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  • McIntyre v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    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

  • Anglin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    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.

  • The State v. Gilmore

    Publication Date: 2021-09-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luke Anthony Martin, Leigh Ellen Patterson, Morgan Birdsong Bottger, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Ross Hamrick, Sean Justin Lowe, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Rome, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1430

    Court reverses denial of admission of a video showing a drug purchase by a now-deceased confidential information, finding no Confrontation Clause violation

  • Tiraboschi v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0574

    Court affirms murder conviction over defendant's challenge to the trial court's admission of evidence of his prior convictions

  • Hinton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas Earl White, Warner Robbins, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Joseph C. Timothy Lewis, (JCTL Law), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County Districtattorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0865

    Eyewitness's Initial Hesitancy in Identifying Defendant Did Not Preclude Jury From Crediting Witness's Identification at Trial