• Gray v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret E. Heinen Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A0278

    The evidence was sufficient to authorize a rational trier of fact to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty of murder and several other crimes related to the killing of a rival

  • Mosley v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Manubir S. Arora Arora Lascala LLC, and Stephen R. Scarborough, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, David K. Getachew-Smith Sr., Chief Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Mary C. Greaber Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A0514

    The court did not plainly err in admitting certain evidence, which the defendant claimed was hearsay, in the defendant's murder

  • Anthony v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley C. Adams III Public Defender's Office, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Robert B. Bickerstaff II, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth M. Haase, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A0059

    The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for murdering his longtime f after it was discovered that the defendant's wife was having an affair with the f

  • Pyatt v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley C. Adams III Public Defender's Office, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Robert B. Bickerstaff II, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A1734

    The evidence was sufficient to support the defendant's convictions for felony murder and two aggravated assaults, whether as a principal or only an accom

  • Gregory v. Sexual Offender Registration Review Bd.

    Publication Date: 2016-03-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert G. Rubin Peters, Rubin Sheffield PA, Atlanta, and J. Scott Key Miller Key PA, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Joseph J. Drolet, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Hye M. Park, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A1718

    Due process demands that an evidentiary hearing be afforded upon request to a person whom the State seeks to classify as a sexually dangerous predator under the Georgia sex

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  • Finney v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Jr., Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers, Andrew S. Fleischman Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Pamela M. Bettis Bettis Howard PC, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: K. David Cooke Jr., District Attorney, Jason M. Wilbanks, Sandra G. Matson, Assistant District Attorneys, Macon, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A1739

    The State failed to comply with the requirements of 18 USC § 2518 subsection 8 a when it failed to immediately present recorded communications it intercepted from the defe

  • Downey v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Grossman, Public Defender, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, Joe G. Skeens, Sandra Dutton, Assistant District Attorneys, Hinesville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Mary Catherine Greaber Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A1681

    The evidence was sufficient to support the defendant's convictions as a party to the crimes of murder and related off

  • Rollf v. Carter

    Publication Date: 2016-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore, Ellen K. Begley, Ethan C. Hyde, Adam K. Camara Mercer Law School, Macon, and J. Scott Key Miller Key PA, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A1505

    The defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus was procedurally b

  • Finley v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-02-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason W. Swindle Sr. Swindle Law Group PC, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, Ryan R. Leonard, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Emily K. Richardson, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth M. Haase, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A1595

    Evidence of the defendant's gang involvement was relevant to show the affiliation between the four perpetrators and to explain the motive for committing the murder and conspiring to commit armed ro

  • Marquez v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-02-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler R. Conklin Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, and Quen L. Banks, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Michael V. Snow, Arthur C. Walton, Assistant District Attorneys, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Mary Catherine Greaber Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A1459

    The defe failed to show that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion to sever his murder trial from that of his co-defe