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  • Gooden v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence W. Daniel, (Lawrence W. Daniel, PC), Atlanta, James Kenneth Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deah Brittny Warren, Ryan Reese Leonard, Aimee F. Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0173

    Conflict Trialsw Counsel's Skeletal Pleading Established That Defendant's Claim of Ineffective Assistance of Plea Counsel Had Already Been Raised And Adjudicated

  • Luckie v. Berry

    Publication Date: 2019-05-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore, Meagan Hurley, Ezra Addison Gantt, (Mercer Law School), Macon, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0100

    Court affirms denial of habeus petition over drug defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Koonce v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Lee Sparger, Savannah,, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Matthew Breedon, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office Of The District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0012

    Court affirms murder convictions over defendant's multiple claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • The State v. Rosenbaum et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Prescott Boring, D. Victor Reynolds, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, Daysha D'Anya Young, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, James Luther Wright, (Flint Circuit District Attorneys Office), McDonough for appellant.
    for defendant: Corinne M. Mull, (The Mull Law Firm), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1090

    Court affirms order suppressing evidence from electronic devices due to delays in procuring a search warrant

  • Beasley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, PC.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1252

    No Ineffectiveness of Counsel For Failing to Maintain Objection Against Application of Habitation Defense to Homicide Victim

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  • The State v. Hanna

    Publication Date: 2019-02-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Beth Shubow, (Fulton County Public Defender), Atlanta, Zanele Elaine Ngubeni, Margaret Elizabeth Bullard, (Office of The Public Defender, Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1559

    Court Vacates Sentence After Trial Court Attempts to Impose Impermissibly Lenient Ten-Year Sentence on Woman Convicted of Felony Murder

  • Ringold v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard T. Ringold, (Ware State Prison), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Samantha Routh, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1215

    Court Reverses Trial Court's Denial of Motion to File Untimely Appeal Where Trial Court Denied Motion Without Hearing Despite Evidence That Defendant Was Never Advised of Right to Appeal and Orders Hearing on Whether Defendant was Wholly Deprived of Right to Appeal Denial of Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea

  • Plummer v. Plummer

    Publication Date: 2019-02-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacqueline Nicole Fortier, (Garnett Harrison, PC.), Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph E. East, Joseph Remington East, (Joe East Law, PC), Kingsland, for appellee. Audrey Shapiro Chapman, (Audrey Shapiro Chapman PC), Brunswick, Therese S. Barnes, (Georgia Supreme Court), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18G0146

    Family Law Court Retained Jurisdiction Over Custody Proceeding Even After Child and Both Parents No Longer Resided in Georgia

  • Rawles v. Holt

    Publication Date: 2019-01-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1334

    Court Reverses Habeas Court Denial of Relief Based on Agreement Between Defendant and State in Which Defendant Waived Ability to See Habeas Relief in Exchange for Lighter Sentence

  • Mizell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-12-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Christopher Locke, (Locke Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, F. McDonald Wakeford, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1029

    Magistrate had a substantial basis for a search warrant, and the trial court properly denied a motion to suppress evidence found pursuant to that warrant.