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  • Reese v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Joseph Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Robert Brandon Faircloth, Louie Craig Fraser, Leslie Loraine Ray, (Dublin Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0521

    Trial Court Erred Prejudicially in Denying Defendant's Request to Give Modified Instruction on Affirmative Defenses

  • Watts v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Wesley Bryant, (Federal Defender Program Inc), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0754

    Police Interrogators Did Not Induce Statement By Impliedly Promising Confession Would Remove Threat of Death Penalty

  • Stanley v. Patterson et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-07
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig T. Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquita Laverne Parks, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee; Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Canton, William James Atkins, (Edmond, Lindsay & Atkins, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Drew F. Waldbeser, Stephen John Petrany, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21G0405

    Quasi-Judicial Immunity Did Not Protect Court Administrator and Managers From Suit For Error That Led to Plaintiff's Arrest and Incarceration

  • Dugar v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-08-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meredith Anne Gardial, (Grisham, Poole, & Carlile, P.C.), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0707

    Defendant Was Not Unduly Influenced by Trial Judge's Remarks To Waive Right to Jury Trial