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  • In the Interest of A. H., a Child.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fani T. Willis, Mathew Eli Plott, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Beth Shubow, Paige Andrea Pastor, Tashe Ann Dunlap, Cody Jeremiah Jung, (Fulton County Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22G1035

    Court vacates its prior grant of a writ of certiorari and denies a petition for an appeal to a juvenile court's order sealing the records of a juvenile who was adjudicated delinquent

  • Wood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Allen Yurachek, (Yurachek & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, III, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gray, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0637

    Evidence Did Not Support Defendant's Claim He Shot Victim in Self-Defense

  • Blocker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Michelle Kempter, (Kempter Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Burke Olivia Doherty, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0032

    Excited Utterance Applied Where Declarant Was Disturbed and Only 20 Minutes Had Passed Following Incident

  • Bacon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Lee Copeland, (Rouse & Copeland, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John Thomas Durden, Jr., Hugh Davis Ridgway, (Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0256

    Defendant Not Prejudiced by Trial Court's Refusal to Permit Testimony From Defense's Expert Witness on Gun Safety

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Joseph Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Macon, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, John Andrew Rumker, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0314

    Court affirms conviction for malice murder over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claims of self-defense

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  • Priester v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Snyder Adams, (The Snyder Adams Law Firm), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., Leslie Anna Coots, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0109

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other offenses over defendant's challenge to admission of evidence and jury instructions

  • Fuller v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Lee Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Shalena Cook Jones, Lauren Parker Purvis, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, Bradley Robert Thompson, (Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0057

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and firearm possession over defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Monroe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katherine Morgan Mason, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jennifer Rue Smith, Chase Landon Studstill, (Alapaha Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Nashville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1116

    Misconduct of Two Jurors Did Not Require Mistrial

  • Charles v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Christian Rutledge, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Samir J. Patel, Whitney Anne Law, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1080

    Trial Court's Failure to Ascertain Which Jurors Might have Overheard a Restroom Conversation Did Not Require Reversal

  • The State v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2023-03-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Kelsey Kolb Devitto, Christopher Mark DeNe, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: LeAnne Chancey Hicks, (The Chancey Law Firm, P.C.), Braselton, David Edward Clark, (Clarke & Towne, PC), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0967

    Search Warrant For "AnyAnd All" Data on Cell Phone Violated Fourth Amendment Particularity Requirement