• 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

  • 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

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  • 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

  • Hughes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Cody M. Long, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Penny Alane Penn, Heather Nicole Dunn, (Forsyth County District Attorney's Office), Cumming, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0730

    Trial Court Provided Reasoned Explanation For Denying Defendant's Self-Defense Immunity Claim

  • Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. Tyler

    Publication Date: 2021-08-13
    Practice Area: Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Robert Highsmith, Matthew Friedlander, Jonathan Spital, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Melanie Eyre, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, Michael Goldberg, (Fried Rogers Goldberg LLC), Atlanta, Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Donald Singleton, (Singleton Law Firm LLC), Alpharetta, for Appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0626

    Court reverses jury verdict in a personal injury case because trial court issued an erroneous jury charge on spoliation of evidence

  • Hill v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Harty, Greg Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White, (District Attorney), Hartwell, Jeffrey Lee, (Elbert County District Attorney's Office), Elberton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0264

    Court Reverses Denial of Motion to Suppress Evidence Obtained in Search Following Traffic Stop