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  • Desantos v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Ray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Kleinrock (Law Office of Lynn M. Kleinrock), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter (District Attorney Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville; Lee Tittsworth (Gwinnett Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0209

    Prospective Juror Who Openly Expressed Bias and Was Never Rehabilitated Should Have Been Excused For Cause

  • Burns v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Ray (Grisham & Poole PC), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randall Ivey (District Attorney's Office, Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton; Cliff Head (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton; Shannon Wallace (District Attorney), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0227

    Evidence That Alleged Child Victim Had Previously Made False Accusation Against Someone Else Was Admissible to Impeach

  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chauntilia Khelice Adaway (Tifton Circuit Public Defender's Office), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Aimee F. Sobhani (Department of Law), Atlanta; Clifford Paul Bowden, Jennifer Dawn Hart (Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0429

    Defense Counsel Not Ineffective for Failing to Call Witnesses Who Could Testify as to Contentious Relationship Between Defendant and Victim

  • Soto v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Waring Gibert (El Gallo Legal), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; John Richard Edwards, D. Victor Reynolds, Michael Scott Carlson (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0346

    Record Supported Trial Court's Refusal to Charge Aggravated Assault as Lesser Offenses of Reckless Conduct or Terrorist Act

  • Stephens v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Alexander Miller (Steven A. Miller Law), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague (Department of Law), Atlanta; Stewart David Bratcher, Rosemary M. Greene (Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0421

    Evidence Supported Conclusion Infant Ingested Cocaine After Finding It Where Parent Stored It For Sale

  • Mitchell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Converse Bright, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Meyerhoefer, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Jessica Whittington Clark, Bradfield M. Shealy (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0193

    Extensive Evidence Supported Defendant's Conviction for Murder, Assault, and Firearm Possession

  • Rhoden v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Hines
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ivars Lacis (Lacis Law LLC), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien (Department of Law), Atlanta; Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Arthur C. Walton (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0116

    Batson Did Not Apply to Prosecutor's Mere Non-Exercise of Peremptory Strike

  • Russell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa Lynn Doepke (Alcovy Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder (Department of Law), Atlanta; Layla Hinton Zon, Candice Leigh Branche (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0091

    Defendant Who Shot Victim After Playful Scuffle Turned Violent Was Not Entitled to Mutual Combat Instruction

  • Snelson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Snelson, Pelham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; D. Victor Reynolds, Michael Scott Carlson (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0272

    Appellant's Claims That He Was Denied His Right to Competent and Conflict-Free Counsel Could Not Be Resolved on Existing Record

  • Meadows v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Andrew Barnes, Macon; James W. Davis (James W. Davis & Associates), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Karl David Cooke Jr., John Allen Regan, Dorothy Vinson Hull (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0314

    Trial Court Declared Mistrial Without Sufficient Factual Support and Without Considering Less Drastic Alternatives