• Sinkfield v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Allen Hoort, Frances C. Kuo, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, Sarah Jane Thomas, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A1201

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's claims of insufficient evidence, improper denial of a motion to suppress evidence, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Palmer v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josh David Moore, Thea Adele Delage, (Office of the Georgia Capital Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, John M. Kraft, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A1091

    Court affirms murder convictions over defendant's contentions of a violation of his speedy trial rights, loss of evidence, exclusion of other testimony and evidence, and restrictions on questioning

  • McCullum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Chappell, II, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Clifton Lance Cross, Shannon Elysia Hodder, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0927

    Court affirms murder and rape convictions over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of the evidence and claims of procedural errors.

  • The State v. Ledbetter

    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Michael Scott Carlson, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Mario Kladis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Bruce Steven Harvey, (Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0900

    Court affirms suppression of evidence obtained via a violation of the attorney-client privilege, and affirms denial of motion to suppress cell phone evidence procured by an allegedly invalid warrant

  • Combs v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Monroe, (John Monroe Law, P.C.), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Langley, (District Attorney), Blairsville, Francis Moran, (Lumpkin County District Attorney’s Office), Dahlonega, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1704

    Court affirms one conviction for theft by conversion by a business partner but reverses a second conviction due to lack of evidence that funds were not used for business purposes

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  • Caskey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Hayes, (Attorney at Law), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amy Godfrey, Ashley Nechay, Sandra Wisenbaker, (Coweta County Solicitor General’s Office), Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0175

    Court remands a misdemeanor case for a hearing on defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in the plea process to determine if defendant understood the consequences of his plea

  • Myers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Schneider, (Wosnik Law LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bobby Christine, Kevin Majeska, (Columbia Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Evans, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1319

    Court affirms defendant's conviction for interference with custody and corrects sentencing error to delete requirement that defendant register as a sex offender

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: MaryAnn Donnelly, (Goldman & Donnelly), Marietta, Sylvia Goldman, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1504

    Court affirms convictions for rape and child molestation over defendant's multiple procedural and evidentiary challenges

  • Kirkland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob Dennis Rhein, (Law Offices of Jacob D. Rhein), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0942

    Court affirms murder convictions in arson-related deaths over defendants' challenges to sufficiency and admission of evidence, alleged trial court errors, and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Lopez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, David Michael Wolfe, Elizabeth Overcamp Evans, Clayton McLean Fuller, (lookout mountain judicial Circuit district attorney’s office), Ringgold, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A1165

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of trial counsel