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  • Caffee v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory A. Hicks (Law Offices of Gregory A. Hicks), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Martin McElyea, Jessica K. Moss, Carlton Todd Hayes (Cherokee County Solicitor General's Office), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17G1691

    Probable Cause Will Not Justify Warrantless Search Absent Exception to Warrant Requirement

  • Taylor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alfonza Whitaker (Whitaker & Whitaker), Columbus; Leon Jacobson (Bukh Law Firm PLLC), Brooklynn, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Lalaine Aquino Briones (Prosecuting Attorneys' Counsel of Georgia), Morrow; Julia Anne Fessenden Slater (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus; Charles Alan Spahos, Morehead City for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0276

    Jury Could Rationally Conclude That Hit-And-Run Driver Proximately Caused Embolism That Followed Hit-And-Run Injuries

  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Michael Johnson, Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; George Elemuel Barnhill, Alexander John Markowich, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0333

    The trial court properly denied defendant's motion for new trial because he failed to prove his ineffective assistance of counsel claims.

  • Yarbrough v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Sullivan Hanson (Atlanta Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Paul L. Howard Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, F. McDonald Wakeford (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0113

    The trial court did not clearly err in finding that the prosecution did not intend to goad the defense into moving for a mistrial and the Court, therefore, affirmed the denial of defendant's plea in bar.

  • Slaton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Hines
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Greg Howard Bell (Attorney at Law), Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill (Department of Law), Atlanta; George Herbert Hartwig III, Alicia Deck Gassett (Houston County District Attorney's Office), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0354

    The Supreme Court affirmed defendant's conviction for malice murder, as he failed to prove his several ineffective assistance of counsel claims.

  • Norman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Lee Copeland (Rouse & Copeland LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; John Thomas Durden Jr., Brooklyn Renee Franklin (Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0331

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Stipulating To Substance of Witness Testimony Regarding Prior Crime

  • Usher v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Johnny O'Neal Usher, Nicholls, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Hinton Zon, Shaun Joseph Foley (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington; Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0274

    Defendant Seeking Out-of-Time Appeal Failed To Show Any Claims of Error Would Be Resolved In His Favor

  • Brown v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad (Haddad Law Group LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn (Department of Law), Atlanta; Joshua Daniel Morrison, Paul L. Howard Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Michael V. Snow (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0262

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Cross-Examine Witness Regarding Multiple Prior Arrests and Felony Convictions

  • Leanos v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Arturo Corso (The Corso Law Center LLC), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder (Department of Law), Atlanta; Lee Darragh, Shiv Sachdeva (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0528

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for felony murder and other crimes in connection with the killing of a taxi driver.

  • Ramirez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-23
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Hood (Attorney at Law), Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosemary Greene (District Attorney), Calhoun; Sharon Fox (Gordon County District Attorney's Office), Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0502

    Defendant Who Was Not Present at Bench Conference When Attorneys and Judge Discussed Jury Selection Issues Was Not Denied His Right To Be Present At All Trial Proceedings