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  • Wilson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Howard, (The Howard Law Firm, P.C.), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, Joshua Mark Geller, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0885

    Conspiracy to Purchase Marijuana Was Predicate Felony That Proximately Caused Victim's Death

  • Gay v. Jackson, Judge et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda K Johns, Tokunbo Henry Adeleye, (City of Atlanta Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Raines Felton Carter, (Office of the City Solicitor), Atlanta, Gary E. Jackson, (Atlanta Municipal Court), Atlanta, Hermise Pierre, Michael Christopher Wynter, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1204

    Court affirms dismissal of defendant's pretrial habeus petition because defendant had other remedies available that superseded habeus relief

  • Ridley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Chappell, II, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1081

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and allegations of error and abuse of discretion

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Yelton Peace, (Manning Peace, LLC), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, Fani T. Willis, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Burke Olivia Doherty, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0958

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's contentions of violation of a speedy trial right, trial court evidentiary error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Moore v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, Fani T. Willis, Juliana Sleeper, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1005

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance, denial of due process, and improper comments by the trial court

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  • Ballinger, Warden v. Watkins

    Publication Date: 2023-01-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin David Goldberg, (The Law Office of Ben Goldberg, LLC), Mableton, Christina Rupp Cribbs, Meagan Rena Hurley, (Georgia Innocence Project), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1187

    Murder Defendant Was Prejudiced by Juror's Extra-Judicial Investigation Regarding Evidence Credibility

  • Roberts v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Kay Jefferson, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0420

    Physical Evidence Found at Crime Scene Was Intrinsic to Charged Crime That Occurred Nine Days Later

  • Crum v. Jackson National Life Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2022-11-18
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Eric Zweigel, John Hartshorn Elliott, (Parker Hudson Ranier & Dobbs), Atlanta, Brady Cobb, (Cobb Eddy), Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Foust Parsley, Eileen Elizabeth H. Rumfelt, (Miller & Martin, PLLC), Atlanta, Michael J. Miller, Michael Broadbent, (Cozen O’Conner), Philidelphia, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Q0649

    Court rules that a life insurance policy taken out by an insured on his own life and sold to a third party with no insurable interest is not void as an illegal wagering contract.

  • Willis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Nathan Kelbaugh, (The Kelbaugh Firm, LLC), Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0801

    Court affirms convictions for murder and other offenses over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence, trial court jury instruction error, and ineffective assistance

  • Clark v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen H Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert McIntosh Poston, Jr., Victoria Keely Parker, (Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0630

    No Showing Made That Juror's Alleged Communication With Member of Victim's Family Denied Defendant Right to Fair Trial