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  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Devin Austin Rafus, Manubir Singh Arora, (The Aurora Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Dane Jefferson Uhelski, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0203

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and firearm possession over defendant's multiple contentions of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Blalock v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Michael Treadaway, (Treadaway & Treadaway), Marietta, Megan Webb Grout, (The Law Offices of Megan W. Grout), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0259

    Court affirms malice murder convictions over defendant's challenge to timing of production of discovery and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • The State v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2023-06-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Kelcee Nikki Jones-Connor, Adam Robert Abbate, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rickey L. Richardson, (Rickey L. Richardson PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0090

    Supreme Court Had Jurisdiction to Hear States's Appeal From Pretrial Rulings That Were Never Reduced to Writing

  • The State v. Britton

    Publication Date: 2023-06-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Michael Scott Carlson, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Virginia Lee Davis, Kelcee Nikki Jones-Connor, Jayna Edwards, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jessica M. Sully, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, Lauren Beth Shubow, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0102

    Affidavit Statement in Support of Search Warrant Did Not Contain Material Misrepresentation or Falsehood

  • Ward v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teri Lynn Doepke, (The Doepke Law Firm, LLC), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bobby Lee Christine, Kevin Richard Majeska, (Columbia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Evans, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0139

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and malice murder over defendants' challenges to sufficiency of evidence and other contentions of error

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  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James David Michael, (Burgar & Michael, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Mark Geller, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Ashley Cecelia O’Neal, Nicole De Leon Finnie, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0084

    Error in Instructing on Evidence Not Admitted at Trial Was Harmless

  • Marlon Ellis v. Edward Philbin, Warden

    Publication Date: 2023-06-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marlon Ellis, Grovetown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Whitener Hamilton, (Plunkett, Hamilton, Manton & Graves, LLP), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22H1172

    Habeas Claimant's Second Petition Denied After Previous Petition Was Denied on Grounds of Res Judicata and Lack of Exhaustion

  • O'Neal v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eliot Jay Abt, (Abt Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Katie Alice Hingerty Borodin, (The Hingerty Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Sheila Ann Ross, (Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia), Morrow, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0034

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion Defendant and Others Mutually Conspired to Rob Victim

  • Perrault v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George William Thomas, Robert L. Sirianni, Jr., (Brownstone P.A.), Winter Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gray, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0379

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and simple battery - family violence over defendant's evidentiary and other challenges

  • The State v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2023-05-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Keely Kight Pitts, Timothy Grady Vaughn, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Edward Jones, (Jones & Oliver, P.C.), Fort Valley, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0420

    Court vacates ruling that other-acts evidence is inadmissible and remands for performance of a balancing test as per the court's analysis