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  • Renfro v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, Lee Tittsworth, (Gwinnett Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A2088

    Defendant's right to counsel was not deprived where he knowingly and intelligently elected to represent himself

  • Hernandez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Wolff, (Attorney At Law), Dahlonega, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Langley, (District Attorney), Blairsville, Samantha Barrett, (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cleveland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1638

    Court suppresses DUI blood test evidence due to misinformation in consent statement

  • The State v. Baddeley

    Publication Date: 2019-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David White, Michael Coveney, (District Attorney's Office of The Northern Judicial Circuit), Hartwell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerry Webb, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1623

    Officer's Threat to "Yank" Driver's License Did Not Result in Coerced Consent to Blood Alcohol Test

  • Lonon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Deal, (Assistant District Attorney), Statesboro, Richard Mallard, (District Attorney), Statesboro, Keith McIntyre, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1436

    Evidence Supported Jury Finding That Dog's Death Resulted From Arson, Not Malnutrition

  • Cromartie v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stacey Flynn, (Attornet at Law), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Coker, Brittany Fallin, (Upson County District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, Elizabeth Kendrick, (Griffin Circuit Superior Court), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A2041

    Court Affirms Denial of Motion to Suppress Where Traffic Stop Led to Lawful Arrest for Using False Identification Before Drug Dogs Arrived to Smell the Vehicle

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  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis Glahn, (Glahn Law, P. C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Leonard, (District Attorney), Douglasville, Sean Garrett, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1832

    Court Affirms Conviction for Aggravated Assault of Man Who Attacked Stepfather with A Knife and Relied Upon Justification Defense

  • Hollmon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of The Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Emily Kathleen Richardson, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1464

    Court Affirms Dismissal of Challenge to Illegally Imposed Sentence on Basis that Post-Conviction Motion Raised Errors Not Pursued in Direct Appeal but Vacates Sentence as Legal Nullity

  • Wainwright v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of The Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Arthur C. Walton, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Peter Keith Johnson, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), DeKalb, Decatur,, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1221

    No error when trial court proceeds with evidence in the absence of defendant's lead counsel

  • Curry v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Joseph Walker, (Georgia Public Defenders Standards Council, Appellate Division), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Jason Matthew Rea, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Scott L. Ballard, Elizabeth Morgan Kendrick, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1302

    Murder conviction affirmed after court finds no error in identification procedures

  • McKelvin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Robert Mobley, II (Tifton Circuit Public Defender's Office), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Scott Orion Teague, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, Jennifer Dawn Hart, (Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1031

    No error in murder trail when defense was required to disclose psychological evaluation and involuntary intoxication defense