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  • Shubert v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    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

  • 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
    Industry:
    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

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  • 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

  • Williamson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Timothy Lee Eidson, Ronald Steven Smith, Ronald Victor McNease, Jr., Thomas S. Bishop, (Patula Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cuthbert, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0276

    Court affirms murder and other convictions and rejects defendant's motion for remand.

  • The State v. Turnquest

    Publication Date: 2019-06-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Brian Walton Whiteside, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County Solicitor General), Lawrenceville, Decatur, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fakiha Khan, (Law Office of Fakiha Khan, P.C.), Suwanee, Kendra Foster Mitchell, (Law Office of Fakiha Khan, P.C.), Johns Creek, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0157

    Court overrules its precedent and concludes that no Miranda warning is required before administration of a breath test

  • Oliver v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Roderick B. Wilkerson, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0019

    Murder conviction affirmed over defendant's claim that he was denied a right of self-representation