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  • McCalop v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. M. Raffauf, (J. M. Raffauf P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Ashley Cecelia O’Neal, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0210

    Defense Witness Opened Door to Presenting Evidence of Defendant's Bad Character

  • Ingram v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Joseph Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gray, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0066

    Defendant Not Prejudiced by Trial Counsel's Failure to Object After State's Witnesses Placed Victim's Good Character in Issue

  • Hood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lela Julia Acker, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joseph Kenneth Mulholland, (South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0326

    Record Supported Trial Court's Finding That Plea Counsel Fully Advised Client as to Future Parole Eligibility

  • Rucker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah Howard Pines, Andrew Santos Fleischman, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Karen S. Bemis, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1316

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's arguments about jury instruction error and denial of his right to a speedy trial

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Ross Phillips, (Walton County Public Defender’s Office), Monroe for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1223

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of trial court error

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  • McCoy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Allen Yurachek, (Yurachek & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Ruth M. Pawlak, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, Paul L. Howard, Jr., (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0970

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence

  • Rutland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chevene B. King, Jr., (C. B. King & Associates), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Laura Anderson Wood, Richard Lowery Perryman, Chase Landon Studstill, (Alapaha Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Nashville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0916

    Convictions For Felony Murder and First Degree Vehicle Homicide Were Not Mutually Exclusive

  • Barnhill et al. v. Alford

    Publication Date: 2023-01-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Neil Marple, (Marple Rubin Family Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa Davis Strickland, Malone Williams Allen, (Buckhead Family Law), Atlanta, Barry Phillip Schwarz, (Barry Phillip Schwarz, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1075

    Court affirms grandmother's standing to file a petition for visitation rights with a grandchild and agrees that grandparent visitation statute is constitutional

  • Tabor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rickey L. Richardson, (Rickey L. Richardson PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, Fani T. Willis, Aslean Zachary Eaglin, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0857

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendants' contentions of ineffective assistance and trial court error

  • Park v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clarke & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0735

    Defendant Was Not Prejudiced by Trial Court's Denial of Instruction on Justification For Engaging in Mutual Combat