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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
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    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
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    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

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  • Huff v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Melinda April Wynne, Gregory W. Edwards, (Dougherty County District Attorney’s Office), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1266

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over challenges to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of error, jury bias, and ineffective assistance

  • The State v. Arroyo

    Publication Date: 2023-03-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elaine L. Thompson, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Beth Shubow, Steven Eric Phillips, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22G0593

    State Could Not Appeal Trial Court's Grant of Motion to Suppress Issued After Jury Was Impaneled

  • The State v. Kenney

    Publication Date: 2023-02-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    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., Michael Scott Carlson, Jayna Easton, Brice Rives Hiles, Karen S. Bemis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randall Scott Estes, (Drake & Estes Law Firm), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0891

    State Affirmatively Waived Arguments For Admission of Unavailable Witness's Hearsay Statements

  • Carter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George William Thomas, (Brownstone P.A.), Winter Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Herbert Hartwig, Rodrigo L. Silva, William Marshall Kendall, (Houston County District Attorney’s Office), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1068

    Murder Victim's Out-of-Court Statements Were Admissible at Trial

  • Moten v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lela Julia Acker, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Richard Lowery Perryman, Jennifer Rue Smith, Chase Landon Studstill, (Alapaha Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Nashville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1214

    Court vacates order denying defendant's new trial motion and remands for consideration of amended grounds that trial court had declined to consider