• Prickett v. State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Wayne Sheppard, Michael Steven Webb, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Juliana Sleeper, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0531

    Defendant Acquiesced in Trial Counsel's Waiver of Defendant's Right to be Present During Unrecorded Bench Conferences

  • Dugar v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-08-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meredith Anne Gardial, (Grisham, Poole, & Carlile, P.C.), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0707

    Defendant Was Not Unduly Influenced by Trial Judge's Remarks To Waive Right to Jury Trial

  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-08-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft, III, (Office of the Public Defender), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0675

    Defense Counsel Was Not Ineffective For Withdrawing Requests For Jury Charge

  • Wright v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-08-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Konrad Gerhard Waldemar Ziegler, (Lee & Ziegler, LLP), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Virginia Lee Davis, Kevin Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0588

    Plea Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Advise Defendant of Stringent Standard Applying to Post-Sentence Plea Withdrawal

  • The State v. Adams

    Publication Date: 2022-08-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Gammage, (Fulton County Solicitor General), Atlanta, Tamara Crawford, (Office of the Public Defender, Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Sessions, (The Sessions Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0931

    Trial Court's Ruling on Claim of Speedy Trial Violation Failed to Account For Full Extent of Delay

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  • Holland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-08-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Kenner, Jr., (Law Offices of Robert Kenner, Jr.), Stone Mountain Carey Renard Johnson, (Law Offices of Carey R. Johnson), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Juliana Sleeper, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0468

    Defendant's Video-Recorded Statements Regarding Other Crimes Were Admissible For Impeachment Purposes

  • Patterson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-08-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nyonnohweah Snami Seekie, (Seekie Law Firm), Macon for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Patrick Bibler, Anita Reynolds Howard, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0413

    Defendant Failed to Show His Trial Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance in Any of Multiple Claimed Ways

  • Talley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Virginia Lee Davis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0242

    Court Did Not Err by Admitting Hearsay Statements Murder Victim Had Made Regarding Incidents Involving Defendant Litigation: Yes

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Williams, (Western Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah Gonzalez, Robert Schollmeyer, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0473

    Trial Counsel Was Not Ineffective In Representing Defendant Accused of First Degree Cruelty to Children

  • Dukes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Crawford, (Crawford and Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randal McGinley, (Newton County District Attorney’s Office), Covington, David Williamson, (Attorney at Law), Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0258

    Trial Judge Did Not Show Bias By Offering Advice to Prosecutor Regarding Presentation of Evidence