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  • Pindling v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Jerles, (Daniel, Lawson, Tuggle & Jerles, LLP), Perry, for appellee. Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Catherine Harris Helms, Bradfield M. Shealy, Michelle Thomas Harrison, (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21A0084

    Trial Court's Failure to Instruct Jury That Accomplice Testimony Must Be Corroborated Was Plain Error

  • Mims v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph C. Timothy Lewis, (JCTL LAW), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Natalie Spires Paine, Henry Wayne Syms, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0244

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Sustain Murder Conviction; Jury Was Not Required to Believe Appellant's Explanation as to His Culpability

  • Oconee County v. Cannon et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Eugene Williams, Jason Christopher Waymire, (Williams Morris & Waymire, LLC), Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darl Hilton Champion, (The Champion Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, John David Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Meredith Stein Watts, (The Watts Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20G0584

    Court remands for analysis of whether a defendant knew or should have known that he would be named as a defendant under the relation-back statute

  • Lynn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-01-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob Dennis Rhein, (Law Offices of Jacob D. Rhein), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Mark Samuel Lindemann, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patricia Jean Brooks, James Bradley Smith, (Piedmont Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1533

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's contentions of trial court error but vacates a sentence for an aggravate assault conviction that should have merged

  • Armstrong v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-01-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley C. Adams, (Attorney at Law), Lihue, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Kathleen Leona McCanless, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Samuel Howard Altman, Courtney Mcgowan Patterson, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1364

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's challenges relating to evidence of his gang affiliations

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  • Golden v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Grube, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Patrick Bibler, George Herbert Hartwig, (Houston County District Attorney's Office), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1273

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and other trial court evidentiary rulings

  • Beck v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    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, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tasha Monique Mosley, Karen Smith Barbour, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1152

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's contentions of juror misconduct and trial court error over jury instructions and denial of certain evidence

  • Merritt v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Mark Shelnutt, (The Law Offices of J. Mark Shelnutt), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Frederick Lewis, Wesley Allen Lambertus, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1190

    No Error in Trial Court's Refusal to Instruct on Voluntary Manslaughter and Duty to Retreat

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Alexander Miller, (Steven A. Miller Law), Summerville, Christina Rupp Cribbs, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Allen Arnt, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr., Kevin Jameson Baugh, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1081

    Any Error in Admission of Statement Implicating Co-Conspirator Was Harmless

  • Fulton County v. Ward-Poag

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Procedure | Whistleblower Laws
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie J Bryan, Allegra J. Lawrence, Maia Jeanelle Cogen, Lisa Michele Haldar, (Lawrence & Bundy LLC), Atlanta, Kaye Woodard Burwell, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Wyatt McLaws, (McLaws law group LLC), Marietta, for appellee. Lisa Young Smith West, (The West Firm), Atlanta, for Other Party. Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, David Norton Nelson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19G1619

    Triable Factual Issues as to Whether Party's Inconsistent Position in Bankruptcy Case Barred Her Whistleblower Claims