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  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Davis Smith, (Conger & Smith, LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gregory W. Edwards, (Dougherty County District Attorney's Office), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1198

    Jury Did Not Have to Believe Defendant's Self-Serving Testimony That He Was Defending Himself

  • The State v. Houston

    Publication Date: 2021-12-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kenneth D. Kondritzer, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Keith Elliott Gammage, (Fulton County Solicitor General's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0957

    Habeas Court Properly Found Defendant Was Not Advised of His Right to Counsel at Plea Hearing

  • Spann v. Davis et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Court Administration
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt Gregory Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, Cary S. Wiggins, (Wiggins Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kimberly Briana-Maria Myers, Joshua Stanley Foster, Kimberly M. Perkins, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Canton, Laura M. Shamp, Joshua Forrest Silk, (Shamp Jordan Woodward), Atlanta, for, Amicus Appellant; Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Drew F. Waldbeser, Zachariah Weston Lindsey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S20G1536

    Trial Court Erred in Raising Issue of Quasi-Judicial Immunity Sua Sponte

  • Troy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert James Beckwith, (The Beckwith Law Firm), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0989

    Any Error in Admitting Evidence of Prior Assault With Same Gun Was Harmless in Light of Other Strong Evidence of Guilt

  • In the Matter of Monte Kevin Davis.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-06
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Monte Kevin Davis, Villa Rica, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Jo Carol Nesset-Sale, (Mediation & Law Office of Jocarol Nesset-Sale), Athens, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0085

    Public Reprimand Is an Appropriate Sanction for Attorney Who Sent Text to Harass or Maliciously Injure a Former Client

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  • Garcia-Martinez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Faith Arndt, (Newton County Public Defender’s Office), Covington, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, Bailey Rachel Simkoff, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1152

    Sufficient Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion Defendant Shot and Killed Victim With Malice

  • George v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional 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: Randal Matthew McGinley, Jacqueline Payne Fletcher, Kristen Nicole Smith, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21G0429

    Court of Appeals Erred in Considering the Relevance of Evidence Alone as Justifying Its Seizure Outside the Scope of a Search Warrant

  • Rockdale County v. U.S. Enterprises, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Land Use and Planning | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Joseph Linkous, (Hall County Law Department), Gainesville, Mirza Qader Ali Baig, (M. Qader A. Baig & Associates, LLC), Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy E. Barnes, Benjamin Robert Rosichan, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Richard A. Carothers, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0718

    County Ordinance's Definition of Prohibited "Truck Stop" Was Not Unconstitutionally Vague

  • Schoicket v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, Walter Cliff Howard, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0840

    Grant of Out-of Time Appeal Did Not Automatically Entitle Defendant to Grant of Otherwise Untimely Motion to Withdraw Plea

  • Stafford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Richard Benjamin Caplan, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0767

    If Any, in Admitting Evidence of Earlier Crimes Was Harmless