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  • Depriest v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teri Lynn Doepke, (The Doepke Law Firm, LLC), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Faith Donnell Worley, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, Amber Rae Bennett, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A1152

    Court affirms felony murder conviction, rejecting defendant's claims of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Goodwin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie J. Cardin, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Saint Simons Island, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Faith Donnell Worley, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Charles Keith Higgins, Nigel Robin Lush, Benjamin E. Gephardt, (Brunswick Circuit District Attorney's Office), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0518

    Court affirms denial of motion to withdraw guilty plea where defendant could not demonstrate ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Redding v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kennon Peebles, Jr., Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, Grace Guthrie Griffith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Frederick Lewis, Sadhana Pandey Dailey, Stacey Sherrard Jackson, (Chatahoochee Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0834

    Court affirms defendant's convictions for felony murder and aggravated assault, and trial court's denial of his speedy trial claim in a case involving impeachment with prior convictions

  • Kelley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Chappell, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, (District Attorney), Rome, Leah Mayo, (Rome District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0950

    Court affirms animal cruelty convictions and rejects defendant's arguments on insufficient evidence, failure to merge counts, and failure to apply rule of lenity

  • The State v. Haynes

    Publication Date: 2024-10-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David White, (District Attorney), Hartwell, Jeffrey Lee, (Elbert County District Attorney's Office), Elberton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Rothman, (Daniels & Rothman, P.C.), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0923

    Court reverses exclusion of blood-test evidence in vehicular homicide case, finding that a warrant for the evidence was supported by probable cause

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  • Couch v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Nestrud, (Coweta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Franklin, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, Matthew Moore, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1034

    Court affirms denial of motion drug suppress evidence found in a hotel room because hotel guest lost a right to privacy after scheduled checkout time

  • Little v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Little, (Wheeler Correctional Facility), Alamo, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bradford Rigby, (District Attorney’s Office of the Cordele Judicial), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1142

    Court affirms conviction for aggravated battery and child cruelty over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence, admission of evidence, and claim of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • In re Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-22
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Joycelyn Curry, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Shalen Nelson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Nelson, (Fleming & Nelson, LLP), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0995

    Court reverses criminal contempt order against State Department, which had been issued on account of the Department's delay in taking custody of a defendant deemed to be incompetent

  • In the Interest of N. C., a child.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: President Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea Herschberger, (Eastern Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Jones, Brittany Padgett, (District Attorney’s Office Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0796

    Court reverses delinquency adjudication, finding that probation order did not clearly impose a condition that the State alleged had been violated for interference with electronic monitoring device

  • Shumate v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Wilkes, (Tallapoosa Circuit Public Defender), Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Oliver Browning, Kayleigh Carter, (Polk County District Attorney’s Office), Cedartown, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0862

    Court reverses denial of motion to suppress drug evidence where officers did not have a reasonable suspicion to escalate an encounter and conduct a search of the defendant's vehicle