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  • The State v. Mondor

    Publication Date: 2018-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Ray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amelia Pray (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta; D. Reynolds (District Attorney), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Semrau (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0268

    Indictment Properly Notifies Hit-and-Run Defendant of the Accusations Against Him

  • Maddox v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ray Gary (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Edwards (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta; D. Reynolds (District Attorney), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0659

    Conviction for Distributing Child Pornography Using File Sharing Program Is Upheld

  • Awtrey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Consumer Products | Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Merchant (The Merchant Law Firm PC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emily Richardson (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville; Brian Fortner (Douglas County District Attorney), Douglasville; Steven Knittel (Assistant District Attorney), Douglasville; Ryan Leonard (Acting District Attorney), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0116

    Circumstantial Evidence Supports Finding Appellants Knew They Were Selling Products Containing a Controlled Substance

  • Saunders v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-08-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marian Maloney (Law Office of the Public Defender - DeKalb County), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Ciccarelli (Assistant Solicitor General DeKalb County Solicitor's Office), Decatur; Donna Stribling (DeKalb County Solicitor General's Office), Decatur; William Kemp (DeKalb County Solicitor-General's Office DeKalb County Courthouse), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0512

    Record Does Not Show That Defendant Intentionally Relinquished Her Right to Counsel

  • Clarence Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-08-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald Griggs (Attorney at Law), Decatur; Clarence Williams (Augusta State Medical Prison), Grovetown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard (District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1650

    Time For Filing Direct Appeal Was Not Extended After Defendant Voluntarily Withdrew Motion for New Trial Before Trial Court Acted

  • Earnest Ray White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-08-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A18A0214

    Trial Court Applied Wrong Standard in Denying Convicted Defendant's Motion For DNA Testing of Archived Evidence

  • Partlow v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelley Dial (Public Defender Cherokee Judicial Circuit), Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosemary Greene (District Attorney), Calhoun; Mark Boyd (Boyd & Marks LLC), Melbourne, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0436

    Defendant's Motion to Continue Trial to Retain New Counsel Properly Denied

  • McClure v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark (GPDC Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Coker (District Attorney), Thomaston; Kimberly Schwartz (Assistant District Attorney - Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit), Columbus; Elizabeth Kendrick (Griffin Circuit Superior Court), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0324

    Defendant Could Not Assert Affirmative Defense After Refusing to Admit to Criminal Conduct

  • Patterson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dawn Belisle (Law Office of Dawn M. Belisle PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard (District Attorney), Atlanta; Francis Wakeford (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0758

    Defense Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Seek to Preclude or Limit Witness Testimony county

  • Garner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon (District Attorney), Covington; Tabitha Rogers (Newton County District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0157

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for first-degree cruelty to children, rape, statutory rape, aggravated sodomy and several other sex offenses arising out of acts defendant committed against his stepchildren while their mother was in prison.