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  • Bonner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, William Donald Kelly, Jr., (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0070

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and trial court error on failure to give a jury charge on an accident defense.

  • Griffin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Christopher Locke, (Locke Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0448

    No Jury Misconduct Where Jurors Reviewed Texts on Properly Admitted Cell Phone Sent Out With Jury Without Objection

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-08
    Practice Area: Tax
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Wayne Sheppard, (Kenneth W. Sheppard, P.C.), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Richard Benjamin Caplan, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0438

    No Miranda Re-Advice Necessary Following Two-Hour Break During Custodial Interview

  • Dukes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie Lynn Tyo, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Atlanta for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0399

    Sentences on Two Separate Firearm-Possession Counts Should Have Merged

  • Pope v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Atlanta, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0321

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Request Pre-Trial Immunity Hearing

  • Redding v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Ashutosh S. Joshi, (Joshi Law Firm, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Darius T. Pattillo, Sharon Lee Hopkins, (Flint Circuit District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0331

    Evidence Did Not Support Shooter's Self-Defense Claim

  • Felts v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brad Gardner, Rex, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Burke Olivia Doherty, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0320

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion Defendant Was Party To Crimes Committed By Another Person

  • Kessler v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Rupp Cribbs, (Georgia Innocence Project), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Vanessa Therese Sassano, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Sadhana Pandey Dailey, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0066

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions of trial court error and cumulative effect of errors.

  • The State v. Walden

    Publication Date: 2021-05-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jillian Rachael Hall, Layla Hinton Zon, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Scott Carter, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0210

    Court reverses ruling suppressing defendant's pre-Miranda statements because the record showed she had not been detained when she made those statements

  • Draughn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    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, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Gray, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0041

    Court affirms malice murder convictions over defendants' multiple challenges to evidence and contentions of trial court error.