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  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Allen Hunt, (Law Office of R. Allen Hunt), Atlanta, John Walter Kraus, (Office of the Public Defender), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jeffrey Matthew Gore, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, Tracy Graham Lawson, Elizabeth A. Baker, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0343

    Trial Court's Admission of Prior Shooting Incident Involving Defendant Was Harmless Error

  • Goins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ramón Alvarado, (The Law Office of Ramón Alvarado), Norcross, Richard Carter Armond, (The Armond Firm, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Daryl E. Manns, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0224

    Trial Court Failed to Make Findings and Conclusions Necessary For Appellate Review of Speedy Trial Claims

  • Strother v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Wayne Sheppard, (Kenneth W. Sheppard, P.C.), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Leigh Ellen Patterson, Luke Anthony Martin, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0279

    Trial Counsel Opened Door To Admission of Witness's Police Interview Statements About Defendant's Past Crimes and Gang Connections

  • The State v. Orr

    Publication Date: 2019-06-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luke Anthony Martin, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Henry Pierman, (McCurdy & Candler LLC), Decatur, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Michael Scott Carlson, John Stuart Melvin, D. Victor Reynolds, Amelia Greeson Pray, John Richard Edwards, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for amicus appellant.
    Case Number: S18G0994

    Georgia's new Evidence Code abrogates proscription against admission of evidence of a defendant's silence

  • Lay v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    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, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0361

    Court rejects murder defendant's self-defense appeal and remands for correction of conviction and sentencing

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  • Moore v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carzell Moore, (Telfair State Prison), Helena, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jonathan Lang Adams, Cynthia Trimboli Adams, Elizabeth Knight Bobbitt, (Towaliga Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Barnesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0138

    Court vacates denial of motion for an out-of-time appeal on procedural grounds

  • The State v. Spratlin

    Publication Date: 2019-04-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, Otobong U. Ekpo, (Dekalb County District Attorneys Office), Decatur, Anna Green Cross, (The Summerville Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of The Public Defender), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1158

    Court reverses new trial order that had been entered in favor of murder defendant

  • Esprit v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Eric Phillips, (Office of The Public Defender, Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Jason Matthew Rea,, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, F. McDonald Wakeford, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1074

    Court affirms orders denying defendants' motions for a new trial

  • Brooks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francis Rogers Dixson, (Dixson Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Patrick Bibler, George Herbert Hartwig, (Houston County District Attorney's Office), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1282

    Prosecution's Use at Trial of Redacted Video Recording of Police Interview With Defendant Was Not Prejudicial

  • Cartwright v. Caldwell, Warden

    Publication Date: 2019-04-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Mark Shelnutt, (The Law Offices Of J. Mark Shelnutt), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Sassano, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1396

    Criminal Appellate Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance By Failing to Introduce Evidence to Prove Trial Counsel's Ineffective Assistance