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  • Myrick v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0616

    Court affirms murder convictions over defendant's challenges to juror strikes and admission of certain testimony

  • Bentley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Lee Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Jennifer Leigh Parker, Christine Sieger Barker, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0696

    Court affirms murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Velasco v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina M Kempter, (Kempter Law Group, LLC), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, Tracy Graham Lawson, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0590

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's evidentiary and venue challenges, and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Varner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Lee Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Jennifer Leigh Parker, Greg McConnell, (Office of The District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0951

    Admission of Video Recording of Dying Victim's Statements to Police Did Not Violate Confrontation Clause

  • Hardy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Brown Dillon, (Brown & Gill, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Rodney Harendra Atreopersaud, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Kevin Christopher, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0654

    Court affirms malice murder convictions over defendant's multiple challenges and contentions of error

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  • McCammon v. State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-25
    Practice Area: Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Faith Arndt, (Newton County Public Defender's Office), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Layla Hinton Zon, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, Amber Rae Bennett, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0490

    Testimony of Accomplice to Murder Was Adequately Corroborated by Independent Evidence

  • Foster v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Dodd Roth, Katherine Morgan Mason (Augusta Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0854

    Trial Court's Jury Instructions on Mental Illness and Punishment Were Not Contradictory

  • Collins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin Joel Bergstrom, Jr., (Justin Wyatt and Associates), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Michael Scott Carlson, (Georgia Bureau of Investigation), Decatur, John Richard Edwards, John Stuart Melvin, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, Scott Orion Teague, (Douglas County District Attorney Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0809

    Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Investigate Murder Defendant's Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Victim

  • Bannister v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce Steven Harvey, (Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0418

    Trial Court Did Not Abuse Discretion in Giving Allen Instruction After Early Indication Jury Was Deadlocked

  • Thomaston Acquisition, LLC v. Piedmont Construction Group, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-08
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan L. Garroway, Jeffrey A Zachman, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Gregory T. Wolf, (Dentons US LLP), Kansas City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Malcolm Gillis, Jr., (James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP), Macon, Duke Riley Groover, (James Bates Brannan Groover LLP), Macon, Jacquelyn Dessaure Smith, Matthew Glenn Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Christopher James Arnold, Rufus D. Sams, III, (Jones Cork & Miller, LLP), Macon, Kathryn Malone Willis, (Adams, Hemingway & Wilson, LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19Q0249

    Acceptance Doctrine Can Apply As Defense Against Claim Brought By Subsequent Purchaser of Allegedly Negligently Constructed Apartment Building