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  • Schoicket v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca Dawn Schoicket, (Lee Arrendale State Prison), Alto, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Layla Hinton Zon, Walter Cliff Howard, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, Walter Cliff Howard, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0632

    Indigent criminal defendant has no right to free trial transcripts for proceedings collateral to appeal

  • Thorpe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald Ashland Griggs, (Gerald A. Griggs, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0732

    Court Rejects by Murder

  • Wade v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew K. Winchester (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Anna Green Cross, Sherry Boston, Otobong U. Ekpo (DeKalb County District Attorneys Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0327

    Although the evidence supported defendant's convictions for murder and related offenses arising out of the beating death of his girlfriend's 18-month-old son, the Court vacated his sentence and remanded for resentencing because the trial court erred in failing to merge certain counts.

  • Workman et al v. RL BB ACQ I-GA CVL, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Discovery
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gus H. Small, Brent William Herrin, Benjamin S. Klehr (Small Herrin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William J. Shaughnessy, Stephen P. Drobny (Jones Walker, LLP), Atlanta; Michael Anthony Shaw (Jones Walker, LLP), Mobile, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17G1485

    Attorney fees and costs are available under O.C.G.A. § 9-15-14 for conduct that occurs during the course of post-judgment discovery.

  • Jordan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-06-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Lorraine Leslie (The Leslie Group, LLC), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Scott Orion Teague, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Elizabeth A. Baker, Tracy Graham Lawson, Elizabeth Rosenwasser (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0114

    Although the evidence supported defendant's convictions for felony murder and related offenses, the Court vacated his sentence and remanded for resentencing because the sentence imposed for his possession of a firearm by a convicted felon conviction was outside the sentencing range.

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  • Taylor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-06-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Joseph Walker (Georgia Public Defenders Standards Council, Appellate Division), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill (Department of Law), Atlanta; Robert Brandon Faircloth, Louie Craig Fraser, Peter Frederick Larsen Jr. (Dublin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0038

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for murdering a man in his hotel room and assaulting a hotel employee and defendant failed to prove his ineffective assistance of counsel claim.

  • Ricks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Ricks, Hawkinsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Andrew Bradley (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Milledgeville; Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0012

    Trial Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Rule On Motion for Out-Of-Time Appeal

  • In The Interest Of K.S., A Child.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James John Anagnostakis (Anagnostakis Law Group), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kristi Lee Winstead Wilson, Brian Keith Fortner, Sean Alexander Garrett (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17G1344

    Decisions Regarding Transfer of Juveniles to Superior Court Are Directly Appealable to Court of Appeals

  • Blount v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Alexander McQueen (McQueen Law Office LC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick (Department of Law), Atlanta; Jon Richard Forwood, Kenneth W. Mauldin, Brian Vance Patterson (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0201

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for murder and related offenses arising out of a drive-by shooting and defendant failed to demonstrate that he received ineffective assistance of counsel.

  • Snelson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Snelson, Pelham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; D. Victor Reynolds, Michael Scott Carlson (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0272

    Appellant's Claims That He Was Denied His Right to Competent and Conflict-Free Counsel Could Not Be Resolved on Existing Record