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  • Holland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-08-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    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

  • 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

  • Porter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Morgan, (Attorney at Law), Woodbury, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrea Newton, John Cranford, (District Attorney’s Office Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, Timothy Marlow, (Office of the District Attorney), Greenville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0134

    Court vacates conviction for DUI less safe and remands for a new trial because trial court erroneously admitted testimony of defendant's refusal to submit to a breath test

  • 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

  • Domingue et al. v. Ford Motor Company

    Publication Date: 2022-07-19
    Practice Area: Evidence | Personal Injury | Products Liability
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig A. Webster, (Webster Law Group, Inc.), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Roger Boorman, Philip Andrew Henderson, Evan E. Smith, IV, (Watson Spence LLP), Atlanta, Paul Frederich Malek, Donald Thomas, (Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP), Birmingham, Michael W. Eady, (Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, LLP), Austin, Brian Charles Lea, (Jones Day), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Henry Snyder, Jr., Rory A. Weeks, (Canella Snyder LLC), Decatur, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Alyssa Bernadette Baskam, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, PC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Richard B. North, Jr., Alex G. Pisciarino, (Nelson Mullins Rilet & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan R. Friedman, Gary J. Toman, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S22Q0279

    Georgia's Seatbelt Statute Did Not Preclude Vehicle Manufacturer From Presenting Evidence of Seatbelt as Part of Restraint System

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  • Harris v. State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell D. Durham, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Western Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0092

    Defendant Was Prejudiced by Admission of Evidence That Was Needlessly Cumulative and Highly Prejudicial

  • Henry v. State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Creal, (Attorney at Law), Forest Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Pamela Bettis, Joseph Stone, Jefferson Upchurch, (Office of the Solicitor-General of Henry County Henry County Judicial Center), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0501

    Court affirms denial of new trial motion in a conviction for DUI where defendant challenged his attorney's failure to move to suppress blood test evidence

  • The State v. Thomas et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patsy Austin-Gatson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, Brandon Delfunt, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: LeAnne Hicks, (The Chancey Law Firm, PC), Braselton, Stacy Levy, (Stacy Levy Law, LLC), Lawrenceville, Daniel Ortiz, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Robert Booker, (Law Office of Robert L. Booker PC), Lawrenceville, G. Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0264

    Court affirms exclusion of a defendant's conviction of prior gang activity against other defendants in joint trials, but not against that defendant himself

  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Stevens Schrope, Elizabeth Ann Brandenburg, (Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg), Decatur, Benjamin A. Davis, Jr., 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 , Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , Richard Benjamin Caplan , (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0414

    Any Error in Admitting Text Messages Sent To and From Phone Number Associated With Defendant Was Harmless

  • Gude v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jordan Kerry Van Matre, (The Law Office of Jordan K. Van Matre, PC), McDonough, 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, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0406

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Admitting "In-Life" Photo Of Murder Victim Through His Mother's Testimony