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  • McIntyre v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy W. Copeland, Rodney L. Lawton, (Copeland, Haugabrook & Walker), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, Patrick Warren, Bryce Alan Johnson, (Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, Larry Michael Johnson, Nashville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1146

    Evidence Supported Felony Murder Conviction; Trial Court Did Not Err in Failing to Charge Jury on Voluntary Manslaughter

  • Poole v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Titus Thomas Nichols, (Nichols Law, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1103

    Evidence Supported Defendant's Gang Act Conviction; State Showed Necessary Nexus Between Shooting and Intent to Further Gang Interests

  • Tidwell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Alane Penn, Sandra Ann Partridge, (Forsyth County District Attorney's Office), Cumming, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0739

    Evidence of Brutal and Unprovoked Beating of Victim by Several Assailants Precluded Mutual Combat Instruction

  • Sims v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stacey B. Sims, Oglethorpe, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Patrick Warren, Bryce Alan Johnson, (Tift Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0587

    Court affirms a trial court's dismissal of defendant's out-of-time motion to withdraw a guilty plea because the trial court lacked jurisdiction to hear that motion.

  • Orr v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Ross Hamrick, Sean Justin Lowe, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Rome, David Lee Lumpkin, (Office of the Public Defender), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Leigh Ellen Patterson, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0817

    Argument Over Money Dispute Did Not Support Voluntary Manslaughter Instruction