Filter This View

  • Sauder v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wade M. Crumbley, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Faith Donnell Worley, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gregory A. Futch, William Jeffrey Langley, (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Blairsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0011

    Court affirms convictions for murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence, admission of evidence, and jury instruction and other errors

  • Hewett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Adams, (Office of the District Attorney, Towaliga Judicial Circuit), Jackson, Dorothy Hull, (Assistant District Attorney), Forsyth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0157

    Court affirms child molestation and sexual battery convictions over defendant's challenges regarding sufficiency of evidence, ineffective assistance of counsel, and other errors

  • Jordan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A0397

    Court affirms entry of nolle prosequi order to charges of Influencing a witness and rejects defendant's speedy trial claim, which had been made on the basis of constitutional rights

  • The State v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2024-05-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A0328

    Court affirms suppression of DUI evidence due to unreasonable prolongation of traffic stop, and vacates and remands a ruling on probable cause

  • Wells v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A0375

    Court affirms rape conviction over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claim of error in denying a mistrial over admission of potentially prejudicial testimony from an investigator

  • Law Journal Press | Digital Book

    Connecticut Appellate Practice & Procedure, 8th Edition

    Authors: HON. ELIOT D. PRESCOTT, JULIE A. LAVOIE

    View this Book

    View more book results for the query "*"

  • Fraga v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A0548

    Court affirms most convictions for family violence and cruelty over defendant's challenge to evidence and assertions of error, but reverses on conviction due to insufficient evidence

  • Stryker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kyle A. Denslow, (Frye Law Group), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Conley Julian Greer, (Dawson County District Attorney’s Office), Dawsonville, Lee Darragh, (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0125

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's challenges to trial procedures but vacates convictions and sentences for assault and battery due to merger error

  • Henderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Forrest Geoffrey Pearce, (Pearce, LLC), Peachtree Corners for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Tabitha Vanessa Pazmino, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0092

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and related crimes over defendant's contentions of improper admission of other acts evidence and denial of voluntary manslaughter jury charge

  • Thompson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin David Ströberg, (Ocmulgee Circuit Public Defencer), Gray, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Faith Donnell Worley, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, III, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Eatonton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0117

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's claims of insufficient evidence, error in admitting prosecutor's statements, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Stroud v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis Hewitt, (The Appellate Division - Georgia Public Defender Council), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Patrick Doupé, Ali Pauline Ritch, (Toombs Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Thompson, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0069

    Court affirms convictions for murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to the sufficiency of evidence amid conflicting witness testimonies, and to denial of a directed verdict motion