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  • Henderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Forrest Geoffrey Pearce, (Pearce, LLC), Peachtree Corners for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Tabitha Vanessa Pazmino, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0092

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and related crimes over defendant's contentions of improper admission of other acts evidence and denial of voluntary manslaughter jury charge

  • Hassan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Bruce Steven Harvey, (Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Pareesa Hanna Amjadi, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0026

    Court affirms convictions in a gang-related drive-by shooting case over defendant's challenge to admission of evidence about another related murder and alleged jury instruction error.

  • Kirkland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob Dennis Rhein, (Law Offices of Jacob D. Rhein), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0942

    Court affirms murder convictions in arson-related deaths over defendants' challenges to sufficiency and admission of evidence, alleged trial court errors, and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Vendrel v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cathy Morris Alterman, (Law Office of Cathy Morris Alterman), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Breedon, Brian Ashley Deal, Daphne Jarriel Totten, Keith A. McIntyre, (Ogeechee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Statesboro, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1024

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

  • Adams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Allen Hoort, Frances C. Kuo, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1207

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of the evidence, and contentions of evidentiary error and ineffective assistance of counsel

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  • Carter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-12-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Alan Anderson, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Virginia Lee Davis, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0871

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes and rejects defendant's claims of error as to omission of an accomplice corroboration jury Instruction and improper admission of evidence

  • Bell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Crawford, (Crawford & Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randal Matthew McGinley, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Monroe, Alexandra Jewel Stone, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22G0747

    No Causal Connection Between Mother's Conduct and Child's Death to Support Conviction for Felony Contributing to Dependency of Minor

  • Sosebee v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jake Allen Shapiro, (Hall County Public Defender’s Office), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lee Darragh, Kelley Martin Robertson, Anna Victoria Fowler, (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, for appellee; Matthew P. Cavedon, (Northeastern Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Gainesville, Virginia Natasha Perdew Silas, (Federal Defender Program Inc.), Atlanta, Hunter Joseph Rodgers, (J. Ryan Brown Law LLC), Newnan, Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23A0589

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and homicide by vehicle over defendant's challenges regarding the rule of lenity and cruel and unusual punishment

  • McBrayer et al. v. Scarbrough

    Publication Date: 2023-11-03
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig A. Webster, (Webster Law Group, INC.), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Terry Eugene Williams, Jason Christopher Waymire, (Williams Morris & Waymire), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22G1152

    "Use" of a patrol car for purposes of waiver of sovereign immunity is not limited to active use or use of the car as a vehicle

  • Adams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Randall Scarborough, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0758

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