• Blazek v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Thomas, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Morales, (Gwinnett County Solicitor's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0576

    Police Offices Not Required to Give Miranda Advisement Before Asking Suspected Drunk Driver to Submit to Breath Test

  • Cardinale v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2022-06-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Cardinale, (Matthew Charles Esq. Inc.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Lyndsey Rudder, (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, Brooke Heinz Chaplain, (Georgia Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0287

    Court affirms trial court order that dismissed as moot a plaintiff's free speech challenge to the State's shelter-at-home order

  • Neloms v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Wayne Sheppard, (The Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Mathew Eli Plott, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0457

    Defendant's Indication He Wanted to Represent Himself Was Not Unequivocal and Not Made Prior to Commencement of Trial

  • Nichols v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Sheppard, (Attorney at Law), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Candace Slezak, (Assistant District Attorney), Winder, James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0667

    Trial Court's Decision to Handcuff Defendant During Trial Was Supported by Case-Specific Findings

  • Washington v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Carter Armond, (The Armond Firm, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0322

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Object to Detective's Testimony, Surveillance Recordings, and Jury Instructions

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  • Glover v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Lawrenceville, Kelsey Wiley, (Wiley Defense, P.C.), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, Gregory Mark, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0729

    Under Recent Georgia Supreme Court Authority, Motion For Out-Of-Time Appeal Had to be Dismissed

  • Lilly v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Arndt, (Assistant Public Defender), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randal McGinley, Jillian Hall, (Newton County District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0564

    Motion For Out-Of-Time Appeal No Longer Legally Cognizable Vehicle For Seeking Relief From Alleged Constitutional Violations

  • McNeil v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-18
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, PC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Williams, (Assistant District Attorney), Dallas, Matthew Rollins, (Paulding Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dallas, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1769

    Trial Counsel's Failure to Secure Expert Witness to Challenge Reliability of Child Victim's Testimony Was Not Prejudicial

  • Alexander v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Erica Patrick Shepley, James Bradley Smith, (Piedmont Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Jefferson, for appellee

    Case Number: S21G0112

    Showing of Actual Prejudice Required to Establish Ineffectiveness of Counsel For Failure to Object to Courtroom Closure

  • Cook v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Lorraine Leslie, (The Leslie Group, LLC), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ross Warren Bergethon, William Wright Banks, Jr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Oliver Jackson Browning, Jr., (Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cedartown, for appellee; Jill Anderson Travis, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia), Morrow, James C. Bonner, Jr., (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.

    Case Number: S21A1270

    Criminal Defendant Alleging Deprivation of Right of Appeal Due to Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Must Seek Habeas Relief