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  • Roundtree v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Thomas, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michelle Harrison, Bradfield Shealy, (Southern Judicial Cir. District Atty Ofc), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A2067

    Court affirms defendant's conviction for possession of cocaine but reverses conviction for possession of a controlled substance due to insufficient evidence

  • Romaine v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tracy Drake, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Daniel Porter, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Hall County Solicitor's Office), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A2002

    Court affirms denial of a motion to suppress where police had reasonable suspicion to stop defendant's vehicle based on collective knowledge and totality of circumstances

  • Hamby v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Scarborough, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Brooks, Winder, James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, Alix Daniel, (Barrow County District Attorney's Office), Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1821

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, failure to merge, and admission of evidence

  • St. Germain v. State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Geary, Kelsey Geary, (The Geary Law Firm, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cliff Head, Shannon Wallace, (Assistant District Attorney), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1854

    Court affirms convictions for rape and other crimes over defendant's contentions on ineffective assistance of counsel, evidentiary error, and a possible Brady violation

  • Mike v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Walker, (GPDC - Appellate Division), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, Greg McConnell, (Assistant District Attorney), Savannah, Shalena Jones, (The Law Office of Shalena Cook Jones LLC), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1600

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation over defendant's contentions of improper jury charges, ineffective assistance of counsel, and error in admitting evidence

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Penny Alane Penn, (Forsyth County District Attorney's Office), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1289

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's contentions of failure to strike testimony, ineffective assistance, and errors in denying motions to suppress

  • Harper v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Randall Scarborough, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Tristan Wade Gillespie, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1288

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's challenges to admission of recordings of interviews he gave before and after his arrest

  • Palmer v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Jones Walker, (Eastern Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Matthew Breedon, Margaret Ellen Heap, Christine Sieger Barker, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1118

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's challenge to a search warrant and contentions of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Poteet v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-01-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Murray, (Attorney at Law), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Kenemer, Herbert Poston, (Assistant District Attorney), Dalton, Geoffrey Bard, (Conasauga Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1728

    Court reverses conviction for methamphetamine possession because the evidence was insufficient to sustain a guilty verdict

  • Armstrong v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-01-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley C. Adams, (Attorney at Law), Lihue, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Kathleen Leona McCanless, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Samuel Howard Altman, Courtney Mcgowan Patterson, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1364

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's challenges relating to evidence of his gang affiliations