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  • Bentford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keenen Twymon, (Law Office of the Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Vincent Faucette, Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for Appellee
    Case Number: A21A0333

    Court vacates and remands matter for consideration of substance of defendant's objection to other acts evidence after defendant was convicted of rape and child molestation

  • Castaneda v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Daniel Porter, Thomas Williams, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, Michael Parrish, (Newton County District Attorney), Covington, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0035

    Court reverses child molestation convictions because trial court improperly admitted

  • Walker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Wells, (Office of the Flint Judicial Circuit Public Defender), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, (Henry County District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0591

    Evidence Was Insufficient to Sustain Conviction for Violation of a Sexual Offender Restriction; State Failed to Show Defendant Committed Crime That Required Registration on or After Certain Date

  • Soles v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-04
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Cabe, (Mayo | Hill), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Grist, (Solicitor General), Macon, Kristen Murphy, (Bibb County Soliciotr Generals Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0580

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Support Conviction for DUI/Less Safe to Drive; Offense Does Not Require Evidence of Chemical Analysis of Bodily Substances

  • Anderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, PC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joyette Holmes, Marietta, John Edwards, Flynn Broady, John Melvin, (District Attorney Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0452

    Court affirms convictions for vehicular homicide, serious injury by vehicle, and aggressive driving over defendant's multiple contentions of trial court evidentiary error

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  • Gowen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly Wegel, (Western Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Judicial Circuit, DA), Athens, Kenneth Mauldin, (District Attorney), Athens, Alex Cidado, (Athens Clarke County District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0651

    Officer Who Smelled What Might Have Been Either Marijuana or Hemp Had Probable Cause to Search Vehicle

  • Heade v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelsey Lynne Geary, (The Geary Law Firm, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Sabrina Nizamuddin, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0409

    Evidence of Defendant's Prior Criminal Acts Was Intrinsically Connected to Current Charges

  • Hill v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Monroe, (John Monroe Law, P.C.), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA), Gainesville, Laura Lukert, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0351

    State Fails to Present Sufficient Evidence of Actual or Constructive Drug Possession to Support Defendant's Convictions

  • Croyle v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie Tyo, (Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Henry Syms, Jared Williams, Mary Watkins, (District Attorneys Office, Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0521

    Defendant Failed to Show That a Psychologist's Opinion Probably Affected Outcome of Aggravated Assault Trial

  • Hewell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Cribbs, (Georgia Innocence Project), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Bradley, (District Attorney, Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit), Milledgeville, Allison Mauldin, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Greensboro, Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Eatonton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0278

    Court reverses denial of new trial motion where trial court erred by admitting prior acts evidence that did not meet standards for admission