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  • Nelson v. Wilkey

    Publication Date: 2020-08-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Billy J. Dixon, Tracy Graham Lawson, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, Elizabeth A. Baker, (Fayette County District Attorney's Office), Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Maryann Faith Blend, (Maryann F. Blend, Esq., P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0013

    Court affirms grant of habeus relief where defendant received ineffective assistance of plea counsel on his right to withdraw a guilty plea

  • Burney v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brad Gardner, Emily J. Gilbert, (Georgia Capital Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Dawn Marie Baskin, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Gray, Stephen Andrew Bradley, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Milledgeville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0216

    Defendant Who Was Not Diligent In Seeking Medical Examiner's Records Could Not Claim Brady Violation

  • Mathis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Alexander McQueen, (Northeastern Circuit Public Defender's Office), Gainesville, 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: S20A0134

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Move For Immunity From Prosecution or to Call For Immunity Witnesses

  • Thompson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lon Powell Kemeness, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, (Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0245

    Trial Court Did Not Err by Allowing Admission of Testimony Regarding Other Alleged Acts of Violence Committed by Defendant Against Family Members

  • Lyons v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Michelle Kempter, (Kempter Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Darius T. Pattillo, Sharon Lee Hopkins, James Luther Wright, (Flint Circuit District Attorneys Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0536

    Allowing Jurors to Review Written and Recorded Statements in Courtroom Did Not Violate Continuing Witness Rule

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  • Johnson v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2020-06-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0457

    No Showing of Prejudice From Allegedly Bad Legal Advice Regarding Plea Bargain

  • Sullivan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Jones Walker, (Eastern Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Natalie Spires Paine, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0309

    Defendant's Request to Admit Psychological Evaluation Properly Denied

  • Rosser v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft, III, (Office of the Public Defender), McDonough, 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, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0103

    Curative Jury Instruction Was Sufficient to Protect Defendant From Prejudice Arising From Inadmissible Hearsay Testimony

  • Morris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Crawford, (Crawford & Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Marc A. Mallon, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0176

    State's Delay in Filing a Complete Transcript of Trial Proceedings Did Not Violate Malice Murder Defendant's Right to a Timely Appeal

  • Hall v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Faith Arndt, (Newton County Public Defender's Office), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Layla Hinton Zon, Amber Rae Bennett, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0268

    Court rejects defendant's evidentiary challenges to malice murder and assault convictions