• Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tradd Bosch, (Northern Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Royston, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White, Branden Pollett, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Hartwell, Michael Coveney, (District Attorney's Office of the Northern Judicial Circuit), Danielsville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0709

    Court affirms convictions under Georgia Street Gang and Terrorism Act over defendants contentions of evidentiary and other trial court errors

  • Stockert v. Rogers

    Publication Date: 2021-10-26
    Practice Area: Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Beans, (McLaughlin Law Firm), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Zagoria, (The Zagoria Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1047

    Court Improperly Excluded Evidence Based Only on 'Public Policy' Behind Statutory Exclusions That Do Not Apply to Riders of Motorized Skateboards

  • The State v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2021-10-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David White, (District Attorney), Hartwell, Michael Coveney, (District Attorney's Office of the Northern Judicial Circuit), Danielsville, Benjamin Durfee, (Northern Circuit District Attonrey's Office), Lexington, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Crowe, (Attorney at Law), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1184

    Court reverses order excluding child molestation defendant's two interviews with investigators

  • McIntyre v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy W. Copeland, Rodney L. Lawton, (Copeland, Haugabrook & Walker), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, Patrick Warren, Bryce Alan Johnson, (Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, Larry Michael Johnson, Nashville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A1146

    Evidence Supported Felony Murder Conviction; Trial Court Did Not Err in Failing to Charge Jury on Voluntary Manslaughter

  • Poole v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Titus Thomas Nichols, (Nichols Law, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A1103

    Evidence Supported Defendant's Gang Act Conviction; State Showed Necessary Nexus Between Shooting and Intent to Further Gang Interests

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  • Anglin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Irene Benjamin, Benjamin Alston Pearlman, (Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Patrick Alan Najjar, (Office of the District Attorney Piedmont Judicial Circuit), Jefferson, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0845

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion That Defendant Was Guilty of Malice Murder in Shooting Death of Wife's Brother

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Eric Phillips, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorne General), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Ruth M. Pawlak, (Fulton County District Atorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0807

    Evidence of Crimes Committed Shortly Before Charged Crimes Was Admissible as Extrinsic Evidence

  • Dunn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra G. Dawson, (The Law Office of Sandra Dawson, LLC), Marietta, Sylvia Goldman, (Goldman & Donnelly Law Firm), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Leslie Anna Coots, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorne General), Atlanta, Michael Scott Carlson, (Georgia Bureau of Investigation), Decatur, Jesse David Evans, (Paulding County District Attorney's Office), Kennesaw, Flynn Duncan Broady, Amelia Greeson Pray, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0761

    Defendant Not Prejudiced by Admission of YouTube Gangster-Rap Video Used by Gang as Recruitment Tool

  • Crawford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erica Cori Matos, (Axiom Global), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Burke Olivia Doherty, Richard Benjamin Caplan, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0638

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Support Finding Defendant Was At Least Party to Charged Crimes

  • Branch v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Sheppard, (Attorney at Law), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Paul Howard, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Aslean Eaglin, (Superior Court of Fulton County), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0667

    Court affirms aggravated stalking conviction over defendant's evidentiary challenges and claims of error and ineffective assistance of counsel.