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  • Mercer v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2018-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Hines
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S18A0748

    Court Reverses Denial of Habeas Petition to Challenge Kidnapping Charges

  • Schoicket v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca Dawn Schoicket, (Lee Arrendale State Prison), Alto, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Layla Hinton Zon, Walter Cliff Howard, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, Walter Cliff Howard, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0632

    Indigent criminal defendant has no right to free trial transcripts for proceedings collateral to appeal

  • Starks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-05
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Kleinrock, (Law Office of Lynn M. Kleinrock), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy, Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Assistant, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department Of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, A.D.A. (Gwinnett Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0902

    Defendant Not Prejudiced by Trial Counsel's Failure to Challenge Rebuttal Testimony and Prosecutor's Closing Argument

  • Witherspoon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rufus Charles Witherspoon (Dodge State Prison), Chester, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jacquelyn Lee Johnson, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Woodbine, Andrew J. Ekonomou (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0887

    Court Affirms Dismissal of Untimely Filed Motions in Arrest of Judgment

  • Thorpe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    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, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0732

    Court Rejects by Murder

  • The State v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A18A0853

    Indictments reinstated where multiple child pornography images were all found at the same time and location.

  • In Re Williams

    Publication Date: 2018-08-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N. Williams, (Laurail Williams, Esq.), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deitra Burney-Butler, (Judge, Clayton Count Juvenile Court), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1384

    Record Devoid of Evidence That Accused Criminal Contemnor Was Accorded Minimal Due Process

  • Patterson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A18A0984

    A Challenge to a Conviction is an Inappropriate Procedural Mechanism to Modify a Sentence

  • Mercer v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2018-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Hines
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore, (Mercer Law School), Macon, Foss G. Hodges, (Peters, Rubin & Sheffield, PA.), Decatur, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy, Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Assistant, Scott Orion Teague, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, (Department Of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0748

    Kidnapping Conviction Not Supported by Showing of Asportation of In-Home Robbery Victims

  • Mangram v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-08-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Clayton Culp, (Waycross Circuit Public Defender), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy, Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Assistant, Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, (Department Of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, District Attorney (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Waycross, Michelle Chapman McIntire, A.D.A., (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Waycross for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0846

    Accomplice Testimony Was Corroborated by Testimony From Other Witnesses, Surveillance Video, and DNA Evidence