• Johnson v. Hauck

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry Campbell (Attorney at Law), Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Bradley (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1805

    Adoption Petition Failed to Apprise Biological Mother of Factual Allegations

  • The State v. Wright

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Heap (District Attorney), Savannah; Ian Heap (District Attorney's Office, Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Courtney Lerch (Lerch Law Firm), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1780

    Defendant Failed to Show He Had Standing to Object to Search of Residence

  • Byrd v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Anderson (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Chafin (Assistant District Attorney Western Judicial Circuit), Athens; Kenneth Mauldin (District Attorney), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1599

    Defense Counsel's Strategic Decision Not to Seek Jury Instruction on Lesser Included Offense Was Not Patently Unreasonable

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nancy Miller (Attorney at Law), Columbus; Victoria Novak (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit Public Defenders of), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Bickerstaff (DA's Office-Chattahoochee Jud. Cir. Office of the District Attorney), Columbus; Jennifer Dunlap (Chattahoochee Circuit Assistant District Attorney), Julia Slater (District Attorney Chattahoochee Circuit), Columbus; Matthew Landreau (Chattahoochee Judicial District, District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1204

    Police Officer Induced Minor Defendant's Incriminating Statements By Offering Lighter Punishment

  • Bruno v. Light

    Publication Date: 2018-04-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rafe Banks (Banks, Stubbs & McFarland, LLP), Cumming; Cynthia English (Banks and Stubbs, LLP), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darla Light, Cumming, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1967

    Three-Year Protective Order Banning Stalker From His Own Residence Was Overbroad

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  • Booth v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Self
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark (GPDC Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Coker (District Attorney), Thomaston; Marie Broder (Spalding County District Attorney's Office), Elizabeth Kendrick (Griffin Circuit Superior Court), Griffin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0730

    Prosecution Did Not Have To Explain Delay Between Issuance of Wiretap Orders and Sealing of Wiretap Recordings

  • Winn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-26
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Clark (Andy Clark Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amelia Pray (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta; D. Reynolds (District Attorney), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1550

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Establish Defendant's Constructive Possession of Gun and Drugs Found in His Room

  • Ngo v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-23
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Semrau (Attorney at Law), Phu Ngo (Calhoun State Prison), Morgan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter (District Attorney Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville; Anthony Volkodav (Assistant District Attorney), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1846

    Trial Court Erred in Neither Providing Counsel to Defendant Who Sought to Withdraw Plea Nor Inquiring Whether He Had Waived Counsel

  • Drews v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Veronica M. O'Grady (GPDC Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder (Department of Law), Atlanta; Rosemary M. Greene, Jana Willingham Allen (Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S17A1873

    Defense Counsel Not Constitutionally Ineffective Assistance For Failing to Investigate Allegations Raised in Supplemental Police Report and Video

  • Kennedy v. Kohnle

    Publication Date: 2018-03-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Macklyn A. Smith, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S17A1419

    The habeas court erred in applying Alexander v. State, 297 Ga. 59 (2015) retroactively to find that plea counsel performed deficiently in failing to advise defendant that she would not be eligible for parole for 30 years if she pleaded guilty, as Alexander created a "new rule" and thus did not apply retroactively.