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  • Priester v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Allen Hoort, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anthony Brett Williams, Matthew Wayne Rollins, (Paulding County District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0728

    Trial Court Did Not Err by Failing to Instruct Jury on Justification and Witness Perjury

  • Maynor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Alan Anderson, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Jayna Edwards, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0753

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Alleged Failure to Adequately Cross-Examine Prosecution Witness

  • The State v. Cook

    Publication Date: 2023-11-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., Richard Benjamin Caplan, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathon Justin Majeske, (The Issa Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0702

    Jailers Accused of Murdering Prisoner Were Not Entitled to Pre-Indictment Protections Afforded to "Peace Officers" under OCGA §17-7-52

  • The State v. Black

    Publication Date: 2023-10-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Marietta, Cliff Head, Alana Driscoll, Kelly Nugent-Chavis, (Cherokee County District Attorney's Office), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lawrence Zimmerman, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0939

    Court reverses evidence suppression order to the extent it had limited admission of evidence seized from warranted search of a cell phone to communications between a defendant and a rape victim

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Jones, Gabriel Justus, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1128

    Court reverses conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon because seizure of that firearm occurred during an improper warrantless search of a home

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  • Gilmore v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Gilmore, (Self Represented), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sandra Wisenbaker, Zachary Taylor, (Coweta County Solicitor General's Office), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0793

    Email Evidence Supported Conviction For Misdemeanor Offense of Making Harassing Communications

  • West v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley Schoolcraft, (Circuit Public Defender's Office), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Kevin Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1113

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated sodomy and other crimes over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • Gallegos-Munoz v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, or appellant,
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Ryan Fisher, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0713

    Court states that a defendant must first establish with reasonable probability that a prior sexual abuse allegation was false before that evidence will be admitted

  • Simmons v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Chappell, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lenny Krick, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1078

    Court affirms convictions for armed robbery and other crimes over defendant's contentions that the State improperly sent its work product out to the jury room

  • Padilla-Garcia v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    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: A23A0718

    Court vacates an order denying a defendant's constitutional speedy trial claim and remands for the trial court's analysis of those claims under the proper standard