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  • Anderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-10-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcia Gail Shein, Leigh Stevens Schrope (Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Michelle Haase (Department of Law), Atlanta; Andrew J. Ekonomou (The Lambros Firm LLC), Atlanta; Jacquelyn Lee Johnson (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Woodbine, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0894

    The Supreme Court affirmed defendant's convictions for felony murder and other crimes after he fatally shot his daughter-in-law's boyfriend, as the evidence supported the convictions and defendant failed to prove his ineffective assistance of counsel claims.

  • Martinez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-10-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Davis Smith (Conger & Smith LCC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Michelle Thomas Harrison, Bradfield M. Shealy (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0901

    The evidence, including DNA evidence, supported defendant's convictions for rape and murder and defendant failed to prove his ineffective assistance of counsel claims.

  • Hobbs v. Winfield, Admrx. et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-09-28
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell Henry Hippe III (Law Office of Russell H. Hippe), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Williams Winfield (Law Office of Elizabeth Williams Winfield LLC), Peachtree City; Cynthia Rodney, Titusville; Jane Glaze Horton, Jonesboro; Robert T. Romeo (Brown & Romeo), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0720

    The probate court did not err in finding the testator's will was not made in contemplation of future children and was thus invalidated by the birth of children after the execution of the will.