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  • Studivant v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Kenneth Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lee Darragh, (Hall County District Attorney's Office), Gainesville, Harold Alvin Buckler. Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1024

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Call Uncertain Alibi Witness

  • Roberts v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Randall Scarborough, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, Meghan Brittany Callier, (Fulton County Government - Office of the Public Defender), East Point, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0988

    Denial of Statutory Double Jeopardy Claim Is Appealable Under Collateral Order Doctrine

  • Synovus Bank v. Kelley

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Allen Garland, Stephan Alan Ray, (Moore, Clarke, Duvall And Rodgers P.C.), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter W. Kelley, (Kelley, Lovett, Blakey & Sanders, P.C.), Albany, Thomas Dozier Lovett, Thomas Dozier Lovett, (Kelley, Lovett, Blakey & Sanders, P.C.), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Q0843

    Judgment Creditor's Lien on Debtor's Real Property Was Not Created Until Judgment Was Recorded

  • Reeves v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Z Brown, (The Moore Brown Law Group, P.C.), Marietta, Genevieve Holmes, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Mathew Eli Plott, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1005

    Defendant Failed to Show Critical Issues Were Discussed in Bench Conference Held Outside of His Presence

  • Brooks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-18
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    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, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Juliana Sleeper, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0895

    Defense Counsel Not Ineffective For Pursuing Self-Defense Claim As Defense Against Murder Charge

  • Arnold v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    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, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1027

    Counsel Was Not Ineffective in Failing to Object to Prosecutor's Argument That a Jury Should Send a Message to the Community by Convicting Defendant

  • In the Matter of Elizabeth Vila Rogan.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Vila Rogan, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, Paula J. Frederick, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y0869

    Court Accepts Attorney's Petition for Voluntary Surrender of Her License; Attorney Had Been Indicted for Forging a Judge's Initials Without Express Permission

  • Sanchious v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S20G0123

    Court of Appeals Must Examine Inadmissible Hearsay Claims Child Molestation Defendant Presented on Appeal

  • Young v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office) Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0859

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's evidentiary challenges and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Clark v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Joseph Walker, (Circuit Public Defender's Office), Gray, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Richard G. Milam, Cynthia Trimboli Adams, (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney's Office), Barnesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1021

    Trial Counsel Was Not Ineffective in Failing to Request That the Jury Be Instructed it Could Consider Co-Defendant's Felony Convictions in Assessing His Credibility