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  • Glenn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft, (Office of the Public Defender), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, Harry Steven Ruth, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0683

    Trial Court Properly Permitted Lay Witnesses to Identify Defendant in Motel Surveillance Video

  • Lewis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald G. Shedd, (Office of the Public Defender), Rome, Atlanta.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0765

    Defendant Failed to Show That Long-Missing Rape Kit Had Ever Been Opened or Tampered With

  • Gude v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Beth Shubow, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0611

    Court affirms murder convictions over defendant's challenges to evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel.

  • Cain v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Robert Mobley, II, (Tifton Circuit Public Defender's Office), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, (Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, Jason Matthew Rea, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0669

    Prosecution's Failure to Return Cellphone in Time For Defendant to Retrieve Exculpatory Voice Mail Evidence Not Brady Violation

  • Blackwell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lazanea Holley, (Law Office of LaZanea M. Holley, LLC), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anne Allen, (Assistant District Attorney Coweta Judicial Circuit), Carrollton, David Parrish, Marietta, John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0758

    Court reverses armed robbery and assault conviction due to improper admission of prior armed robbery arrest.

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  • The State v. Orr

    Publication Date: 2019-08-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily Johnson, (District Attorney's Office Rome Judicial Circuit), Rome, Leigh Patterson, (District Attorney), Rome, Luke Martin, (Floyd County District Attorney), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Pierman, (McCurdy & Candler LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A2096

    Georgia Supreme Court's Abrogation of Previously-Established Strict Exclusionary Rule Required Remand For Further Review

  • Sloan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta.
    for defendant: Emily Richardson, Sherry Boston, Gerald Mason, Destiny Bryant, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0123

    Evidence of Prior Crimes Was Not Relevant to Show Identity or Intent

  • Wertz v. Marshall

    Publication Date: 2019-08-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Evidence | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joann Sharp, Margaret Simpson, (Meriwether & Tharp, LLC), Robert Stultz, (Attorney at Law), FT. Oglethorpe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Patten, (Kenneth D. Bruce, LLC), Summerville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0009

    Florida Court Lost Jurisdiction Under Uniforma Child Custody Statute After Party Acknowledged She Had Moved to Colorado

  • The State v. Parks

    Publication Date: 2019-08-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey Bard, (Conasauga Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karen Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0491

    Trial Court Erred in Admitting Evidence of Defendant's Polygraph Refusal

  • Shelton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley Adams, (Attorney at Law), Lihue, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Franklin, (District Attorney), Lafayette, Michael Moeller, (LMJC District Attorney's Office), Summerville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0358

    Public Defender Attorney Could Not Properly Argue That Previous Attorney From Same Office Provided Ineffective Assistance