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  • Riley v. State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt Allen Worthington, (Fleming & Nelson, LLP), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1048

    Further Review Necessary to Determine Whether "Person Unknown" Exception Tolled Statute of Limitations on Non-Murder Charges

  • Virger v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Scott Key, Kayci Nicole Timmons, (Miller & Key PA), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ryan Reese Leonard, Sean Alexander Garrett, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1538

    Murder and child sexual abuse convictions affirmed over multiple challenges from defendants

  • Benton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Brown Dillon, (Brown & Gill, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Sassan, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Courtney Ruth Spicer, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1299

    Murder and armed robbery convictions affirmed

  • Miller v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Genevieve Holmes, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Jeffrey Langley, Kelly Renae Holloway, (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Blairsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1519

    Murder and aggravated assault convictions affirmed over defendant's multiple challenges

  • State v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2019-03-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Marc A. Mallon, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marilyn Primovic, (Office of The Public Defender, Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, Brian C. Tevis, (Tevis Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1275

    Motion for a new trial affirmed where trial court failed to give jury an accomplice corroboration charge.

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    Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments

    Authors: Patrick J. Hindert, Matthew J. Meltzer, Patrick J. Hindert, Daniel W. Hindert, Joseph Julnes Dehner

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  • Beasley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, PC.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1252

    No Ineffectiveness of Counsel For Failing to Maintain Objection Against Application of Habitation Defense to Homicide Victim

  • Goodson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny Carver Rose, (Rose & Associates, PC), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Jeffrey Langley, Samantha Lauren Barrett, (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cleveland, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1428

    Court rejects self defense and justification defenses and affirms a murder conviction

  • Battle v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Randall Scarborough, (Stephen R. Scarborough, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Jason Matthew Rea, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Teri Brown Walker, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1445

    Murder and child cruelty convictions affirmed

  • Moore v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Henry Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1429

    Convictions for murder and criminal gang activity confirmed where video evidence was properly admitted at trial.

  • Winters v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Gladston Daniell, (Daniell Law Firm, LLC), Warner Robbins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Patrick Bibler, George Herbert Hartwig, III, Marie R. Banks, (Houston County District Attorney's Office), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1234

    No Error in Admitting Witness's Post-Hypnotic Statement That Was Essentially Identical to Pre-Hypnotic Statement