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  • Myers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Schneider, (Wosnik Law LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bobby Christine, Kevin Majeska, (Columbia Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1319

    Court affirms defendant's conviction for interference with custody and corrects sentencing error to delete requirement that defendant register as a sex offender

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: MaryAnn Donnelly, (Goldman & Donnelly), Marietta, Sylvia Goldman, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1504

    Court affirms convictions for rape and child molestation over defendant's multiple procedural and evidentiary challenges

  • Kirkland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob Dennis Rhein, (Law Offices of Jacob D. Rhein), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0942

    Court affirms murder convictions in arson-related deaths over defendants' challenges to sufficiency and admission of evidence, alleged trial court errors, and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Lopez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, David Michael Wolfe, Elizabeth Overcamp Evans, Clayton McLean Fuller, (lookout mountain judicial Circuit district attorney’s office), Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1165

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • Reyes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerome Lee, Stephen Elijah Brown-Bennett, (Taylor Lee & Associates, LLC), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Clint Christopher Malcolm, (Department of Law), Atlanta, C. Rebecca Fogal, George R. Christian, (Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Clarkesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1135

    Court affirms the constitutionality of considering a defendant's immigration status in sentencing in a case involving charges of vehicular homicide by an undocumented immigrant

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  • Blash v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis Hewitt, (The Appellate Division - Georgia Public Defender Council), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ronald Edwards Daniels, (Daniels Law LLC), Eastman, Kelli Maria Adams, Timothy Grady Vaughn, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Eastman, for other party.
    Case Number: S23A1096

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes and corrects sentencing error in response to defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Floyd v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), St. Atlanta, Jason Michael McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, Bailey Rachel Simkoff, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1042

    Court reverses conviction for felony murder due to ineffective assistance of defendant's trial counsel relating to a jury instruction on self-defense and felon-in-possession of a firearm

  • Cooper v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Katie Borodin, Eliot Abt, (The Abt Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Bruce Harvey, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Eatonton, Christian May, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit), Greensboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1317

    Court affirms conviction for drug trafficking over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • Stinson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelsey Wiley, (Wiley Defense, P.C.), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, (GA Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit), Cumming, Courtney Moore, (Forsyth County District Attorney's Office), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1320

    Court affirms conviction for attempted child molestation ove defendant's claims of erroneous denial of a general; demurrer to an improper indictment and improper admission of a confession

  • Newton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Conklin, (Conklin Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Marietta, Cliff Head, Rachel Ashe, (Cherokee County Solicitor Generals Office), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1768

    Court affirms convictions in a domestic violence case over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, ineffective assistance of counsel, and an incorrect jury charge