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  • Rhynes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Emily Catherine Puhala, Christine Sieger Barker, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0509

    Court rejects murder defendant's challenge to admission of video recorded interview testimony

  • Victoria v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel H. Altman, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Swainsboro, Jessica Black Wilson, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0686

    Defendant Offered No Evidence to Support His Contention His Attorneys Failed to Fully Inform Him of State's Plea Offer

  • Cheeves v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Benjamin David Coker, Marie Greene Broder, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office) Thomaston, Elizabeth Morgan Kendrick, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0739

    Defendant Who Pointed Gun At Victim and Fired Multiple Rounds Not Entitled to Invol-untary Manslaughter Instruction

  • Fleming v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, Bentley C. Adams, III, (Attorney at Law), Lihue, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, Gerald Mason, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0116

    Court affirms murder and other convictions over defendant's multiple objections.

  • City of College Park v. Clayton County et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Winston A. Denmark, Steven Martin Fincher, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Eugene Paden Smith, Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry McKenzie Dingle, Kyler Lee Wise, (Wilson, Brock & Irby, LLC), Atlanta, Richard A. Carothers, Amy Bryant Cowan, Michael E. Hobbs, General Counsel, Thomas Monroe Mitchell, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Kathryn Elizabeth Baird, (Evert Weathresby Houff), Atlanta, Neal Jerome Quirk, (Quirk & Quirk, LLC), Atlanta, Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc), Atlanta, for appellee. Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19A0460

    Government Immunity Did Not Bar City's Suit Against County In Tax Revenue Dispute

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  • Walker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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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, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, Tracy Graham Lawson, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, Christopher David Sperry, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0177

    Any Error in Admission of Prior Acts Evidence Was Harmless in Light of Other Overwhelming Evidence of Guilt

  • Grier v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-20
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Sassano, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Harry Steven Ruth, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0634

    Witnesses' "Opinions" That Defendant Committed Murders Properly Admitted as Inferences Deriving From Personal Knowledge of Related Events

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Brown Dillon, (Brown & Gill, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Vanessa Therese Sassano, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Veronica Hansis, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0068

    Court affirms murder conviction over defendant's evidentiary objections and other points of error

  • The State v. Newman

    Publication Date: 2019-06-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Matthew Breedon, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of The District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Lee Sparger, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0374

    Court reverses new trial order and rules that trial court's failure to give the jury a defense of habitation charge was not an error

  • Parks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia Wright Harrison, (Harrison Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, F. McDonald Wakeford, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0243

    Court affirms life imprisonment sentence for malice murder defendant