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  • Hood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Rupp Cribbs, (Georgia Innocence Project), Atlanta, Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Brian Vance Patterson, (The Law Office of Brian V. Patterson, LLC), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0267

    Appellant Failed to Establish Reasonable Probability That Jury Would Have Reached a Different Verdict Had it Been Aware of Material Impeachment Evidence Relating to Witness

  • Montanez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Eric Phillips, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0246

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Sustain Conviction as to Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon; Evidence Independent of Alleged Accomplice's Testimony Provided Slight Corroboration of Alleged Accomplice's Account

  • Wilson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, Veronica M. O'Grady, (Clayton County Public Defender), Morrow, Christina Rupp Cribbs, (Georgia Innocence Project), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Allen Arnt, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, Megan Camille Gaither, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Ringgold, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1295

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation and other crimes over defendant's claims that prior act evidence was inadmissible

  • McCurdy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Crawford, (Crawford and Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Henry Syms, Jared Williams, (District Attorney's Office Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0540

    Court affirms convictions for rape and child molestation but vacates sentence and remands for merger of counts relating to possession of sexually explicit videos

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Roth, (Augusta Office of the Public Defender), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Henry Syms, Jared Williams, (Office of the District Attorney), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0390

    Court reverses denial of new trial motion in drug possession case where trial court erroneously denied a motion to suppress evidence

  • Douglas R. Wilson et al v. Redmond Construction, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-09
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure | Evidence
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lovett, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Evans, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0506

    Bona Fide Controversy Precluded Attorney Fees Award For Stubborn Litigiousness or Unnecessary Trouble and Expense

  • Whitson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, (Henry County District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0389

    Other-Acts Evidence of Act Committed Against Past Girlfriend Admissible to Prove Alleged Acts Against Recent Girlfriend

  • Kuprian v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Theodocion, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Baker, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Fayette County District Attorney's Office), Fayetteville, Donna Gopaul, (Forsyth County Solicitor's Office), Cumming, Marie Broder, (Spalding County District Attorney's Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0472

    Other-Acts Evidence of Child Molestation in Another State Admissible to Show Motive and Intent

  • In the Interest of B. B.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Mulholland, (District Attorney), Bainbridge, Robert Richardson, (Public Defenders Standards Council), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ernie Sheffield, (Private Attorney), Colquitt, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0480

    State May File Direct Appeal From Juvenile Court Order Denying Its Motion to Transfer to Superior Court

  • Love et al. v. Fulton County Board of Tax Assessors et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-24
    Practice Area: Evidence | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne B. Kendall, (Wayne B. Kendall, P.C.), Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher M. Carr, Julie Adams Jacobs, Alex Fredrick Sponseller, John Scott Forbes,, Joseph Lawton Bearden, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Robert Sparks Highsmith, Jr., Allen Andre Hendrick, Phil James George, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Detriss Thomas, Patrise M. Perkins-Hooker, Kaye Woodard Burwell, Cheryl Melissa Ann Ringer, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, , for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0329

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Dismissing Fulton County Taxpayers' Mandamus Claim Against Board of Tax Assessors