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  • Wierson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Rubin, (Peters, Rubin & Sheffield), Decatur, Kristen Novay, (Garland, Samuel and Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Thomas Williams, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee; Justin Moore, (Aequitas Legal Services, LLC), Atlanta, Amanda Walker, (Office of the Public Defender, Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0241

    Court affirms ruling allowing insanity defense and reverses an order allowing evidence of compliance with prescription medication in a vehicular homicide case

  • Grigg v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay Kim, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Kraft, Jared Williams, Dre’Kevius Huff, (District Attorney’s Office - Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0108

    Court reverses probation revocation due to due process violation and improper admission of hearsay evidence

  • Cooper v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert Myers, (Albert A. Myers III PC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alisha Johnson, Alicia Gant, (Rockdale County District Attorney’s Office), Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0484

    Court affirms conviction for psssession of a firearm by a first offender probationer over defendant's claims of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Moten v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay Kim, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, John Kraft, Jared Williams, (District Attorney’s Office - Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0529

    Court reverses probation revocation due to due process violation regarding witness confrontation at a revocation hearing

  • Montiel v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, Sandra Partridge, (GA Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0600

    Court affirms burglary conviction and admissibility of custodial statement despite defendant's contentions of alleged Interference with right to counsel

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  • Arroyo v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Jones, (Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Mitchell Mobley, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0483

    Court affirms rape conviction over defendant's contentions of jury instruction error regarding consent, insufficiency of evidence, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Troupe v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Mitchell, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, James Mitchell, (J Todd Mitchell Law Firm, LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Jared Williams, (District Attorney’s Office Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0065

    Court reverses a resentencing order due to improper use of rejected plea admissions in a case involving new charges brought against a defendant who was already serving a probated sentence

  • Padilla-Garcia v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Clifford Kurlander, Christopher DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0503

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated sexual battery and child molestation but vacates overbroad probation condition and remands for resentencing

  • Rivera v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katie Borodin, Eliot Abt, (The Abt Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Angela Mattozzi, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0299

    Court reverses sexual exploitation conviction and remands for a new trial due to defendant's improper waiver of right to counsel, which was not done knowingly and intelligently

  • Foreman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adrian Patrick, (Attorney at Law), Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cheryl Hightower, Louie Fraser, (Assistant District Attonrey Dublin Judicial Circuit), Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0411

    Court vacates trial court's orders denying motions to plea in bar and remands cases for proper analysis of speedy trial claims and statute of limitations defenses