• Dunn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra G. Dawson, (The Law Office of Sandra Dawson, LLC), Marietta, Sylvia Goldman, (Goldman & Donnelly Law Firm), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Leslie Anna Coots, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorne General), Atlanta, Michael Scott Carlson, (Georgia Bureau of Investigation), Decatur, Jesse David Evans, (Paulding County District Attorney's Office), Kennesaw, Flynn Duncan Broady, Amelia Greeson Pray, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0761

    Defendant Not Prejudiced by Admission of YouTube Gangster-Rap Video Used by Gang as Recruitment Tool

  • Crawford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erica Cori Matos, (Axiom Global), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Burke Olivia Doherty, Richard Benjamin Caplan, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0638

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Support Finding Defendant Was At Least Party to Charged Crimes

  • Branch v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Sheppard, (Attorney at Law), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Paul Howard, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Aslean Eaglin, (Superior Court of Fulton County), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0667

    Court affirms aggravated stalking conviction over defendant's evidentiary challenges and claims of error and ineffective assistance of counsel.

  • The State v. Gilmore

    Publication Date: 2021-09-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luke Anthony Martin, Leigh Ellen Patterson, Morgan Birdsong Bottger, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Ross Hamrick, Sean Justin Lowe, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Rome, for Appellee.

    Case Number: S20G1430

    Court reverses denial of admission of a video showing a drug purchase by a now-deceased confidential information, finding no Confrontation Clause violation

  • Tiraboschi v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for Appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0574

    Court affirms murder conviction over defendant's challenge to the trial court's admission of evidence of his prior convictions

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  • Hinton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas Earl White, Warner Robbins, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Joseph C. Timothy Lewis, (JCTL Law), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County Districtattorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0865

    Eyewitness's Initial Hesitancy in Identifying Defendant Did Not Preclude Jury From Crediting Witness's Identification at Trial

  • Goforth v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Carlan, (Carlan Law, LLC), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosemary Greene, Sharon Fox, (Gordon County District Attorney's Office), Calhoun, Erle Newton, (Office of the District Attorney), Cartersville, for Appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0793

    Court affirms methamphetamine trafficking and sale convictions over defendant's challenge to trial court's admission of identification testimony from two witnesses

  • Hutcheson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Raymond, (Hogue & Hogue (of Counsel)), Macon, Laura Hogue, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anita Howard, Shelley Milton, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office Office of the District Attorney Macon Judicial Circuit), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1015

    Statements Made by Church Youth Leader in Response to Pastor's Inquiries Regarding Sex Abuse Allegations Were Not Privileged

  • Perkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Rawls, (Lindsay and Rawls, LLC), Rossville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Arnt, (District Attorney), Lafayette, Deanna Reisman, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Ringgold, for Appellee

    Case Number: A21A0994

    Traffic Stop Was Valid Even After Detectives Were Mistaken About the Identity of the Driver

  • Rendon-Villasana v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erica Matos, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Juliana Sleeper, Richard Caplan, (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta.

    Case Number: A21A1068

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Sustain Defendant's Conviction for Kidnapping Victims After He Pretended to Be an Uber Driver