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  • Blaine v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kalki Yalamanchili, (Y'Chili Law LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Sassano, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0430

    Court Affirms Numerous Convictions for Murder and Robbery by Gang Leader Over Objections That He Was Unlawfully Confined to Solitary Prior to Trial and That State Urged Impermissible Inferences in Closing Regarding Absence of Alibi Evidence

  • Park v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert H. Citronberg, Mark Allen Yurachek, (Yurachek & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Ross Warren Bergethon, Tina Michelle Piper, Paula Khristian Smith, Rebecca Jean Dobras, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Vincent James Faucette, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Summerville Firm LLC), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1211

    Statute that required persons designated as sexually dangerous predators to wear GPS devices for life is declared unconstitutional

  • Hanham v. Access Management Group L P

    Publication Date: 2019-03-29
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stuart Teague, Jr., Keisha Leigh Martin Chambless, (Teague & Chambless, LLLP), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce A. Taylor, Jr., Jennifer Ellen Parrott, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G1033

    Court Reveres Lower Court's Opinion That Breach of Contract Could Not Arise from Breach of Obligations Stemming from Course-of-Conduct Modifications to Written Management Agreement

  • Tuggle v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Alan Anderson, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Scott L. Ballard, Benjamin David Coker, Brittany Ashton Fallin, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0296

    Court Affirms Conviction of Participant in Robbery Turned Murder Over Objection That Prosecutor Made Prejudicial Statements Regarding Defendant's Decision to Not Testify On Grounds That Defendant Could Not Prove Statements Were Made Where Closing Argument Were Not Transcribed

  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Santos Fleischman, Noah Howard Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Hinton Zon, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G0365

    Court Affirms Conviction of Sexual Predator Despite Erroneous Admission of Evidence of Alleged Victim's Sexual History in Contravention of Georgia's Rape Shield Law After Victim Testified That She Had Sexually Abused Others After Being Abused by Defendant

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  • Thompson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Gerald O'Melveny, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit Public Defenders), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Matthew Jon Landreau, Raymond Evan Tillery, Jr., Robert Bradford Bickerstaff, II, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1340

    Murder conviction affirmed where court finds no trial court error in admitting evidence or in giving certain jury charges

  • Bishop v. Hall

    Publication Date: 2019-02-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Bishop, (Georgia State Prison), Reidsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Melvin King, Jr., (King Law Group), Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0153

    Visually Impaired Habeas Petitioner Was Entitled to Hearing on Request for Reading Assistance at Evidentiary Hearing

  • Strozier v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Lloyd Beckstrom, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-Soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, Kimberly Leigh Whiddon, (Tifton Judicial Circuit District), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0039

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion Defendant Wrongfully Assaulted Victim With Kitchen Knife, Justifying Felony Murder Verdict

  • Gray v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darrell Brinnett Reynolds, Sr., (Darrell B. Reynolds, P.C.), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, Tracy Graham Lawson, Todd E. Naugle, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1583

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Claimed That Voluntary Statements Made After Miranda Warnings Were Inadmissible

  • Doleman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-12-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley C. Adams, III, (Attorney At Law), Lihue, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta; Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Wesley Allen Lambertus, Frederick Lewis, A.D.A., (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1155

    No trial court error in admitting evidence located when primary homeowner consented to a search; no error in severing charges related to a continuous crime spree.