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  • Felton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew K. Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy, Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Assistant, Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Assistant, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, A.D.A., Natalie Spires Paine, District Attorney , Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., District Attorney (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0627

    Court Upholds Conviction of Murderer Who Claimed Trial Judge Interfered with Witness Examination

  • Davidson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chaunda Brock, (Brock Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy, Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Assistant, Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, Matthew David O'Brien, Assistant, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., District Attorney, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Deputy D.A., Arthur C. Walton, ADA., (Fulton County Courthouse), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0933

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murderer but Orders Retrial of Alleged Accomplice

  • Evelyn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph Frails, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, Stacy Norris, (Frails & Wilson LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, Henry Syms, (Office of The District Attorney), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1077

    Court Affirms Denial of Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea by Kidnapper Who Alleged That He Failed to Understand his Ineligibility for Parole

  • Kirby v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Karl Hube, (The Hube Law Firm, PC), Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy, Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Assistant, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Samuel H. Altman, District Attorney, John Alexander Fitzner, III, Chief A.D.A., Jessica Black Wilson, A.D.A., (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Swainsboro, Lyons, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0936

    Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Killed Intended Rape Victim

  • Emma Katherine Bergstrom v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance Tyler, (Tyler Law Firm), Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donna Stribling, (Dekalb County Solicitor General's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1218

    Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Breath Test Procedure and Affirms DUI Conviction

  • Garza v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Veronica O'Grady, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Holli Martin, (Assistant District Attorney), Cordele, Bradford Rigby, (District Attorney's Office of the Cordele Judicial), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1081

    Court Affirms Conviction of Child Sex Offender Who Repeatedly Abused Step-Granddaughter

  • Gonzalez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Arquimides Gonzalez, (Coffee Correctional Facility), Nicholls, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, (District Attorney Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1047

    Court Reverses Denial of Motion for Out-of-Time Appeal of Third Amended Sentence on Grounds that Defendant May Not Have Received Notice of Sentence

  • Wingate v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John McArthur, (McArthur, McArthur & Overend LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White, Michael Coveney, (District Attorney's Office of The Northern Judicial Circuit), Danielsville, Hartwell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1144

    Court Reverses Trial Court's Denial of Motions to Suppress Evidence in Prosecution of Alleged Grow House Operator

  • The State v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2018-10-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Fortner, Sean Garrett, (Douglas County District Attorney) Douglasville, Ryan Leonard, Lara Myers, (Office of The District Attorney), LaGrange, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sonya Chachere-Compton, (Attorney At Law), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0956

    Court Dismisses Appeal from Order Granting Dismissal of Indictment

  • Copley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keegan Gary, (Paulding County Public Defender), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Donovan, Anthony Williams, (District Attorney), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1280

    Convictions affirmed where police were lawfully discharging their duties during arrest