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  • Ross-Stubblefield et al. v. Weakland et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-15
    Practice Area: Evidence | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Kurle, Steven Justus, (KurleLaw, LLC), Decatur, Paul Hotchkiss, Maggie Stewart, (Hotchkiss Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Vera Stock, Jonathan Peters, (Peters & Monyak, LLP), Atlanta, Margaret Dobes, (Huff Powell & Bailey LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0053

    Court affirms jury verdict for a doctor in a malpractice case, noting that admission of altered medical records had no bearing on the applicable standard of care

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John Alexander Fitzner, Jessica Black Wilson, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lyons, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0035

    Victim's Diary Entries Admissible at Murder Trial Under Residual Exception to Hearsay Rule

  • Abbott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Burton Mills, (William B. Mills, P.C.), Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, James C. Wyatt, (Rome Conflict Defender Office), Rome, Natalee Lyn Staats, Leigh Ellen Patterson, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0075

    Court affirms convictions for murder and other offenses over defendant's objections to witness testimony, certain evidence, and the State's failure to disclose an agreement

  • Griffin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Christopher Locke, (Locke Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0448

    No Jury Misconduct Where Jurors Reviewed Texts on Properly Admitted Cell Phone Sent Out With Jury Without Objection

  • Dukes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie Lynn Tyo, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Atlanta for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0399

    Sentences on Two Separate Firearm-Possession Counts Should Have Merged

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  • Campbell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kayci Timmons, (Miller & Key PA), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sonya Chachere-Compton, Elizabeth Racine, Ryan Leonard, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0376

    In Trial Convicting Defendant of Home Invasion, Aggravated Assault, and Possession of a Firearm, Court Properly Admitted Other-Acts Evidence, Properly Declined to Instruct Jury on Lesser-Included Offenses

  • The State v. Walden

    Publication Date: 2021-05-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jillian Rachael Hall, Layla Hinton Zon, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Scott Carter, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0210

    Court reverses ruling suppressing defendant's pre-Miranda statements because the record showed she had not been detained when she made those statements

  • Draughn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Crawford, (Crawford & Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Gray, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0041

    Court affirms malice murder convictions over defendants' multiple challenges to evidence and contentions of trial court error.

  • The State v. Thomas

    Publication Date: 2021-05-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Ann Brandenburg, Marcia Gail Shein, (Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg), Decatur, Howard Jarrett Weintraub, Atlanta, Benjamin Black Alper, (The Law Offices of Howard J. Weintraub, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0324

    Retrial Warranted Following Prosecution's Failure to Advise Defense of Agreement With Prosecution Witness

  • Truett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Penny Alane Penn, (Forsyth County District Attorney's Office), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0162

    Court affirms conviction s for malice murder and related crimes in the death of a 2-year old over defendant's contentions of error in denying character witness testimony