• Pugh v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Brandon M. Delfunt, Clifford Louis Kurlander, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0253

    State Failed to Meet its Burden to Prove Guilty Plea Was Entered Knowingly and Voluntarily

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. M. Raffauf, (J. M. Raffauf, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0338

    Pre- And Post-Autopsy Photographs of Six-Month-Old Child Were Admissible at Murder Trial as Relevant and Not Unduly Prejudicial

  • Perryman-Henderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of the Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Agatha K. Romanowski, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0228

    Defense Counsel's Cross-Examination of Medical Examiner Was Within Range of Reasonable Professional Assistance

  • Muse v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elaine L. Thompson, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0316

    Trial Court's Response to Jury's Written Inquiries Did Not Violate Defendants' Right to Counsel and Right to Be Present

  • King v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Richard King, (SK Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Buffy Dionne Thomas, Ashley Cecelia O’Neal, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0214

    Appellant Waived Claim Witnesses Should Not Have Been Allowed to Testify Regarding Voluntary Intoxication And Insanity Defense

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  • Blocker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Michelle Kempter, (Kempter Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Burke Olivia Doherty, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0032

    Excited Utterance Applied Where Declarant Was Disturbed and Only 20 Minutes Had Passed Following Incident

  • Leonard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan C. Malone, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Emily Rebecca Polk, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stacey Sherrard Jackson, Frederick Lewis, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0135

    Declarant's Belief That His Death Was Imminent Supported Application of Dying Declaration Exception to Hearsay Rule

  • Greene v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Kenneth Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Eric Christopher Peters, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth Dalia Racine, Aimee F. Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney’s Office), Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0200

    Any Error In Admitting Evidence of Prior Assaults on Murder Defendant's Ex-Girlfriends Was Harmless

  • Efficiency Lodge, Inc. v. Neason, et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-20
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Landlord Tenant Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy E. Barnes, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles R. Bliss, Elizabeth Ann Guerrant, Lindsey Meredith Siegel, Rachel Miller Lazarus, (Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.), Decatur, Harold T. Daniel, Jr., (Harold Daniel Law LLC), Atlanta, David Alfred Webster, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Miriam Fisher Gutman, Jamie B.J. Rush, (Southern Poverty Law Center), Decatur, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S22G0838

    Remand Necessary to Determine Whether Renters in Extended-Stay Motel Had Landlord-Tenant Relationship With Motel

  • In the Matter of Ian Zimmerman.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-27
    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: Ian Zimmerman, (Zimmerman Law Firm), Valdosta, for appellee; Quentin LaMont Marlin, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: S23Y0492

    Court orders disbarment of attorney who had violated numerous rules of professional conduct