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  • Cook v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0568

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's challenge to trial court's denial of admission of cumulative evidence regarding victim's violent behavior

  • The State v. Gilmore

    Publication Date: 2021-09-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luke Anthony Martin, Leigh Ellen Patterson, Morgan Birdsong Bottger, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Ross Hamrick, Sean Justin Lowe, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Rome, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1430

    Court reverses denial of admission of a video showing a drug purchase by a now-deceased confidential information, finding no Confrontation Clause violation

  • Sims v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Henry Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Ruth M. Pawlak, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0874

    Evidence Supported Jury's Inference That Crime Took Place in County Where Defendant Was Tried

  • IDI Logistics, LLC v. The City of Douglasville et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn M. Zickert, Dennis John Webb, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell, & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Joseph Alexander Brock, (Smith, Gambrell, & Russell, LLP), Alpharetta, Joseph Hodgson Fowler, (Hartley, Rowe & Fowler), Douglasville, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Theodore Paul Meeker, (Sumner Meeker, LLC), Newnan, for appellee; Joshua Adam Scoggins, (Miles Hansford & Tallant, LLC), Cumming, Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S21D1267

    Court denies petitioner's application for a discretionary appeal regarding the rejection of the petitioner's rezoning application to a City

  • Lewis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Smyrna, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0250

    Defendant Did Not Clearly Invoke Right to Counsel During Jailhouse Phone Conversation With Police Detective

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  • Rios v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cathy Morris Alterman, (Law Office of Cathy Morris Alterman), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0243

    Double Jeopardy Did Not Bar Retrial Where Manifest Necessity Forced Mistrial

  • Rogers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John B. Johnson, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Odum, Thomas Edward Buscemi, (Department of Justice United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0152

    Evidence Against Defendant Not Entirely Circumstantial Where He Had Admitted to Intentionally Firing Gun in Victim's Direction

  • Sinkfield v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shayla Joy Galloway, Smyrna, Christina Paige Rudy, Christian Garfield Lamar, (Metro Capital Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Atlanta, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0298

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's challenge to jury pool that resulted from violations and contentions over his fair cross-section rights

  • Pope v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Atlanta, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0321

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Request Pre-Trial Immunity Hearing

  • Moon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Aaron Pope Carey, (Frost & Carey, LLC), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Layla Hinton Zon, Walter Cliff Howard, Randal Matthew McGinley, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0383

    Felon in Possession of Firearm Not Entitled to Manslaughter Instruction