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  • Holmes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reid G. Kennedy, (Law Offices of Kennedy and Kennedy), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., Elizabeth Marian York, Leslie Anna Coots, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0936

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to admission of psychiatric evidence and trial court's failure to issue an instruction on intellectual disability

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samir J. Patel, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Cartersville, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0854

    Court affirms felony murder convictions over defendants' contentions of insufficient evidence, trial court error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Rashad v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katherine Morgan Mason, (Law Office of the Public Defender), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Ellen Patterson, Emily Griffin Johnson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0864

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

  • Harper v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin David Goldberg, (The Law Office of Ben Goldberg, LLC), Mableton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0810

    Court affirms felony murder convictions over defendant's claims of due process violations, and contentions of error regarding references to his statements and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A23A1699

    Court affirms denial of a motion to withdraw a guilty plea in a manslaughter and assault case and rejects defendant's contention of double jeopardy, citing insufficient evidence of factual merger

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  • Clark v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A23A1675

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation and public indecency over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, jury instruction error, and error in admitting expert testimony

  • Ford v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A23A1422

    Court affirms burglary convictions over defendant's contentions that trial court erred by denying his motion to sever charges and challenge to sufficiency of the evidence

  • Buenrrostro v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A23A1307

    Court affirms convictions in a child molestation case over defendant's claims of trial court errors and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Wilson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Duttweiler, (Office of the Public Defender Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA), Gainesville, Rachel Tomlinson, (Hall County District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1765

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated assault, battery, and trespass, and rejects defendant's challenges to expert witness testimony

  • Thompson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Frier, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Burke Doherty, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1429

    Court affirms convictions for attempted murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, jury instruction error, and ineffective assistance from counsel