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  • Grogan v. City Of Dawsonville

    Publication Date: 2019-02-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Keith Leibel, Paul David Menair, (Steven Leibel, P.C.), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana B. Miles, Jonah Blue Howell, (Miles, Hansford & Tallant, LLC), Cumming, Anthony O. L. Powell, (Powell & Edwards), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1425

    City's former mayor has direct right of appeal to challenge City's action to remove him from office.

  • Mims v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Micah Jay Gates, Natalie Katherine Glaser, (Office of The Public Defender for The Conasuaga Judicial Circuit), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert McIntosh Poston, Jr., (Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1208

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Killed Store Clerk During Robbery Spree but Reverses Theft Conviction Where Trial Counsel Failed to Pursue Motion to Sever Lesser Charges Stemming from Earlier-Committed Offenses

  • Griggs v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-07
    Practice Area: 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, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Emily Kathleen Richardson, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1594

    Court Affirms Sentence of Man Sentenced for Felony Murder Who Sought Sentencing Under Conviction for Manslaughter

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Alan Anderson, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Sassano, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Scott L. Ballard, Benjamin David Coker, Brittany Ashton Fallin, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office) Thomaston, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1438

    Court Affirms Murder Conviction Where New Exculpatory Witness Came Forward but Motion for New Trial Was Denied Due to Lack of Witness Credibility

  • Walter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-12-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    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, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham (Department of Law), Atlanta; Paul L. Howard, Jr., Arthur C. Walton, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta; Stephany Julissa Luttrell, (Office Of The Fulton County District Attorney), for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1241

    No trial court error in refusing to sever a trial, in giving jury instructions, and in allowing non-accomplice testimony without corroboration.

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  • The State v. Almanza

    Publication Date: 2018-10-26
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amelia Greeson Pray, D. Victor Reynolds, Michael Scott CarlsonJohn Richard Edwards, John Stuart Melvin, Charles Prescott Boring, Lindsay Beth Gardner, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, Andrew Howard Agatston, (Andrew H. Agatston, Pc.), Marietta, Melvin L. Hewitt, Jr., (Isenberg & Hewitt, Pc), Atlanta, Donna Coleman Stribling, Anna Watkins Davis, William Thomas Kemp, III, (Dekalb County Solicitor General's Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, John B. Merchant, III, (The Merchant Law Firm, Pc.), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G0585

    New Georgia Evidence Rule 803(4) allows admission of hearsay where a treating physician relies on a declarant's statement in a diagnosis

  • Cato v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric J Taylor, Anna Joseph Kurien, (Office of The Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0669

    No trial court error in jury instructions on aggravated assault

  • Brown v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Scott Carter, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit Public Defender) Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Layla Hinton Zon, Randal Matthew McGinley, ADA., (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1014

    Court Rejects Appeal of Murderer Convicted Twenty Years After Crime

  • Kennebrew v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beau Andrew Worthington, (Coxen & Worthington, LLC), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sheila Ann Ross, A.D.A. (Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia), Morrow, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Anna Green Cross, (The Summerville Firm) Atlanta, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Atlanta), for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0711

    Court Reverses Refusal to Suppress Evidence Discovered Through Warrantless Search of Backpacks Belonging to Murder Suspect

  • The State v. Atkins

    Publication Date: 2018-09-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, A.D.A., Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Scott Franklin McAfee, Senior A.D.A., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office ), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tamara Natasha Crawford, Sandra Kay Wolfe, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender's Office) Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0770

    Court Orders Trial Court to Reconsider Admissibility of Other Acts Evidence in Anticipation of Murder Trial