• State v. Perry

    Publication Date: 2019-05-06
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Donovan, Anthony Williams, Alexandria Clark, (Paulding Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mason Rountree, (Rountree Law Firm), Dallas, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A2110

    Be-On-Lookout Warning Provided Objective, Reasonably Articulable Suspicion Warranting Traffic Stop of Vehicle

  • Debelbot et al. v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-06
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Moffett Flournoy, III, Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers, James C. Bonner, Jr., Brandon A. Bullard, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, A. James Anderson, (Robins Kaplan LLP), Atlanta, Anna Carr Halsey, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, Carrie Sperling, (Wisconsin Innocence Project: University Of Wisconsin Law), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Sadhana Pandey Dailey, Alonza Whitaker, (Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee. Therese S. Barnesr, (Georgia Supreme Court), Atlanta, for Other party.

    Case Number: S18A1073

    Trial Court's Conclusory Rejection of Defendants' Expert Witness Evidence Precluded Meaningful Review of Ineffectiveness of Counsel Claim

  • Deeds v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa Wolff, Josh Moore, (Georgia Capital Defenders Office), Atlanta, Mark Loudon-Brown, (Southern Center for Human Rights), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Vaughn, Keely Pitts, (Oconee Circuit District Attorney's Office), Eastman, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1644

    Court Affirms Dismissal of Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea Where Motion to Withdraw Was Made in Term Subsequent to Term in Which Defendant Was Sentenced

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Pinnero, (Attorney at Law), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Edwardsm, Ms Lela Alvonellos, (Dougherty County District Attorney), Albany, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1643

    Court reverses theft conviction because of ambiguous jury verdict

  • Wilson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Roth, Robert MacGregor, (Augusta Office of the Public Defender), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Henry Syms, (Office Of The District Attorney), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1826

    Defendant's armed robbery conviction is affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for further consideration

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  • Law v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Elder Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Manly, (Manly Shipley LLP), Savannah, Charles Sheppard, (Attorney at Law), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, Margaret DeLeon, (District Attorney's Office- Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1792

    Court affirms convictions for theft by taking with respect to financial oversight of an elderly person's finances

  • Daniels v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Veronica O'Grady, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Marc Mallon, Kevin Armstrong, (Senior Assistant District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1865

    Robbery by force conviction affirmed over defendant's evidentiary objections

  • Roberts v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Veal, (The Veal Law Firm, P.C.), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tasha Mosley, (Solicitor General), Jonesboro, Chelsey Murray, Jamal Williams, (Clayton County Solicitor General's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1634

    Case remanded for reconsideration of admission of prior DUI evidence in view of new Georgia precedent

  • Nixon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A18A1446

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion That Defendant Was Shooter Who Repeatedly Fired Gun at Neighborhood Party

  • Blaine v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kalki Yalamanchili, (Y'Chili Law LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Sassano, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19A0430

    Court Affirms Numerous Convictions for Murder and Robbery by Gang Leader Over Objections That He Was Unlawfully Confined to Solitary Prior to Trial and That State Urged Impermissible Inferences in Closing Regarding Absence of Alibi Evidence