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  • Weston v. The State

    Publication Date: 2025-01-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24A1069

    Court affirms malice murder conviction based on circumstantial evidence and defendant's behavior, rejecting defendant's challenge to sufficiency of circumstantial evidence

  • Mills v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24A1021

    Court affirms felony murder conviction, rejecting defendant's self-defense claim and challenge to admission of other acts evidence

  • The State v. Simpson

    Publication Date: 2024-12-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Marietta, Cliff Head, Joseph Smothers, (Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jackie Patterson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1468

    Court reverses quashing of accusation for fleeing and eluding, finding that the language in the charge sufficiently tracked the statute to withstand a general demurrer

  • Greathouse v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Padgett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Cathey, (Law Office of Adam C. Cathey), Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clayton Fuller, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Lafayette, Zachary Trippe, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1757

    Court vacates order revoking a petitioner's probation. citing due process violations due to revocation without a hearing and clarifying limitations on waivers

  • Howard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Donnelly, (Western Circuit Public Defender's Office), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah Gonzalez, Burke Doherty, Brandon Thompson, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Athens, John Regan, (Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1488

    Court vacates superior court guilt and sentencing judgments in a gang activity for lack of subject matter jurisdiction over juvenile offenses

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  • Peterman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Padgett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, Melissa Akins, (DeKalb County Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elaine Thompson, Fani Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1381

    Court affirms convictions for sexual assault offenses against minor, rejecting merger, sufficiency, and evidentiary challenges

  • Gude v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of the Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A1356

    Court Affirms Convictions in a Felony Murder Case and Rejects Defendant's Claims of Jury Instruction Error and Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

  • Pounds v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
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    Case Number: S24A0884

    Court Affirms Malice Murder Conviction Despite Defendant's Challenges to Evidence and contentions of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

  • Starks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan C. Malone, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; D. Parks White, Michael Martin Coveney, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Danielsville, Jeffrey Lee, (Office of the Elbert County District Attorney), Elberton, for other party.
    Case Number: S24A1015

    Court Affirms Felony Murder Conviction and Sentencing for High-Speed Chase Death Over Defendant's Claim of. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and the State's Claim of Merger Error

  • Rosenbaum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Darius Pattillo, (District Attorney), McDonough, Christopher Carr, Clint Malcolm, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, Deborah Wellborn, Samuel d’Entremont, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, Meghan Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0960

    Defendant's Conduct in Leaving Child in Care of Known Abuser Was Proximate Cause of Child's Death