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  • Arroyo v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Jones, (Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Mitchell Mobley, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0483

    Court affirms rape conviction over defendant's contentions of jury instruction error regarding consent, insufficiency of evidence, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Troupe v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Mitchell, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, James Mitchell, (J Todd Mitchell Law Firm, LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Jared Williams, (District Attorney’s Office Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0065

    Court reverses a resentencing order due to improper use of rejected plea admissions in a case involving new charges brought against a defendant who was already serving a probated sentence

  • Padilla-Garcia v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Clifford Kurlander, Christopher DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0503

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated sexual battery and child molestation but vacates overbroad probation condition and remands for resentencing

  • Rivera v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katie Borodin, Eliot Abt, (The Abt Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Angela Mattozzi, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0299

    Court reverses sexual exploitation conviction and remands for a new trial due to defendant's improper waiver of right to counsel, which was not done knowingly and intelligently

  • Foreman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adrian Patrick, (Attorney at Law), Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cheryl Hightower, Louie Fraser, (Assistant District Attonrey Dublin Judicial Circuit), Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0411

    Court vacates trial court's orders denying motions to plea in bar and remands cases for proper analysis of speedy trial claims and statute of limitations defenses

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  • Head v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Timothy Douds, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Grace Guthrie Griffith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0263

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other offenses over defendant's challenges based on Confrontation Clause issues and improper admission of expert testimony

  • The State v. Rahaman

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0311

    Court affirms trial court's jurisdiction to vacate and re-enter an order denying a new trial and affirms conviction for simple battery over defendant's challenge to jury charges and trial procedures

  • The State v. Lopez-Cardona et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Greenwald, David Leroy Whitman, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, Richard Carter Armond, (The Armond Firm, LLC), Lawrenceville, Lyle Kilvington Porter, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0104

    Court vacates evidence suppression orders in a murder case due to insufficient findings on a Miranda waiver, and remands for further proceedings

  • Harmon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Dodd Roth, (Augusta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Eric Christopher Peters, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John M. Kraft, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0158

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, error in denying a directed verdict, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Hill v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Aaron Pope Carey, (Frost & Carey, LLC), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Amber Rae Bennett, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0156

    Court affirms conviction for malice murder over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, trial court error, and ineffective assistance of counsel