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  • Griffin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-26
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Penny Alane Penn, Michael Shawn Mahoney, (Forsyth County District Attorney's Office), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0967

    Trial Counsel Offered Reasonable Tactical Explanation For Failing to Challenge Evidence of Defendant's Racism

  • Love v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Kang, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Layla Hinton Zon, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0802

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Denying Malice Murder Defendant's Motion to Suppress Statements to Law Enforcement or in Sentencing Him as a Juvenile to Serve Life Without Parole

  • Lumpkin v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne L. Burnaine, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0734

    Ample Evidence Supported Jury Conclusion That Participant in Home Robbery Shared Shooter's Criminal Intent

  • Lowery v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen Strang, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Timothy Grady Vaughn, Keely Kight Pitts, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: s20a0597

    Evidence That Suspect Fired Shotgun at Pursuing Sheriff During High-Speed Pursuit Supported Felony Murder Conviction

  • Clarke v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence Lewis, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrea Alabi, Daniel Porter, (Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1013

    Court affirms convictions for theft by receiving stolen property over defendant's objections to other acts evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Cooke v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Taylor, (Attorney at Law), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Natalie Paine, Henry Syms, (Office of the District Attorney), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1428

    Evidence of Prior Incident Between Defendant and Robbery/Assault Victim Was Admissible as Similar Transaction Evidence

  • Wallace v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Craig Head, (Waycross Judicial Circuit Defender's Office), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, Michelle Chapman McIntire, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1186

    It Was for the Jury, Not the Court, to Resolve Possible Conflicts in Evidence and Questions on Witness Credibility; Murder Conviction Sustained

  • Fisher v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Gary Spencer, (R. Gary Spencer, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, F. McDonald Wakeford, Mathew Eli Plott,, (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1004

    Evidence Was Legally Sufficient to Support Malice Murder Convictions; Properly Charged Jury Was Authorized to Determine That Testifying Witness Was Not an Accomplice

  • Ellison v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brett W. Ladd, (The Ladd Law Firm, LLC), Blairsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert E. Franklin, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0984

    DNA Evidence Obtained From Defendant's Buccal Swab Did Not Match DNA Found at Crime Scene or Incriminate Defendant; DNA's Admission Was Harmless Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

  • Subar v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of the Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Emily Kathleen Richardson, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, Shannon Elysia Hodder, Alana Jane Driscoll, (Dekalb County District Attorneys Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0942

    It Was Highly Probable That Trial Court's Admission of Evidence of Prior Burglary Trial Did Not Contribute to Jury's Malice Murder Conviction