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  • Thompson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-17
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Kenner, (Law Offices of Robert Kenner, Jr.), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith McIntyre, (Ogeechee Judicial Circuit District Attorney, Ogeechee Judicial Circuit), Statesboro, Daphne Totten, Candace DeLoach, (Bulloch County District Attorney’s Office), Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1026

    Warrantless Entry Into Residence Was Unlawful Absent Exigent Circumstances or Occupant's Consent

  • Craw v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Frier, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, 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: A23A1077

    Court affirms convictions for voluntary manslaughter and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and jury instruction error

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ricky Johnson, (Riverbend Correctional Facility), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, Richard Vandever, (GA Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0875

    No "General" or "Specific" Offenses Under Theft-By-Taking Statutes In Effect in 2007

  • Martin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Jones, (Leslie Spornberger Jones LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Christian, (District Attorney’s Office Mountain Judicial Circuit), Clayton, Suzanne Boykin, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Toccoa, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1138

    Court reverses order that had revoked a defendant's first offender status and remands for discharge because defendant was never adjudicated guilty

  • Lavalley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Dille, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA), Gainesville, Anna Fowler, (Hall County District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1115

    Court affirms child abuse convictions over defendant's challenge to trial court's ruling that allowed victim to testify away from his physical presence

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  • The State v. Peppers

    Publication Date: 2023-10-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David White, (District Attorney), Hartwell, Jeffrey Lee, (Elbert County District Attorney’s Office), Elberton, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Smith, (Law Office of James W. Smith), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0855

    Court reverses a trial court's grant of a motion for a new trial, which grant had been based on insufficient evidence, because double jeopardy precluded a new trial

  • Adams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    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, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0758

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Hamilton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Yelton Peace, (Manning Peace, LLC), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Patrick Bibler, Anita Reynolds Howard, Cynthia Trimboli Adams, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0670

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Kennebrew v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara S Becker, (Sara Stewart Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Sheila Ann Ross, Peter J. Skandalakis, (Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0530

    Previous Testimony of Deceased Witness Properly Admitted Where Defendant Had Adequate Opportunity to Cross-Examine

  • Campus v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ricardo Campus, (Riverbend Correctional Facility), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Christopher DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1158

    Trial Court Properly Dismissed Out-of-Term Motion to Withdraw Guilty Pleas