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  • Cook v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ivars Lacis, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Coker, Brittany Fallin, (Upson County District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1291

    Court vacates armed robbery conviction and remands case because trial court improperly applied the standard for a new trial.

  • The State v. Baker

    Publication Date: 2019-10-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Smith, Henry Syms, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Stewart (Augusta Public Defender's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1545

    Court Did Not Err in Relying on Federal Case Law to Grant Motion for a New Trial Based on Dismissal of Juror After Deliberations Had Begun

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Michael Reba, (The Law Office of Stephen M. Reba, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Marc A. Mallon, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0954

    Defendant Could Not Revive Failed Claim of Trial Counsel's Ineffective Assistance On Appeal

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Devlin Cooper, Ashley A. Cooper, (Cooper, Barton & Cooper, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Karl David Cooke, Jr., Cara Raye Fiore, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, Scott Orion Teague, (Douglas County District Attorney Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0643

    Court affirms felony murder conviction that was entered pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement.

  • Turner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Cribbs, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Mallard, Keith McIntyre, Daphne Totten, (Assistant District Attorney), Statesboro, Russell Jones, (Office of the Public Defender), Springfield, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1625

    Court remands case to trial court for application of recent precedent on ineffective assistance of counsel regarding a plea deal.

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  • McAllister, Jr. v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Sparger, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, Jennifer Guyer, (Assistant District Attorney), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0613

    Court affirms convictions for rape and other crimes over defendant's multiple contentions of trial court error

  • Hines v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Arndt, (Assistant Public Defender), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon, Randal McGinley, (Newton County District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0072

    Court affirms convictions for cocaine possession and other crimes over defendant's evidentiary and jury instruction challenges

  • Brant v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Clayton Culp, (Waycross Circuit Public Defender {retired]), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, Ian Louis Sansot, Michelle Chapman McIntire, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0047

    Court affirms dismissal of criminal defendant's appeal due to his appeal waiver in his plea agreement

  • Swanson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Sassano, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, John Arthur Warr, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0360

    Court reverses felony murder conviction due to ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Strozier v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wallace Carter Clayton, II, (Jones, Morrison & Womack, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Sassano, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John Richard Edwards, Jesse David Evans, John Stuart Melvin, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0790

    Trial Court Violated Law Of The Case Rule When It Resentenced on Convictions Supreme Court Had Found To Be Vacated by Operation of Law