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  • Gray v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, John H. Petrey, (Petrey Law, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Otobong U. Ekpo, Destiny H. Bryant, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee. James C. Bonner, Jr., (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Santos Fleischman, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Lawrence Jason Zimmerman, (The Law Office of Lawrence J. Zimmerman), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S20G0192

    Trial Court Does Not Have Jurisdiction to Modify a Sentence Outside the One-Year Period After a Sentence Is Imposed, When the Motion to Modify Is Filed Within the One-Year Period

  • Atkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard W Anderson, (Law Office of Howard W. Anderson III, LLC), Pendleton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Rindi L. Harbeson, William Patrick Doupé, Dennis C. Sanders, Debra Rhodes Neumann, (Toombs Ciruit Office of the District Attorney), Thomson, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1019

    Circumstantial Evidence Authorized Jury to Find That Defendant Attempted to Inflict a Violent Injury Upon the Victim

  • Rhoden et al. v. Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-20
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Felts Ellison, (Ellison Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Monroe Mitchell, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, David Warren Griffeth, (Law Offices of David W. Griffeth), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0030

    Votes Cast on Paper Ballots for a Candidate Who Died Three Days Before Election Day Are Void

  • Rawls v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Kraus Kraus, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, (Fayette County District Attorney's Office), Fayetteville, Tasha Monique Mosley, Karen Smith Barbour, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0872

    Hearsay Evidence of Defendant's Prior Abuse of His Victim Was Not Improperly Admitted; Victim's Close Relationship With Witnesses Guaranteed the Trustworthiness of Her Statements to Them

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wilbur John Wilson, (Chattahoochee Circuit Public Defender's Office), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Benjamin E. Gephardt, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0939

    Trial Court Erred in Entering a Judgment of Conviction and Sentence on Guilty Verdict for Attempted Cocaine Trafficking, Which Merged Into Related Felony Murder Conviction

  • Hinkson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry David Wolfe, (L. David Wolfe, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Doss Hocutt, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0887

    Lack of Detail in Indictment About Manner in Which Defendant Used His Hands to Cause 'Abusive Head Injury' Is Not a Ground for a General Demurrer

  • Goins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-17
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Carter Armond, (The Armond Firm, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Daryl E. Manns, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0847

    Defendant Failed to Show That Police Detective Acted in Bad Faith in Failing to Preserve Evidence

  • Middleton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances C. Kuo, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher Lee Lewis, Daniel J. Porter, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0718

    Shooter Could Not Claim Self-Defense After Admitting He Was Attempting to Buy Marijuana From Victim

  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    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, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, George Epps Lipscomb, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0786

    Evidence Regarding Defendant's Prior Domestic Difficulties Was Intrinsic to Prosecution's Presentation of Murder Case

  • Crippen & Lawrence Investment Co., Inc. v. A Tract of Land Being Known As 444 Lemon Street, et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hampton Coleman, (Coleman Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Reginald L. Snyder, (Taylor English Duma, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. James L. McDaniel, (McDaniel & Scott), Decatur, Barry Phillip Bettis, (Bettis Law Group, LLC), Alpharetta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19G1645

    Tax Sale Purchaser of Property Had Standing to Claim Estate Executor Had Impliedly Assented to Devise of Property