Filter This View

  • Bowen v. Noel

    Publication Date: 2022-02-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula Khristian Smith, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, John B. Merchant, III, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1133

    Court reverses grant of relief by habeus court, concluding that defendant had not carried his burden of showing ineffective assistance of appellate counsel

  • Boone v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Odeirrek D. Boone, (Wheeler Correctional Facility), Alamo, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Richard Benjamin Caplan, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1065

    Court affirms denial of a motion for an out-of-time appeal to withdraw a guilty plea to malice murder because that remedy was not available to defendant at this juncture

  • Ellison v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teri Lynn Doepke, (The Doepke Law Firm, LLC), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0041

    Record Supported Trial Court's Denial of Motion For Immunity From Prosecution Based on Its Adverse Credibility Determination

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Davis Smith, (Conger & Smith, LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gregory W. Edwards, (Dougherty County District Attorney's Office), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1198

    Jury Did Not Have to Believe Defendant's Self-Serving Testimony That He Was Defending Himself

  • The State v. Houston

    Publication Date: 2021-12-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kenneth D. Kondritzer, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Keith Elliott Gammage, (Fulton County Solicitor General's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0957

    Habeas Court Properly Found Defendant Was Not Advised of His Right to Counsel at Plea Hearing

  • Law Journal Press | Digital Book

    Library of Pennsylvania Family Law Forms, Fourth Edition

    Authors: Joseph S. Britton

    View this Book

    View more book results for the query "*"

  • Troy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert James Beckwith, (The Beckwith Law Firm), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0989

    Any Error in Admitting Evidence of Prior Assault With Same Gun Was Harmless in Light of Other Strong Evidence of Guilt

  • Schoicket v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, Walter Cliff Howard, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0840

    Grant of Out-of Time Appeal Did Not Automatically Entitle Defendant to Grant of Otherwise Untimely Motion to Withdraw Plea

  • The State v. Stanford

    Publication Date: 2021-11-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Juliana Sleeper, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jessica M. Sully, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, Lauren Beth Shubow, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21G0226

    Trial Court Lacked Statutory Authority to Suspend Part of Recidivist Burglary Sentence

  • Department of Transportation v. Mixon

    Publication Date: 2021-10-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher M. Carr, Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope, Kathleen S. Turnipseed, Angela Ellen Cusimano, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kathleen M. Pacious, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Lamar Gibson, (Gibson & Associates, PC), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1410

    Sovereign Immunity Did Not Bar Landowner's Claim for Injunctive Relief Based on Alleged Flooding Following Road-Widening Project

  • Anglin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Irene Benjamin, Benjamin Alston Pearlman, (Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Patrick Alan Najjar, (Office of the District Attorney Piedmont Judicial Circuit), Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0845

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion That Defendant Was Guilty of Malice Murder in Shooting Death of Wife's Brother