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  • McElrath v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herman Maddox Kilgore, Carlos Javier Rodriguez, (Kilgore & Rodriguez, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Amelia Greeson Pray, D. Victor Reynolds, Joyette Marie Holmes, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1361

    Court vacates insanity-based not guilty and guilty verdicts because they were repugnant

  • Hyden v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard W Anderson, III, (Law Office of Howard W. Anderson III, LLC), Pendleton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, David Parks White, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Meredith MacKenzie Head, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Carnesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1496

    Evidence Presented at Trial Was Sufficient to Support Kidnapping Conviction Under Standard Set Forth in Garza v. State

  • Lee v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2020-03-02
    Practice Area: Discovery | Expert Witnesses
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley S. Wolff, David Marlow Atkinson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Crawford Alford, Nathan David Cronic, Sr., (Willis McKenzie LLP), LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G1549

    Court vacates order excluding testimony of late-identified expert and announces factors to be considered in excluding that testimony

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Jayne Campbell, (Chattahoochie Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Columbus, Victoria Lynn Novak, (Office of the Public Defender), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ray Winston Daniel, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19G0394

    A Plea in Bar Is Not Proper Until an Indictment Has Been Filed; Defendant Must Wait for Prosecutor to File Indictment Before Filing His Plea

  • Stephens v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft, (Office of the Public Defender), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Aslean Zachary Eaglin, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1345

    Defendant Not Prejudiced by Prosecutor's Closing Argument Mention of People Who Had Not Testified at Trial

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  • Doyle v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob Dennis Rhein, (Law Offices of Jacob D. Rhein), Lawrenceville, appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Marc A. Mallon, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1005

    Court reversed murder conviction based on trial court's failure to give jury instructions on accomplice corroboration

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean Justin Lowe, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Rome, David James Dunn, Jr., (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Public Defender), LaFayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr., Melissa Ann Pittman, Christopher Allen Arnt, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1248

    Court rejects defendant's constitutional challenges to sentence for sexual battery

  • Gebhardt v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Scott Johnston, (Virgil L. Brown & Associates), Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Benjamin David Coker, Brittany Ashton Fallin, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Griffin, Marc A. Mallon, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1582

    Evidence at Trial Was Sufficient to Support Conviction of Malice Murder in Connection with Torture and Stabbing That Took Place in 1983

  • Mattei v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David D. Marshall, (Law Office of David D. Marshall), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Sassano, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Teri Brown Walker, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Dustin Richard Benjamin Caplan, (Fulton County Office of the District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1332

    Court Did Not Abuse its Discretion in Admitting Witness Testimony to Show Defendant's Potential Motive to Commit Malice Murder

  • Henry v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Pete Theodocion, (J. Pete Theodocion, P.C.), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Natalie Spires Paine, Rebecca Ashley Wright, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1086

    Jury Was Entitled to Accept Inmate's Testimony Identifying Another Inmate as One of the People Who Joined in the Stabbing of a Third Inmate