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  • In the Interest of R. J. A., a child.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Crawford, (Crawford & Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cora Mae Fisher, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Brandon M. Delfunt, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23C0133

    Court denies a juvenile defendant's petition for certiorari over whether a superior court retained jurisdiction over a criminal case or if the case should be in juvenile court

  • Wood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Allen Yurachek, (Yurachek & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, III, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gray, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0637

    Evidence Did Not Support Defendant's Claim He Shot Victim in Self-Defense

  • Middleton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Christopher Tyrone, Jonathan P. Lockwood, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Jesup, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin E. Gephardt, Charles Keith Higgins, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Brunswick, for appellee; Jill Anderson Travis, Mazie Lynn Guertin, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Hunter Joseph Rodgers, (J. Ryan Brown Law LLC), Newnan, Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia), Morrow, for Neutral Amicus; Ross Warren Bergethon, Stephen John Petrany, Christopher M. Carr, Wayne R. Beckermann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S22G1050

    Scope of Police Officer's Authority to Stop Vehicle Outside of City Boundaries Required Further Clarification From Trial Court

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Richard King, (SK Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, Constance Monique Harris, Marie Greene Broder, (Griffin Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0436

    Crime-Scene Video Did Not Support Defendant's Self-Defense Claim

  • Georgia CVS Pharmacy, LLC v. Carmichael

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Brian David Trulock, (Magmutual Insurance Company), Atlanta, Carrie A. Moss, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, Keith Robert Blackwell, William Joseph Repko, III, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Peter Andrew Law, Brian Colty Kaplan, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, James Alexander Rice, Jr., Andrew J. Brandt, (James A. Rice, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, , for appellee; Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Valentin Leppert, Martha Banner Banks, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Rebecca Woods, Esther Slater McDonald, (Seyfarth Shaw LLP.), Atlanta, Adeline K Lambert, Kyle D. Hawkins, Drew F. Waldbeser, (Lehotsky Keller LLP), Atlanta, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Martin Adam Levinson, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, Amicus Appellant; Gilbert H. Deitch, Andrew Timothy Rogers, Kara Elizabeth Phillips, William Michael D'Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S22G0527

    Court rules that in premises liability cases, the reasonable foreseeability of a third-party criminal act is a factual determination linked to a proprietor's obligations

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  • Caldwell v. Edenfield

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clint Christopher Malcolm, Tayo Popoola, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Sabrina Dawn Graham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Francis Bogan, III, Bennett Richardson, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, Vanessa J. Carroll, (Southern Center for Human Rights), Atlanta, Anna Marie Arceneaux, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0260

    Court reverses a habeus court's order that had reversed a death penalty sentence and remands for findings of fact and conclusions of law on a defendant's mental capacity

  • Basulto v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Richard Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0733

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and aggravated assault over defendant's contentions that trial court erred by failing to remove a juror who withheld information

  • The State v. Brinkley

    Publication Date: 2023-07-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Scott Carlson, Bruce Patilloch Dutcher, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Juliana Sleeper, Burke Olivia Doherty, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stacy Susanne Levy, (Stacy S. Levy and Associates), Lawrenceville, Richard William Marks, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, Stephen Randall Scarborough, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellee; Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S23A0507

    Court vacates motion to exclude evidence because trial court misapplied the appropriate Rule 403 standard, and remands for application of correct standard

  • In re: December 6, 2022 General Election Ballot.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-25
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward T. Metz, Mableton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Walter White, (Haynie, Litchfield, Crane & White, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee; Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Sarah E. Thompson, Statesboro, Kevin C. Muldowney, Milton, Terry Scott Howard, Winterville, Gregory C. Sowell, (James Bates Brannan & Groover LLP), Athens, for other party.
    Case Number: S23A0583

    Court affirms denial of relief to petitioners who sought to void election results but who did not name any defendants in their lawsuits

  • Rountree v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl A. Veline, Jr., (Carl A. Veline), Warner Robins for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Rodrigo L. Silva, William Marshall Kendall, (Houston County District Attorney’s Office), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0531

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over contentions that trial court committed plain error by rejecting jury charges on voluntary manslaughter and mutual combat