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  • Head v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Timothy Douds, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Grace Guthrie Griffith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0263

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other offenses over defendant's challenges based on Confrontation Clause issues and improper admission of expert testimony

  • The State v. Rahaman

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0311

    Court affirms trial court's jurisdiction to vacate and re-enter an order denying a new trial and affirms conviction for simple battery over defendant's challenge to jury charges and trial procedures

  • The State v. Lopez-Cardona et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Greenwald, David Leroy Whitman, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, Richard Carter Armond, (The Armond Firm, LLC), Lawrenceville, Lyle Kilvington Porter, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0104

    Court vacates evidence suppression orders in a murder case due to insufficient findings on a Miranda waiver, and remands for further proceedings

  • Harmon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Dodd Roth, (Augusta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Eric Christopher Peters, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John M. Kraft, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0158

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, error in denying a directed verdict, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Hill v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    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, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Amber Rae Bennett, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0156

    Court affirms conviction for malice murder over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, trial court error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Eleby v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly Laverne Copeland, (Kimberly L. Copeland & Associates, LLC), Jesup, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jessica Brooke Haygood, Jonathan Lang Adams, Dorothy Vinson Hull, (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Forsyth, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0129

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's multiple contentions of error, but vacates sentences for armed robbery and conspiracy due to merger error

  • Ford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucile Miller Ruiz, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ruth M. Pawlak, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0101

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contention of insufficient evidence, improper witness testimony, and erroneous admission of evidence

  • McCabe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Ann Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Sheila Ann Ross, (Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia), Morrow, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0293

    Court affirms felony murder convictions despite defendants' claims of insufficient evidence, juror misconduct, trial court error, and claims of ineffective assistance

  • Tatum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Jay McArthur, (McArthur & McArthur, P.A.), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Parks White, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Hartwell, Michael Martin Coveney, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Danielsville, Jeffrey Lee, (Office of the Elbert County District Attorney), Elberton for appellee; Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Virginia Natasha Perdew Silas, (Federal Defender Program Inc.), Decatur, Hunter Joseph Rodgers, Smyrna, Mazie Lynn Guertin, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Cory H. Isaacson, (Aclu Foundation of Georgia), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G0955

    Court vacates denial of motion to suppress evidence and remands for determination of whether the independent source doctrine applies in a case involving a warrantless search

  • Hostetler v. The State et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Greg Allen Willis, Jessica Jones, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leah Cristina Mayo, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0524

    Court vacates denial of habeas petition as not being moot, although defendant had completed her sentence, due to potential recidivist sentencing