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  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24A0171

    In a sharply divided opinion, court reverses malice murder conviction due to failure to instruct jury on voluntary manslaughter

  • Howard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Walter Donnelly, (Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Athens, John Allen Regan, (Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G1037

    Court rules that adjudication of guilt upon revocation of first-offender status is directly appealable, and reverses appellate court judgment that dismissed appeal for lack of jurisdiction

  • Worth County School District v. Tibbetts

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grant E. McBride, Matthew Chase Collum, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White LLC), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles E. Cox, Jr., (Charles E. Cox, Jr., LLC), Macon, for appellee; Phillip L. Hartley, Stephen Duane Pereira, (Pereira, Kirby, Kinsinger & Nguyen, LLP), Lawrenceville, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G0791

    Court reverses appellate court opinion and concludes that a former teacher's breach of contract action was barred by sovereign immunity because a valid contract had not been formed

  • Smith et al. v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Scott Anulewicz, Wayne R. Beckermann, (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP), Atlanta, Douglas Ray McMillan, (Shingler & McMillan LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Kenneth Mulholland, Christopher Michael Quinn, (South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Bainbridge, for appellee; Lynsey M Barron, (Barron Law LLC), Atlanta, Daniel L. Alban, Anna J. Goodman, (Institute For Justice), Arlington, Paul Oliver, Les A. Schneider, (Wimberly Lawson Steckel Schneider & Stine, P.C.), Atlanta, Thomas Leland Walker, (Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G0701

    Court reverses and remands civil asset forfeiture case, finding that the State's complaint failed to adequately allege essential elements of theft by taking.

  • Anderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Paulding County Public Defender’s Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anthony Brett Williams, Matthew Wayne Rollins, (Paulding County District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0405

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's argument that the trial court should have issued an instruction on voluntary manslaughter and claim of ineffective assistance

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  • Feder v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clarke & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0528

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to inconsistent jury verdicts and claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • Gray v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of the Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Sarah Jane Thomas, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Harry Steven Ruth, Lenny I. Krick, Shannon Elysia Hodder, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0570

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's claim that the trial court should have issued a self-defense jury instruction because of an attempt to prevent a felony

  • Isaac v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Chappell, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Harry Steven Ruth, Thomas L. Williams, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0014

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and trial court jury instruction error

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jessua Calhoun Hornsby, Bradfield M. Shealy, (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0382

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and a firearms offense over defendant's claims of ineffective assistance where his trial counsel did not challenge the prosecutor's closing remarks

  • In the Matter of James W. Davis, III.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    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: James W. Davis, Villa Rica, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0622

    Court orders disbarment of an attorney who fraudulently intercepted and misappropriated a multi-million dollar insurance payment meant for a client