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  • MacMillan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Christopher DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1167

    Court affirms convictions for armed robbery and aggravated assault over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and alleged jury instruction error

  • Young v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marsha Mignott, (The Mignott Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0793

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to withdraw a negotiated guilty plea in a robbery case

  • Gallegos-Munoz v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, John Williams, Clifford Louis Kurlander, John Stuart Melvin, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24G0214

    Court vacates child molestation conviction and remands case for application of correct current standard to assess admissibility of victim's alleged false accusation against a third party

  • Gonzalez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Craig Joseph Pake, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Penny Alane Penn, Jennifer Lynn Scalia, (Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0913

    Court affirms malice murder conviction, and rejects defendant's claims of improper admission of his pre-Miranda statement and claims of improper evidence collection

  • Pyne v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kalki Yalamanchili, (Y’Chili Law LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Grace Guthrie Griffith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Thomas L. Williams, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0670

    Court affirms convictions for murder and other crimes, and rejects claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and improper closing argument by prosecutor

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  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Van Thomas, II, (Andrew V. Thomas II, PC), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, Ian Louis Sansot, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0647

    Court affirms convictions in a double murder case and rejects claims of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Melancon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Ann Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G1128

    Court vacates conviction for second degree murder and other crimes and clarifies cause in fact and legal causation requirements in murder cases

  • Brock v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Paulding County Public Defender’s Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Craig Joseph Pake, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anthony Brett Williams, Matthew Wayne Rollins, (Paulding County District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0669

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes and rejects defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and alleged misstatement of law of self-defense

  • Daniels v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony Daniels, Douglas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Justo Cabral, (Solicitor General), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0980

    Court affirms simple battery conviction but reverses disorderly conduct conviction due to insufficient evidence of "fighting words"

  • Pope v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jomekia Dechelle Pope, (Hays State Prison), Trion, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anita Reynolds Howard, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Macon,for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0985

    Court affirms denial of defendant's pro se motion to withdraw his guilty plea to malice murder because the motion was untimely filed