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  • Goodman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Crawford, (Crawford & Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Brent Cochran, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Gray, Monticello, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0306

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes but vacates a sentence over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and error admitting evidence

  • Redding v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kennon Peebles, Jr., Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Mark Preston Jones, Columbus, Frederick Lewis, Sadhana Pandey Dailey, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0124

    Court vacates order denying appellant's speedy-trial motion and remands for entry of an order including findings and conclusions on factors relevant to a speedy-trial claim

  • Neal v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara E. Meyers, (Houston Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Herbert Hartwig, Rodrigo L. Silva, (Houston County District Attorney's Office), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0261

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and firearm possession over defendant's claims of insufficient evidence, denial of rights, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Perkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0158

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's claims of insufficient evidence, trial court error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    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, Emily Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anita Reynolds Howard, Cara Raye Fiore, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0025

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's contention that trial court should have given a voluntary manslaughter jury instruction

  • Munn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Kenneth Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth Dalia Racine, Aimee F. Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0100

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's multiple enumerations of trial court error and contentions of ineffective assistance

  • McNabb v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Titus Thomas Nichols, (Nichols Law, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, Alexandra Jewel Stone, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0031

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Hounkpatin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Richard Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0564

    Trial Court Properly Admitted Evidence That Defendant Assaulted Child Victim and Siblings Prior to Victim's Death

  • Neloms v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Wayne Sheppard, (The Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Mathew Eli Plott, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0457

    Defendant's Indication He Wanted to Represent Himself Was Not Unequivocal and Not Made Prior to Commencement of Trial

  • In the Matter of David J. Farnham.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-02
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gene Chapman, (Gene Chapman LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0880

    Surrender of License Appropriate Discipline Following Misconduct in Representation of Client in Personal Injury Matter