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  • Everett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Horne Petrey, (Dekalb County Public Defender’s Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Sarah Jane Thomas, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Mario Kladis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0396

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's claims of jury instruction error on justification and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Richardson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dillon McConnell, (The Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Ruth M. Pawlak, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0179

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's contentions of improper witness testimony bolstering and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Durden v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, Ryan C. Malone, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stacey Sherrard Jackson, Cynthia Dawn McDonald, (Chatahoochee Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0270

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's challenge to a Detective's testimony and claims of jury instruction error, but vacates armed robbery conviction due to merger doctrine error

  • Hassan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Bruce Steven Harvey, (Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Pareesa Hanna Amjadi, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0026

    Court affirms convictions in a gang-related drive-by shooting case over defendant's challenge to admission of evidence about another related murder and alleged jury instruction error.

  • Howard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gary Drew Bergman, (Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia), Morrow, Stacey Sherrard Jackson, Tina G. Stanford, (Chatahoochee Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0105

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel and jury selection error

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  • Clark v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amara Montgomery, (Rockdale County Public Defenders Office), Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, (Henry County Courthouse 2nd Floor), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1690

    Court affirms denial of a motion for early probation termination under OCGA § 17-10-1 (a) (1) (B), citing statute's directory nature and deference to trial court's judicial discretion

  • Green v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen Anderson, (Attorney at Law), Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, Andrew Brill, (Barrow County District Attorney’s Office), Winder, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1683

    Court affirms defendant's conviction for attempted kidnapping but reverses convictions for attempt to entice a child and simple assault due to insufficient evidence

  • Logan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Withers, (Withers Law Firm PC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Breedon, Daphne Totten, (Ogeechee Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Springfield, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1661

    Court affirms re-indictment of pharmacist on drug charges, denying his challenges based on double jeopardy and statute of limitations, and rejecting claims of prosecutorial misconduct

  • Olsen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Clark Palmer, Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: C. Cross, Sherry Boston, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office DeKalb County Courthouse), Decatur, Lenny Krick, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1506

    Court reverses police officer's conviction related to use of force policy in a case involving a fatal shooting, but notes that officer may be retried for aggravated assault

  • Grant v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Hewitt, (Appellate Attorney GPDC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joe Skeens, Billy Nelson, (Office of the District Attorney for the Atlantic Judicial Circuit), Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1575

    Court affirms convictions for armed robbery and firearm possession over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence, highlighting eyewitness testimony and legal standards on weapon apprehension