• Ramirez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Alane Penn, Sandra Ann Partridge, (Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office), Cumming, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0905

    Court affirms malice murder conviction in a case involving severe elder neglect and rejects defendant's contention of insufficient evidence of malice

  • Bates v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Henry Frier, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Mathew Eli Plott, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0881

    Court affirms convictions of three co-defendants in a shooting death over their contentions of insufficient evidence, improper admission of certain evidence, and challenges to jury instructions

  • Chambliss v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances C. Kuo, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jonathan Lang Adams, Carolee Reed Jordan, Jessica Brooke Haygood, Dorothy Vinson Hull, (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Forsyth, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0802

    Court affirms felony murder conviction ove defendant's claims of insufficient evidence, rejection of self-defense claims, error in jury instructions, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Carole Maso et al. v. Brian Zeh et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Brian Terry, Jane D. Vincent, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Bentley Cash, David Najeeb Krugler, Wendy Goodwin Huray, Laura Lynne Voght, (Cash, Krugler & Fredericks, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randolph Page Powell, Jr., Alexander Collins Vey, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, Laura M. Shamp, Joshua Forrest Silk, (Shamp Silk), Atlanta, Rosser Adams Malone, (Malone Law Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23C0765

    Physician Assistant Act Does Not Create Vicarious Liability for Supervising Physicians For Medical Acts of Their Physician Assistants

  • Eubanks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, David Edward Clark, (Clarke & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Alane Penn, Caroline Yi, (Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office), Cumming, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0519

    Death of Developmentally Disabled Adult From Contact With Spilled Heroin in Residence Supported Felony Murder Conviction

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  • Bowman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Beth Shubow, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0682

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's objections to certain jury charges and contentions of trial court error

  • Henderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Vance Patterson, (The Law Office of Brian V. Patterson, LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Thomas L. Williams, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0559

    Court affirms convictions of jointly-tried defendants for malice murder and other crimes over their multiple challenges and contentions of trial court error

  • Smith v. Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-22
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: S22C1252

    Court declines to grant certiorari in appeals over an issue involving the doctrine of primary jurisdiction and whether a matter should be referred to an administrative agency

  • Whittaker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr., Matthew William Moore, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), LaFayette, Chris Allen Arnt, (Superior Court Judge-LMJC), Trenton, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0613

    Evidence of Defendant's Brutal and Excessive Attacks Supported Malice Murder Conviction

  • In the Interest of R. J. A., a child.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Crawford, (Crawford & Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cora Mae Fisher, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Brandon M. Delfunt, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23C0133

    Court denies a juvenile defendant's petition for certiorari over whether a superior court retained jurisdiction over a criminal case or if the case should be in juvenile court