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  • Terry-Hall v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Alexander Terry-Hall, Unadilla, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Darius T. Pattillo, Sharon Lee Hopkins, (Flint Circuit District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0790

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion for an out-of-time appeal to a guilty plea to felony murder and other offenses

  • Thompson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah M. Prince, (Middle Circuit Public Defender's Office), Swainsboro, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kelly J. Weathers, John Alexander Fitzner, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Swainsboro, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0854

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's contention that the trial court erred by not giving a jury instruction on voluntary manslaughter.

  • Thornton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John H. Cranford, Jr., Christopher R. Keegan, Robert William Mooradian, (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Newnan, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0709

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and instances of trial court error

  • Walker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, 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, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0779

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel.

  • The State v. Owens

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Burke Olivia Doherty, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Beth Shubow, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0640

    Court reverses grant of a new trial in a felony murder case, finding no error by the trial court as toa verdict form, and vacates and remands one count for resentencing

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    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, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Bradley Robert Thompson, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0504

    Court affirms murder conviction over defendant's challenge based on new evidence in post-trial testimony from a key witness

  • Tiraboschi v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0574

    Court affirms murder conviction over defendant's challenge to the trial court's admission of evidence of his prior convictions

  • Moss v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Konrad Gerhard Waldemar Ziegler, (Lee & Ziegler, LLP), Canton, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Debra Rhodes Neumann, William Patrick Doupé, (Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomson, Steven Tyler Normandia, (District Attorney's Office for the Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0623

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions that his trial counsel had a conflict of interest due to prior representation of a State witness

  • In the Matter of Timothy Walter Boyd.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    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, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Walter Boyd, (Boyd Law Group LLC), Johns Creek, for Appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Laura Joan Murphree, (Cobb County Attorney's Office), Marietta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S21Y0608

    Disbarment Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Committed Numerous Serious Rules Violations In Connection With Probate Matter

  • In the Matter of Matthew A. Bryan.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    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, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Alexander Bryan, (The Penland Law Firm), Ringgold, for Appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Anthony B. Askew, (Chair, Review Panel), Atlanta, Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S21Y1070

    Disbarment Appropriate Sanction For Georgia Attorney Who Was Disbarred in Another State For Serious Rules Violations