• Ali v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melissa Akins, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, (District Attorney), McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0995

    Court vacates order that denied a motion for an out-of-time appeal and directs trial court to enter an order dismissing the motion

  • Behl v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Jones Walker, (Eastern Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bonnie Lowe Jones, Shalena Cook Jones, Bryan Michael Roy, Timothy Patrick Dean, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0377

    Incarcerated Pro Se Defendant Failed to Preserve Issue of Alleged Denial of Access to Digital Discovery

  • Porter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Oxford, (Oxford Law Firm), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Adams, (Office of the District Attorney, Towaliga Judicial Circuit), Jackson, Dorothy Hull, (Assistant District Attorney), Forsyth, Jessica Haygood, (Towaliga Judicial Circuit), Forsyth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1719

    Court dismisses appeal because it had no jurisdiction over it, given that defendant had pending motions for a new trial or arrest in judgment before the trial court

  • Armstrong et al. v. Solicitor General Of Gwinnett County

    Publication Date: 2023-03-23
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter Britt, (Chandler, Britt & Jay, LLC), Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Whiteside, Joseph Morales, (Gwinnett County Solicitor’s Office), Lawrenceville, Lisamarie Bristol, (Office of the Public Defender), Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1537

    State Lacked Authority to Seek Order Directing Recorder's Court Judges to Transfer Ordinance Violation Cases to State Court

  • Gonzales v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Lee Copeland, (Rouse & Copeland, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John Thomas Durden, Jr., Melissa Leigh Poole, (Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Hinesville, for appellee; Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia), Morrow, Jill Anderson Travis, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Mazie Lynn Guertin, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Jason B. Sheffield, (Peters, Rubin, Sheffield & Hodges), Decatur, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Natalie Katherine Glaser, Omotayo Bayonle Alli, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.

    Case Number: S22A1303

    County's Filing Notice of Appeal Challenging Unappealable Order Did Not Did Not Deprive Trial Court of Authority to Dismiss Pending Counts

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  • Spears v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Charles Jones, Burke Doherty, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1399

    Criminal Appellant's Initial Notice of Appeal Ripened Upon Entry of Amended Judgment of Conviction

  • The State v. Arroyo

    Publication Date: 2023-03-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elaine L. Thompson, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Beth Shubow, Steven Eric Phillips, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22G0593

    State Could Not Appeal Trial Court's Grant of Motion to Suppress Issued After Jury Was Impaneled

  • Gay v. Jackson, Judge et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda K Johns, Tokunbo Henry Adeleye, (City of Atlanta Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Raines Felton Carter, (Office of the City Solicitor), Atlanta, Gary E. Jackson, (Atlanta Municipal Court), Atlanta, Hermise Pierre, Michael Christopher Wynter, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A1204

    Court affirms dismissal of defendant's pretrial habeus petition because defendant had other remedies available that superseded habeus relief

  • Torres-Toledo v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Reba, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA), Gainesville, Patrick Shuler, (Hall County District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1544

    Appellant Waived Breach of Plea Agreement Claim By Failing to Address Trial Court's Stated Reason For Denying His Motion

  • In the Interest of E. R., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-01-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Skye Musson, (Musson Law Offices LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Jones, Alison Slagowitz, (Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Aaron Wiles, (Chatham County District Attorney), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1173

    Court affirms trial court's adjudication and disposition of a juvenile custody ruling because defendant failed to raise issues that were the subject of his appeal at trial