• 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

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    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, Scott Orion Teague, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Karl David Cooke, Jr., Cara Raye Fiore, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19A0392

    Trial Court Did Not Abuse Discretion in Refusing to Allow Defendant to Impeach Witness on Cross-Examination Based on First Offender Plea

  • Burgess v. Hall

    Publication Date: 2019-05-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brenda Joy Bernstein, (The Bernstein Firm, PC), Palmetto, Leigh Ann Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Franklin Daniel Miller, (King Law Group), Dublin, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19A0041

    Trial Counsel's Failure to Focus on Co-Defendant's Limited Intellectual Capacity During Cross-Examination Did Not Constitute Ineffective Assistance

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  • Debelbot et al. v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-06
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Moffett Flournoy, III, Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers, James C. Bonner, Jr., Brandon A. Bullard, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, A. James Anderson, (Robins Kaplan LLP), Atlanta, Anna Carr Halsey, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, Carrie Sperling, (Wisconsin Innocence Project: University Of Wisconsin Law), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Sadhana Pandey Dailey, Alonza Whitaker, (Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee. Therese S. Barnesr, (Georgia Supreme Court), Atlanta, for Other party.

    Case Number: S18A1073

    Trial Court's Conclusory Rejection of Defendants' Expert Witness Evidence Precluded Meaningful Review of Ineffectiveness of Counsel Claim

  • Licata v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Woodrow Scott Smith, (W. Scott Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, Matthew K. Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Aubrey Finch, Adam Eugene Keller, (Forsyth County Solicitor General's Office), Cumming, for appellee. Jimmonique R. S. Rodgersm Brandon A. Bullard, James C. Bonner, Jr., (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, Andrew Santos Fleischman, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, for Amicus Appellant. Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Ross Warren Bergethon, Paula Khristian Smith, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Tina Michelle Piper, David Scott McLaughlin, Jameson B. Bilsborrow, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., Gilbert Alexander Crosby, (Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia), Morrow, George Herbert Hartwig, III, (Houston County District Attorney's Office), Perry, Lee Darragh, (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney's Office), Gainesville, Matthew Carl Krull, (Douglas County Solicitor General's Office), Douglasville, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S18G0563

    Court Rejects Challenge to Admissibility of Roadside Sobriety Test Results Upon Concluding That Suspect Was Not in Custody but Reaffirms Commitment to Rule Against Presenting Refusal to Submit to a Breath Test and Orders Suppression of Refusal Evidence

  • Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC et al. v. Cobb County et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-15
    Practice Area: Tax | Telecommunications
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: S17G2011

    Charge Imposed by Telephone Service Providers on Subscribers to Offset Costs of 911 Services Was Tax, Not Fee

  • Grant v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derek M. Wright, (Derek M. Wright, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kevin Eugene Hutto, Bradford Lee Rigby, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cordele, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18A1060

    Defendant, Not Prosecution, Bore Burden of Showing That Array of Prospective Jurors Did Not Represent Cross-Section of Community

  • Miller v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Genevieve Holmes, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Jeffrey Langley, Kelly Renae Holloway, (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Blairsville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18A1519

    Murder and aggravated assault convictions affirmed over defendant's multiple challenges