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  • Terrell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-17
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sydney Rene Strickland, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0942

    No Showing That Appeal Delay Warranted New Trial

  • Payne v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Shepherd West, (David West & Associates), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anthony Brett Williams, Matthew Wayne Rollins, (Paulding County District Attorney's Office), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1096

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's challenge to admission of evidence and assertions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Spann v. Davis et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Court Administration
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt Gregory Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, Cary S. Wiggins, (Wiggins Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kimberly Briana-Maria Myers, Joshua Stanley Foster, Kimberly M. Perkins, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Canton, Laura M. Shamp, Joshua Forrest Silk, (Shamp Jordan Woodward), Atlanta, for, Amicus Appellant; Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Drew F. Waldbeser, Zachariah Weston Lindsey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S20G1536

    Trial Court Erred in Raising Issue of Quasi-Judicial Immunity Sua Sponte

  • Miller v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-11-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Michael Johnson, Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bradford Lee Rigby, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1245

    Trial Court Properly Concluded That Claimed Discrepancies in Evidence and Testimony Did Not Mandate New Trial

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-11-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Craig Head, Jr., (Waycross Judicial Circuit Defender’s Office), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Waycross, Joshua Timothy Brockington, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Jesup, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1014

    Right to Raise Issue on Appeal Was Waived After Trial Counsel Declined Trial Court's Offer to Give Curative Instruction

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  • Washington v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-18
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Michelle Kempter, (Kempter Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorne General), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Burke Olivia Doherty, Juliana Sleeper, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0829

    Defendant Not Prejudiced by Trial Counsel's Failure to Object to SurveillanceVideos and Police Opinion Testimony

  • Dunn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra G. Dawson, (The Law Office of Sandra Dawson, LLC), Marietta, Sylvia Goldman, (Goldman & Donnelly Law Firm), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Leslie Anna Coots, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorne General), Atlanta, Michael Scott Carlson, (Georgia Bureau of Investigation), Decatur, Jesse David Evans, (Paulding County District Attorney's Office), Kennesaw, Flynn Duncan Broady, Amelia Greeson Pray, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0761

    Defendant Not Prejudiced by Admission of YouTube Gangster-Rap Video Used by Gang as Recruitment Tool

  • CL SNF, LLC et al. v. Fountain

    Publication Date: 2021-10-11
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Dispute Resolution | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Emmett Quirk, Kellie Turner Holt, (Quirk & Quirk, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Brian Terry, Jennifer Lauren Peterson, (Bondurant, Mixson, & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Bethany Lynn Schneider, (Schneider Injury Law), Atlanta, Katherine G. Hughes, Gretchen Holt Wagner, (Wagner Hughes LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Jason Edward Bring, William Jerad Rissler, Kara Gordon Silverman, (Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S20G1292

    Court-Appointed Guardian of Adult Ward Had Authority to Enter Into Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreement on Ward's Behalf

  • Smith v. Long County Board of Elections and Registration et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-15
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S21A0591

    Trial Court Properly Considered Alleged Cumulative Voting Errors In Determining New Election Not Necessary

  • The State v. Owens

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Burke Olivia Doherty, (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, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0640

    Court reverses grant of a new trial in a felony murder case, finding no error by the trial court as toa verdict form, and vacates and remands one count for resentencing