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  • The State v. Powell

    Publication Date: 2022-11-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon Lee Hopkins, Darius T. Pattillo, (Flint Circuit District Attorney’s Office), McDonough, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Suesan Ann Miller, Zachary North, (Miller & Key), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0648

    Trial Court Properly Applied Riley Factors in Determining Whether Juvenile's Statements to Police Were Given Freely and Voluntarily

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Allen Pflepsen, (Woodall and Pflepsen, P.C.), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gregory W. Edwards, Melinda April Wynne, (Dougherty County District Attorney’s Office), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1196

    Physical Evidence Was Sufficient to Overcome Defendant's "Unrebutted" Testimony He Fired Gun in Self-Defense

  • The State v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2022-10-10
    Practice Area: 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, Fani T. Willis, Juliana Sleeper, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keisha A Steed, (Office of the Metro Conflict Defender), Atlanta, James Gabriel Banks, (Banks Weaver LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0463

    Court vacates ruling that a murder defendant was entitled to immunity and remands for further review of whether defendant carried his burden of proof

  • Garcia-Jarquin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Kay Jefferson, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Cliff Head, Shannon Glover Wallace, (Cherokee County District Attorney’s Office), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0727

    Conviction For Aggravated Assault Did Not Require Proof That Defendant Actually Pointed Gun at Victim

  • Mitchell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-05
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis Hewitt, (Davis Hewitt Law Firm), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, Destiny H. Bryant, Buffy Dionne Thomas, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0771

    Custodial Statements to Police Were Not Induced by Fear of Injury or Hope of Benefit Reprimand Appropriate Sanction

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  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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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, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Mathew Eli Plott, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0815

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Ruff v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-08-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Davis Smith, (Conger & Smith, LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Emily Rebecca Polk, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lewis Ramon Lamb, Tami Peavy-Owen, (Southwestern Circuit District Attorney), Americus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0709

    Trial Court Did Not Err by Providing Jury Verdict Form That Did Not Specifically Include Lesser Offenses

  • Moore v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-08-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Aslean Zachary Eaglin, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0583

    Evidence, Though Circumstantial, Supported Jury's Conclusion That Mother Inflicted Fatal Blunt Force Trauma on Child

  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Coggins, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Herbert Hartwig, Rodrigo L. Silva, William Marshall Kendall, (Houston County District Attorney's Office), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22G0018

    Trial Court and Court of Appeals Both Relied on Incorrect Legal Principles in Ruling on Defendant's Juror Misconduct Claims

  • In the Interest of T.B., a Child.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yolanda Bacharach, Amanda Jones Walker, (Eastern Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Lanier Edwards, Nancy Michele Harris, Shalena Cook Jones, Brittany Lee Padgett, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Savannah, for appellee; Randee J. Waldman, (Emory University School of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Bradford Lee Rigby, Shannon Glover Wallace, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Canton,, Cordele, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., William D. Johnson, (Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia), Morrow, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0287

    Insanity and Delusional-Compulsion Defenses Are Available in Most Delinquency Proceedings