearsay Statements

  • Kelly v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    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, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gerald Lee Henderson, (Office of the District Attorney Gwinnett Judical Circuit), Lawrenceville, Jared Tolton Williams, Rebecca Ashley Wright, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, Christopher Anders George, (Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0979

    Trial Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Hear State's Out-of-Term Request For Rehearing of Defendant's New Trial Motion

  • Clark v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Kay Jefferson, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gerald Lee Henderson, (Office of the District Attorney Gwinnett Judical Circuit), Lawrenceville, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, Christopher Anders George, (Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0950

    Trial Court Properly Applied Totality-of-Circumstances Test in Determining That Juvenile Waived Miranda Rights

  • Hightower v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica M. Sully, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, Stephen Randall Scarborough, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., Ruth M. Pawlak, Simone Nathania Hylton, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0870

    COVID-19 Emergency Was Manifest Necessity Justifying Declaring Mistrial Over Defendant's Objection

  • Barnhill et al. v. Alford

    Publication Date: 2023-01-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Neil Marple, (Marple Rubin Family Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa Davis Strickland, Malone Williams Allen, (Buckhead Family Law), Atlanta, Barry Phillip Schwarz, (Barry Phillip Schwarz, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1075

    Court affirms grandmother's standing to file a petition for visitation rights with a grandchild and agrees that grandparent visitation statute is constitutional

  • Harvey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Harvey, Alto, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, Daniel A. Hiatt, Marie Greene Broder, (Griffin Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1083

    Court affirms dismissal of a motion to withdraw guilty pleas and vacates denial of two other motions with instructions on remand to dismiss rather than deny those motions

  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Aaron Loudon-Brown, Whitney Knox Lee, (Southern Center For Human Rights), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher Mark DeNeve, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, Brenda Lopez Romero, Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1051

    Court vacates denial of extraordinary motion for a new trial on a murder charge and remands for a hearing on the defendant's new trial motion.

  • Caviston v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis Hewitt, (The Appellate Division - Georgia Public Defender), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1040

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and arson over defendant's contentions of trial court error on general ground and improper admission of certain evidence

  • Turner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keri Foster Thompson, Hardwick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John H. Cranford, Jr., Jessica L. Williams-Vickery, (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1022

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and firearm possession over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence.

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Yelton Peace, (Manning Peace, LLC), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, Fani T. Willis, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Burke Olivia Doherty, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0958

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's contentions of violation of a speedy trial right, trial court evidentiary error, and ineffective assistance of counsel