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  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Davis Smith, (Conger & Smith, LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gregory W. Edwards, (Dougherty County District Attorney's Office), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1198

    Jury Did Not Have to Believe Defendant's Self-Serving Testimony That He Was Defending Himself

  • The State v. Houston

    Publication Date: 2021-12-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kenneth D. Kondritzer, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Keith Elliott Gammage, (Fulton County Solicitor General's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0957

    Habeas Court Properly Found Defendant Was Not Advised of His Right to Counsel at Plea Hearing

  • Troy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert James Beckwith, (The Beckwith Law Firm), Marietta, 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, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0989

    Any Error in Admitting Evidence of Prior Assault With Same Gun Was Harmless in Light of Other Strong Evidence of Guilt

  • Schoicket v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, Walter Cliff Howard, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0840

    Grant of Out-of Time Appeal Did Not Automatically Entitle Defendant to Grant of Otherwise Untimely Motion to Withdraw Plea

  • The State v. Stanford

    Publication Date: 2021-11-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Juliana Sleeper, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jessica M. Sully, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, Lauren Beth Shubow, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21G0226

    Trial Court Lacked Statutory Authority to Suspend Part of Recidivist Burglary Sentence

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  • Department of Transportation v. Mixon

    Publication Date: 2021-10-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher M. Carr, Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope, Kathleen S. Turnipseed, Angela Ellen Cusimano, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kathleen M. Pacious, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Lamar Gibson, (Gibson & Associates, PC), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1410

    Sovereign Immunity Did Not Bar Landowner's Claim for Injunctive Relief Based on Alleged Flooding Following Road-Widening Project

  • Anglin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Irene Benjamin, Benjamin Alston Pearlman, (Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Patrick Alan Najjar, (Office of the District Attorney Piedmont Judicial Circuit), Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0845

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion That Defendant Was Guilty of Malice Murder in Shooting Death of Wife's Brother

  • Alston & Bird, LLP v. Hatcher Management Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-09-07
    Practice Area: Damages | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Robbins, Jason Alloy, Jeremy U. Littlefield, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harmon W. Caldwell, Jr., Harry W. MacDougald, Jeremy Mark Moeser, Christine O'Connell Dial Buckler, Lauren Jill Miller, (Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & Deloach, LLP), Atlanta, for Appellee; Mark David Johnson, Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Rocco Eugene Testani, (Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Michael James Eshman, (Eshman Begnaud, LLC), Decatur, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope LLP), Canton, for Amicus Appellee; Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S20G1419

    Trial Court Provided Reasoned Explanation

  • Terry-Hall v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Alexander Terry-Hall, Unadilla, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Darius T. Pattillo, Sharon Lee Hopkins, (Flint Circuit District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0790

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion for an out-of-time appeal to a guilty plea to felony murder and other offenses

  • Thornton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John H. Cranford, Jr., Christopher R. Keegan, Robert William Mooradian, (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Newnan, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0709

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and instances of trial court error