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  • Carcamo v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Maines, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, Emily Puhala, (Assistant District Attorney), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0529

    Court affirms convictions and sentence for rape

  • The State v. Yohman

    Publication Date: 2019-01-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Mooradian, John Cranford, (Coweta County Da's Office), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Louttit, (Assistant Public Defender), Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1695

    Criminal defendant's original sentence vacated as being void under the recidivist punishment statute

  • Troutman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Pryor, (Michael P. Pryor, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Leonard, (Acting District Attorney), Douglasville, Sean Garrett, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1613

    Criminal defendant cannot withdraw a guilty plea even if original sentence is void

  • Martin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard Anderson, (Law Office of Howard W. Anderson, III, LLC), Pendleton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Majeska, (District Attorney, Augusta Jud. Circuit), Augusta, William Doupe', (District Attorney), Thomson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1627

    Remand for reconsideration of motion for new trial on the basis of claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Rawles v. Holt

    Publication Date: 2019-01-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1334

    Court Reverses Habeas Court Denial of Relief Based on Agreement Between Defendant and State in Which Defendant Waived Ability to See Habeas Relief in Exchange for Lighter Sentence

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  • Walter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-12-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council) Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham (Department of Law), Atlanta; Paul L. Howard, Jr., Arthur C. Walton, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta; Stephany Julissa Luttrell, (Office Of The Fulton County District Attorney), for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1241

    No trial court error in refusing to sever a trial, in giving jury instructions, and in allowing non-accomplice testimony without corroboration.

  • Rivera v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-12-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Victor Cornel Silverbach, (Nicholson, Silverbach, & Watson) Kennesaw, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta; Paul L. Howard, Jr., David K. Getachew-Smith, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1264

    No corroboration of accomplice testimony is required where an accomplice is not the only witness.

  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-12-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Kay Jefferson, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Jason Matthew Rea (Department of Law), Atlanta; James Bradley Smith, Erica Patrick Shepley, A.D.A., (Piedmont Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Jefferson, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1191

    No directed verdict on false imprisonment charges where the State met its burden of proof of that charge.

  • Henderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-12-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald Ashland Griggs, (Gerald A. Griggs, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Daniel Morrison, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Aslean Beth Zachary, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1153

    No ineffective assistance of counsel where trial court decision would not have been different if counsel had not been ineffective.

  • Doleman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-12-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley C. Adams, III, (Attorney At Law), Lihue, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta; Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Wesley Allen Lambertus, Frederick Lewis, A.D.A., (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1155

    No trial court error in admitting evidence located when primary homeowner consented to a search; no error in severing charges related to a continuous crime spree.