Filter This View

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Troy Edward Golden, (Dougherty Circuit Public Defender's Office), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Melinda April Wynne, Gregory W. Edwards, (Dougherty County District Attorney's Office), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0775

    Trial judge's comment on evidence was not sufficient basis to grant a new trial on a felony murder conviction

  • Bishop v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Elaine Hildebrand, (Hildebrand Law Office, PC.), LaFayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr., (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0979

    Court Affirms Conviction of Man Who Abused and Murdered Wife

  • Rivera v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chaunda Brock, (Brock Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, Deborah D. Wellborn, Gerald Mason, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1171

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Murdered Her Infant Grandchild

  • Foster v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    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, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1494

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Claimed Lack of Corroboration of Accomplice's Account of Events

  • Willis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Henry Frier, Atlanta, Akil K. Secret, (The Secret Firm, PC.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Sabrina Dawn Graham, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Channell Veena Singh, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee. Brian Kammer, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18P0915

    Court Affirms Imposition of the Death Penalty for Home-Invasion Murderer

  • Law Journal Press | Digital Book

    Lackawanna/Luzerne County Court Rules 2023

    Authors:

    View this Book

    View more book results for the query "*"

  • Sullins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Conklin, Jackie Tyo, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Kayleigh Carter, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1146

    No hearsay exception for statements made by a 16-year old child sexual abuse victim

  • Lord v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Manuel G. Lord, Abbeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Jason Matthew Rea, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Marc A. Mallon, (Fulton County District), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0959

    Court rejects multiple claims of trial court error and affirms felony murder convictions

  • Gramiak v. Beasley

    Publication Date: 2018-10-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Michael Alexander Oldham (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, PC.), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0784

    Remand to habeus court for determination of whether trial counsel's and appellate counsel's performances were deficient and prejudicial to defendant

  • The State v. Holmes

    Publication Date: 2018-10-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Marc A. Mallon, (Fulton County District), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Suzanne M. Tevis, (Fulton County Public), Atlanta, Tamara Natasha Crawford, (Atlanta Circuit Public), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0851

    Order for new trial vacated and case remanded for consideration of admission of hearsay under "necessity" rule

  • Atkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley Adams, Christina Cribbs, (Ga. Public Defender Council, Columbus Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Arthur Walton, (Assistant District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0240

    Court Adopts Supreme Court Opinion to Vacate Statutory Rape Conviction