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  • Allaben v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan O. Oden, (Appellant Division of Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Thomas L. Williams, Agatha K. Romanowski, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0061

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Support Jury's Finding Murder Might Have Been Committed In County Where Defendant Was Tried

  • Middlebrooks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Dodd Roth, Tiera Mary Elaine Williams, Maigan Jenkins, (Augusta Public Defender’s Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1328

    Forensic Psychologist's Testimony Supported Jury's Conclusion That Murder Defendant Was Feigning Symptoms of Schizophrenia

  • Harvey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Harvey, Alto, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, Daniel A. Hiatt, Marie Greene Broder, (Griffin Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1083

    Court affirms dismissal of a motion to withdraw guilty pleas and vacates denial of two other motions with instructions on remand to dismiss rather than deny those motions

  • Caviston v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis Hewitt, (The Appellate Division - Georgia Public Defender), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1040

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and arson over defendant's contentions of trial court error on general ground and improper admission of certain evidence

  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Aaron Pope Carey, (Frost & Carey, LLC), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jonathan Lang Adams, Dorothy Vinson Hull, (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Forsyth, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1109

    Convicted Felon's Possession of Gun When Crime Was Committed Precluded Voluntary Manslaughter Instruction

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  • Robert Kyle Dougherty v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Doug Patrick Smith, (Towaliga Circuit Public Defender), Forsyth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jonathan Lang Adams, Cynthia Trimboli Adams, Dorothy Vinson Hull, (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Forsyth, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0643

    Under Recent Georgia Supreme Court Authority, Motion For Out-Of-Time Appeal Had to be Dismissed

  • Polke v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Lee Copeland, (Rouse & Copeland, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John Thomas Durden, Jr., Joe Grady Skeens, (Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1220

    Court affirms conviction for malice murder over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and venue, and contentions of thirteenth juror error

  • The State v. Randall

    Publication Date: 2022-11-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Washington Fleenor, Carroll Rudolph Chisholm, Jr., Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Athens, Landon Mark Fogle, Ethan Merritt Makin, (Athens-Clarke County Solicitor General’s Office), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffery Alan Rothman, Anna Green Bolden, (Daniels & Rothman PC), Athens, for appellee; David Edward Clark, (Clarke & Towne, PC), Atlanta, Jason B. Sheffield, (Peters, Rubin, Sheffield & Hodges), Decatur, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia), Morrow, Carlton Todd Hayes, (Cherokee County Solicitor General’s Office), Canton, Bradford Lee Rigby, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office.), Cordele, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0664

    Trial Court Should Not Have Ruled on Constitutionality of Georgia's Implied Consent Statutes

  • Lowe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Samuel Rael, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0812

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and related crimes over defendant's challenge to denial of a motion to sever charges, but vacates and remands for resentencing

  • Barber v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank Michael Starosto, Jr., (Star Law, PC), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Michael Scott Carlson, Fani T. Willis, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0770

    Trial Testimony From Alleged Accomplice Was Supported By Other Consistent Testimonial and Physical Evidence