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  • Owens v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Jayna Edwards, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0607

    Failure to Merge Felony Murder Count Based on Unlawful Possession of Firearm Into Voluntary Manslaughter Verdict Was Not Error

  • Whittaker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr., Matthew William Moore, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), LaFayette, Chris Allen Arnt, (Superior Court Judge-LMJC), Trenton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0613

    Evidence of Defendant's Brutal and Excessive Attacks Supported Malice Murder Conviction

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Leroy Whitman, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0628

    Prosecutor's Allegedly Improper Reference to Defendant's Post-Arrest Silence Did Not Harm Defense

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-20
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Michelle Kempter, (Kempter Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anita Reynolds Howard, Cynthia Trimboli Adams, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0595

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Not Objecting to Witness's Testimony That Defendant Hit and Threatened Her After He Committed Crime

  • Mitchell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0599

    Prior Armed Robbery Incidents Properly Admitted to Prove Intent Element in Current Armed Robbery Charge

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  • Locklear v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Jillian H. Gibson, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, Shalena Cook Jones, Brian Walter DeBlasiis, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0601

    No Showing Made That Inartfully Drafted Jury Form Affected Outcome of Murder Trial

  • Tilman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Davoric Tilman, (Macon State Prison), Oglethorpe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Racine, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney’s Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0706

    Permanent Restraining Order Imposed as Condition of Probation Was Void For Exceeding Term of Sentence

  • Simmons v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Harrison, (Public Defenders Office Oconee Judicial Circuit), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Vaughn, Kelli Adams, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0775

    Court reverses denial of a motion to vacate a void sentence for felony sexual battery that was deemed void because the victim was not under 16 at the time of the offense

  • Abercrombie v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Scarborough, Atlanta, Wiley Franklin, (Office of the Circuit Public Defender-Atlanta), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Kevin Armstrong, Lyndsey Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1046

    Court affirms denial of defendant's statutory double jeopardy plea in bar, finding that his guilty plea to certain charges did not bar prosecution of other charges

  • Stringer v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lela Acker, (Georgia Public Defender Council, Appellate Division), Albany, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Mulholland, (District Attorney), Bainbridge, for appellee,
    Case Number: A23A0667

    Court affirms convictions for felony obstruction, marijuana possession, and other crimes over defendant's contentions of jury charge error and insufficiency of evidence