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  • Dessalines v. Department of Human Services

    Publication Date: 2020-10-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Jaffe, Ryan Castellon, (Jaffe Family Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Penny Hannah, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Laurie Brown, (McCallum & Associates LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1006

    Court reverses dismissal of petition challenging inclusion of defendant's name on child abuse registry, finding that she effected proper service of her petition

  • Hardeman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keegan Gary, Hunter Rodgers, (Paulding Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Donovan, Anthony Williams, (District Attorney), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1434

    Appellant Failed to Show He Suffered Prejudice From 16-Year-Delay in Resolving Criminal Appeal

  • Massengille v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Schneider, (Alcovy Circuit Public Defender), Monroe, Jeffrey Jackson, (Walton County Public Defender), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon, (District Attorney), Covington, Tara Latimer, (Walton County DA's Office), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1161

    Court rejects defendant's double jeopardy contention because he was unable to show the extent of a prosecutor's knowledge in the first proceeding

  • State v. Fowle

    Publication Date: 2020-09-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Morrison, (E. Jones & Associates), Atlanta, Teri Walker, Paul Howard, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Shubow, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Stephen Scarborough, Conntessua Walker, Atlanta, April Northcross, (Fulton County Public Defender's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0077

    Pursuant to directions from the Georgia Supreme Court, the court vacated the trial court's dismissal order of an indictment that was dropped on a nolle prosequi order.

  • Clay v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Rashad Clay, (Ware State Prison), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0727

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other offenses over defendant's numerous pro se challenges to evidence and other matters

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  • Hodges v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Davis Smith, (Conger & Smith, LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, John Andrew Rumker, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0709

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's contention over trial court error in denying a new trial motion on general grounds.

  • Powell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Walter Kraus, (Office of the Public Defender), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tasha Monique Mosley, Karen Smith Barbour, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0852

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea to charges of malice murder

  • Ringold v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0580

    Trial court is ordered to dismiss a murder defendant's pro se motion to withdraw a guilty plea where defendant was still represented by counsel when he filed that motion

  • The State v. Wilkerson

    Publication Date: 2020-08-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Bishop, Thomas Earnest, Ronald McNease, (District Attorney's Office Pataula Judicial Circuit), Cuthbert, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald Parker, (Assistant Public Defender), Bainbridge, Christina Cribbs, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1253

    In granting a defendant's motion for a new trial, the trial court did not improperly conflate standards for legal sufficiency of evidence with standards for general grounds

  • Scales v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia Slater, Ray Daniel, (District Attorney of the Chattahoochee Judicial District), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0440

    Court affirms defendant's convictions for aggravated assault and other crimes over his contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel