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  • Thompson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Thompson, (Riverbend Correctional Facility), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Leonard, Sean Garrett, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1862

    Removal of Improper Parole Condition Did Not Render Entire Sentence Void

  • Pierson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernard Brody, (Brody Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia Slater, (District Attorney), Columbus, William Lisenby, (Attorney at Law), Hamilton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1460

    Court affirms sexual assault convictions of former county sheriff's deputy

  • Beamon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Jefferson, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Breedon, Margaret Heap, (Assistant District Attorney), Albany, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1803

    Court affirms conviction for armed robbery and other crimes over evidentiary challenges

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Jones, (Jenkins Correctional Center), Millen, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Henry Syms, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1912

    Court rejects child molestation defendant's motion to modify a sentence that was imposed following his negotiated guilty plea

  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra Dawson, (The Law Office of Sandra Dawson), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Baker, Tracy Lawson, (Clayton County District Attorney), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1858

    Court affirms convictions for rape and other convictions over defendant's objections to inconsistencies in the verdict

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  • Burgess v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Benjamin, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kristopher Bolden, (Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, Kenneth Mauldin, (District Attorney), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1596

    Court affirms conviction for cocaine possession with intent to distribute

  • Ivey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S18A1030

    Evidence Supported Jury's Finding That Defendant Did Not Shoot Victim in Self-Defense

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Maddox, Anna Szatkowski, (Northeastern Circuit Public Defender's Office), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harold Buckler, Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A2132

    Court Affirms Conviction for Cruelty to a Child of Mother Who Used Drugs While Parenting Over Objection that Key Witness Perjured Himself to Avoid Prosecution for Child Pornography

  • The State v. Preston

    Publication Date: 2019-03-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Baker, Tracy Lawson, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alfonso Kraft, (Clayton County Public Defender's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1922

    No suppression of drug evidence when police had probable cause to search suspect's car

  • Grant v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derek M. Wright, (Derek M. Wright, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kevin Eugene Hutto, Bradford Lee Rigby, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1060

    Defendant, Not Prosecution, Bore Burden of Showing That Array of Prospective Jurors Did Not Represent Cross-Section of Community