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  • Grant v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Jones Walker, (Eastern Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Sarah Jane Thomas, Grace Guthrie Griffith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Shalena Cook Jones, Meredith Leigh Layman, Richard Scott Harrison, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, Lyle Burnham, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellant.
    Case Number: S24A0843

    Court affirms felony murder conviction, finding that evidence of defendant's participation in robbery and murder was sufficient to support the verdict

  • Tavarez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Horne Petrey, (Dekalb County Public Defender’s Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Jason Matthew Rea, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    Case Number: S24A0532

    Court affirms murder conviction over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel and claims that his trial was compromised because he was shackled

  • In the Matter of Susan Michele Brown.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-19
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa Elizabeth Lazzaroni, Lupo, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, Andreea N. Morrison, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y1211

    Court rejects attorney's petition for voluntary discipline because her actions in her role as a trustee were outside of her legal practice and GRPC scope does not extend to her fiduciary actions.

  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Russell Willingham, (Willingham Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Faith Donnell Worley, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0333

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes relating to the death of a three-year old disabled child

  • Christopher Massey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. James Rockefeller, (Rockefeller Law Center), Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bradford Lee Rigby, Lauren Warbington Fletcher, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Cordele, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0131

    Court vacates trial court order prohibiting a convicted defendant from possessing a firearm and remands case for reconsideration in light of new U.S. Supreme Court precedent

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  • Inquiry Concerning Judge Christina Peterson.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-31
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Courtney Mays Veal, (Judicial Qualifications Commission), Marietta, Anna Green Cross, (Cross Kincaid LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: S. Lester Tate, III, (Akin & Tate, PC), Cartersville, Elizabeth Studdard White, (Law Office of Elizabeth White), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Charles Iverson McBurney, (Superior Court of Fulton County), Atlanta, Richard L. Hyde, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Z0180

    Court affirms findings of Judicial Qualification Commission and orders removal of a probate judge due to her violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct

  • Head v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Timothy Douds, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Grace Guthrie Griffith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0263

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other offenses over defendant's challenges based on Confrontation Clause issues and improper admission of expert testimony

  • The State v. Lopez-Cardona et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Greenwald, David Leroy Whitman, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, Richard Carter Armond, (The Armond Firm, LLC), Lawrenceville, Lyle Kilvington Porter, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0104

    Court vacates evidence suppression orders in a murder case due to insufficient findings on a Miranda waiver, and remands for further proceedings

  • Harmon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Dodd Roth, (Augusta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Eric Christopher Peters, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John M. Kraft, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0158

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, error in denying a directed verdict, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Hill v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Aaron Pope Carey, (Frost & Carey, LLC), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Amber Rae Bennett, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0156

    Court affirms conviction for malice murder over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, trial court error, and ineffective assistance of counsel