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  • In Re: Formal Advisory Opinion No. 20-1.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-19
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S21U0879

    Former Employees Are Not Included in Types of Agents of Employees Who May Not Be Contacted Ex Parte by Opposing Attorneys

  • In the Matter of Debra Kaye Scott

    Publication Date: 2022-05-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Kaye Scott, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0508

    Court accepts attorney's petition for reprimand as a result of her violations of Georgia Bar Rules and Rules of Conduct

  • Renfro v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Joseph Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Dawn Marie Baskin, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, Tammy G. Coffey, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Gray, Milledgeville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0348

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to trial court's admission into evidence of his pre-custodial statements

  • In the Matter of Tiffini Colette Bell

    Publication Date: 2022-05-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tiffini Colette Bell, (Holloway Bell LLC), College Park, Tiffini C Bell, Atlanta, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, LaRae Dixon Moore, (Page Scrantom Sprouse Tucker & Ford PC), Columbus, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0440

    Court affirms special master's report and disbars attorney from practice of law in Georgia due to knowing and intentional misconduct

  • Davenport v. Ward

    Publication Date: 2022-05-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Kammer, (Mercer Law School), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0179

    Court reverses habeas court judgment and sets aside conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, which should have merged into an armed robbery charge

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  • Seth Rouzan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0199

    Court vacates denial of a petition for an out-ot-time appeal to convictions for malice murder and other crimes, and remands with instructions to dismiss the motion

  • Saul E. Polanco v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelsey Geary Wiley, (Wiley Defense, P.C.), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher Mark DeNeve, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0174

    Court vacates denial of a petition for an out-ot-time pro se appeal to a felony murder conviction and remands with instructions to dismiss the motion

  • Dickey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Crawford, (Crawford & Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0165

    Evidence of Defendant's presence and conduct with other perpetrators before and during crimes supported murder conviction

  • Rawls v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Kammer, (Mercer Law School), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tasha Monique Mosley, Karen Smith Barbour, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0134

    Appeal From Denial of Motion For Copy of Trial Transcripts at Public Expense Was Moot

  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara S Becker, (Conaway & Strickler), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Jason Matthew Rea, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0086

    Any Error in Admitting Medical Examiner's Testimony Regarding Blood Spatter Evidence Was Harmless