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  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Gayle Woodward Bennett, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Karl David Cooke, Jr., Cara Raye Fiore, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0707

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion Defendant Acted With Malice When He Fired Gun at Fleeing Vehicle

  • Mack v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Matthew Breedon, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0947

    Admission of Police Interviewer's Comment That Embraced Ultimate Issue at Trial Was Neither Prejudicial Nor Statutorily Barred

  • Daniels v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Lee Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Jennifer Lee Parker, Abigail Beth Long, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0695

    Court affirms murder convictions over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and claims of trial court error.

  • Shubert v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Christopher Locke, (Locke Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Scott Orion Teague, (Douglas County District Attorney Office), Douglasville, Natalie Spires Paine, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0886

    Court rejects defendant's Sixth Amendment fair cross-section claim due to insufficient data to support the claim

  • Lewis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald G. Shedd, (Office of the Public Defender), Rome, Atlanta.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0765

    Defendant Failed to Show That Long-Missing Rape Kit Had Ever Been Opened or Tampered With

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  • The State v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2019-08-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory W. Edwards, Harold Ronald Moroz, (Dougherty County District Attorney's Office), Albany, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta.
    for defendant: Ingrid Patrice Driskell, Albany, for appellee. Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys' Council Of Georgia), Morrow, Lee Darragh, (Hall County District Attorney's Office), Gainesville, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19A0646

    Prosecutor's Intentional Effort to Provoke Mistrial Justified Trial Court's Denial of Retrial on Double Jeopardy Grounds

  • Mercer University v. Stofer et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-31
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan J. Payne, Brian David Trulock, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ranse Murphy Partin, Davis Shirley Popper, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Mathew G. Nasrallah, (Robertson, Bodoh & Nasrallah, LLP), Marietta, Allison Elmore Thornton, (Georgia Trial Lawyers Association), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G1022

    Court reviews landowner's right to claim immunity under Recreational Parks Act

  • Moss v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hugh Bradley, (Ocmulgee Circuit Public Defender's Office), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stephen Andrew Bradley, Daniel Brent Cochran, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Milledgeville, Monticello, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0443

    Percentage of Prospectice Jurors Excused For Cause Based on Bias Did Not Support Defendant's Claim He Was Wrongfully Denied Change of Venue

  • Collett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Kay Jefferson, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Scott L. Ballard, Benjamin David Coker, Brittany Ashton Fallin, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Fayetteville, Thomaston, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0324

    Court Affirms Conviction for Murder Based on Circumstantial Evidence That Murder Had Deliberately Killed Victim and Lied About Accidently Killing the Victim

  • City of Guyton v. Barrow

    Publication Date: 2019-06-14
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ray Chandlar Smith, (City Attorney), Richmond Hill, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Lee Schwartz, (Jon L. Schwartz, Attorney at Law, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee. Isaac Byrd, Suzanne E. Success Osborne, John Edward Hennelly, James Doyle Coots, Christopher M. Carr, Andrew Alan Pinson, Margaret Kemmerly Eckrote, Ross Warren Bergethon, Jameson B. Bilsborrow, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S18G0944

    No antidegradation analysis required prior to issuing environmental permit for facilities with nonpoint water discharges