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  • McGarity v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Brown Dillon, (Brown & Gill, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0104

    Evidence of Defendant's Past Drug History Was Inextricably Intertwined With Other Evidence Supporting Murder Charge

  • Wilson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Mitchell Harrison, (Oconee Circuit Public Defender Oconee Cirucit), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Timothy Grady Vaughn, Keely Kight Pitts, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0027

    Court affirms defendant's conviction of murdering an infant where all evidence was circumstantial

  • Williams v. Dekalb County, et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-01
    Practice Area: Public Records
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Vernon Burch, Addison Smith, John Lex Kennerly, (UGA School of Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Viviane H. Ernstes, Bennett Davis Bryan, Laura Karen Johnson, Terry Gerard Phillips, Shaheem Malik Williams (Dekalb County Law Department), Decatur, Kenneth Edward Jarrard, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Brent William Herrin, Gus H. Small, Benjamin S. Klehr, (Small Herrin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Larry Wayne Ramsey, Jr., Kelly Jean Long Pridgen, (Association County Commissioners of Georgia), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1163

    Court reverses county resident's claims for civil penalties under the Open Meetings Act

  • Deloach v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
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    Case Number: S19A1299

    Court affirms convictions on two murders and reverses grant of a new trial as to one of those murders

  • Moore v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcus Moore, (Riverbend Correctional Facility), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0115

    Court reverses denial of motion for out-of-time appeal and remands case for a factual inquiry into the merits of the defendant's motion

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  • Department of Public Safety v. Ragsdale

    Publication Date: 2020-04-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lee Bunner, Kathleen M. Pacious, Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Ross Warren Bergethon, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward Victor Cornel Silverbach, (The Silverbach Group, LLC), Kennesaw, Charles Madden Cork, III, (Law Offices of Charles M. Cork, III), Decatur, for appellee. Terry Eugene Williams, (Williams Morris & Waymire, LLC), Buford, for other party.
    Case Number: S19G0422

    Tort Claims Act's 12-Month Ante Litem Notice Period Is Not Subject to Tolling Under OCGA §9-3-99 When the Tort at Issue Arises From a Crime

  • London v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Wayne Sheppard, (Kenneth W. Sheppard, P.C.), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Emily Kathleen Richardson, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, Harry Steven Ruth, Shannon Elysia Hodder, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1637

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's challenge to evidence and contentions of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Mitchell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Eric Phillips, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Aslean Zachary Eaglin, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1330

    Defendant's Trial Counsel Was Not Deficient Despite Defendant's Claim That His Counsel Failed to Discredit a Jailhouse Informant

  • Deloach v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Lee Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Matthew Breedon, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1299

    Record Did Not Support Trial Court's Conclusion Prosecution Knowingly Failed to Correct Witness's Material, False Testimony

  • Morgan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie Lynn Tyo, Brandon A. Bullard, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Jennifer Leigh Parker, Emily Catherine Puhala, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1261

    Court affirms denial of new trial motion of defendant found guilty but mentally ill in the drowning death of her infant daughters.