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  • The State v. Cook

    Publication Date: 2023-11-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., Richard Benjamin Caplan, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathon Justin Majeske, (The Issa Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0702

    Jailers Accused of Murdering Prisoner Were Not Entitled to Pre-Indictment Protections Afforded to "Peace Officers" under OCGA §17-7-52

  • Hamilton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Yelton Peace, (Manning Peace, LLC), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Patrick Bibler, Anita Reynolds Howard, Cynthia Trimboli Adams, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0670

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Salvesen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard W Anderson, III, (Truluck Thmason LLC), Greenville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0433

    Murder Defendant Was Not Unduly Prejudiced by Admission of Gruesome Photograph of Victim's Decomposed Body

  • Chaney v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chris Smith, (Riverbend Correctional Facility), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0892

    Demand For New Trial Based on Trial Counsel's Ineffective Assistance Should Have Been Raised by Petition for Habeas Relief

  • Locklear v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Jillian H. Gibson, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, Shalena Cook Jones, Brian Walter DeBlasiis, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0601

    No Showing Made That Inartfully Drafted Jury Form Affected Outcome of Murder Trial

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  • Georgia CVS Pharmacy, LLC v. Carmichael

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Brian David Trulock, (Magmutual Insurance Company), Atlanta, Carrie A. Moss, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, Keith Robert Blackwell, William Joseph Repko, III, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Peter Andrew Law, Brian Colty Kaplan, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, James Alexander Rice, Jr., Andrew J. Brandt, (James A. Rice, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, , for appellee; Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Valentin Leppert, Martha Banner Banks, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Rebecca Woods, Esther Slater McDonald, (Seyfarth Shaw LLP.), Atlanta, Adeline K Lambert, Kyle D. Hawkins, Drew F. Waldbeser, (Lehotsky Keller LLP), Atlanta, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Martin Adam Levinson, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, Amicus Appellant; Gilbert H. Deitch, Andrew Timothy Rogers, Kara Elizabeth Phillips, William Michael D'Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S22G0527

    Court rules that in premises liability cases, the reasonable foreseeability of a third-party criminal act is a factual determination linked to a proprietor's obligations

  • Caldwell v. Edenfield

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clint Christopher Malcolm, Tayo Popoola, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Sabrina Dawn Graham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Francis Bogan, III, Bennett Richardson, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, Vanessa J. Carroll, (Southern Center for Human Rights), Atlanta, Anna Marie Arceneaux, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0260

    Court reverses a habeus court's order that had reversed a death penalty sentence and remands for findings of fact and conclusions of law on a defendant's mental capacity

  • Leonard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan C. Malone, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Emily Rebecca Polk, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stacey Sherrard Jackson, Frederick Lewis, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0135

    Declarant's Belief That His Death Was Imminent Supported Application of Dying Declaration Exception to Hearsay Rule

  • Price v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen Strang, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Melinda April Wynne, Gregory W. Edwards, (Dougherty County District Attorney’s Office), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0063

    No Showing Made That Combined Trial of Drug-Sales and Murder Chargers Confused or Misled Jury

  • The State v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2023-06-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Kelcee Nikki Jones-Connor, Adam Robert Abbate, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rickey L. Richardson, (Rickey L. Richardson PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0090

    Supreme Court Had Jurisdiction to Hear States's Appeal From Pretrial Rulings That Were Never Reduced to Writing