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  • Sturkey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Robinson Watts, Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lewis Ramon Lamb, (Southwestern Circuit District Attorney), Americus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0493

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, improper statements by trial court, and ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • Gold v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Horne Petrey, (Dekalb County Public Defender’s Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Thomas L. Williams, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0445

    Court affirms malice murder conviction in a case involving a self-defense claim over defendant's contentions of an improper jury charge on excessive force and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis Hewitt, (The Appellate Division - Georgia Public Defender Council), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Agatha K. Romanowski, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0351

    Court affirms felony murder conviction and life without parole sentence despite defendant's challenges on evidence and arguments regarding his mental condition

  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Keith Franck, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Augusta, Melissa Akins, (DeKalb County Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John M. Kraft, Jared Tolton Williams, Joshua Bradley Smith, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0321

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to withdraw guilty plea despite claims that her mental health problems precluded a knowing and voluntary plea

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard Jarrett Weintraub, Sr., Benjamin Black Alper, (The Law Offices of Howard J. Weintraub, P.C.), Atlanta, Elizabeth Ann Brandenburg, (Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, Michael Scott Carlson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Jeffrey Michael Hawkins, (Clayton County District Attorney’s Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0174

    Court affirms reconsideration of evidence suppression order in light of new trial grant, noting that end-of-term rule applies to final judgments but not to interlocutory evidentiary rulings

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  • Zayas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Lawrence Jason Zimmerman, (The Law Office of Lawrence J. Zimmerman), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lee Darragh, (Hall County District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, Kelley Martin Robertson, Anna Victoria Fowler, (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0025

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence, contentions of ineffective assistance, and jury instruction error

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24A0171

    In a sharply divided opinion, court reverses malice murder conviction due to failure to instruct jury on voluntary manslaughter

  • Howard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Walter Donnelly, (Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Athens, John Allen Regan, (Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G1037

    Court rules that adjudication of guilt upon revocation of first-offender status is directly appealable, and reverses appellate court judgment that dismissed appeal for lack of jurisdiction

  • Worth County School District v. Tibbetts

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grant E. McBride, Matthew Chase Collum, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White LLC), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles E. Cox, Jr., (Charles E. Cox, Jr., LLC), Macon, for appellee; Phillip L. Hartley, Stephen Duane Pereira, (Pereira, Kirby, Kinsinger & Nguyen, LLP), Lawrenceville, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G0791

    Court reverses appellate court opinion and concludes that a former teacher's breach of contract action was barred by sovereign immunity because a valid contract had not been formed

  • Smith et al. v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Scott Anulewicz, Wayne R. Beckermann, (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP), Atlanta, Douglas Ray McMillan, (Shingler & McMillan LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Kenneth Mulholland, Christopher Michael Quinn, (South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Bainbridge, for appellee; Lynsey M Barron, (Barron Law LLC), Atlanta, Daniel L. Alban, Anna J. Goodman, (Institute For Justice), Arlington, Paul Oliver, Les A. Schneider, (Wimberly Lawson Steckel Schneider & Stine, P.C.), Atlanta, Thomas Leland Walker, (Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G0701

    Court reverses and remands civil asset forfeiture case, finding that the State's complaint failed to adequately allege essential elements of theft by taking.