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  • Heyward v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Jones Walker, (Eastern Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Matthew Breedon, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0946

    Trial Counsel's Failure to Introduce Equivocal Evidence Supporting Self-Defense Theory Did Not Establish Ineffective Representation

  • The State v. Hinton

    Publication Date: 2020-09-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Juliana Sleeper, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah Wendy Young, (Law Offices Ow Deborah W. Young, LLC.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0648

    Court affirms order suppressing recordings of a defendant's interviews that were made after the defendant invoked his right to remain silent

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S20A0721

    Defendant Claiming Batson Jury Selection Error Failed to Show Prosecution Acted With Discriminatory Intent

  • The State v. Hines et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karl Cooke, (District Attorney), Macon, David Rhoden, (Assistant District Attorney), McDonough, Shelley Milton, (District Attorney's Office, Macon Judicial Circuit), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stanley Schoolcraft, (Circuit Public Defender's Office), McDonough, Clinton Wheeler, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0950

    Trial court did not err when it barred the admissibility of a witness recording when the defendants had no meaningful opportunity to cross-examine that witness.

  • Crider v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joyette Holmes, Amelia Pray, D. Reynolds, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0527

    Sound Tactical Reasons Supported Trial Counsel's Decision Not to Press Self-Defense Claim

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  • Allison v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jana Jacobson, (Public Defender Northern Judicial Circuit), Royston, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White, (District Attorney), Hartwell, Michael Coveney, (District Attorney's Office of the Northern Judicial Circuit), Danielsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0552

    No Error in Admission of Child Forensic Examiner's Interview Of Child Molestation Victim

  • The State v. Adams

    Publication Date: 2020-08-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Mauldin, (District Attorney), Athens, Malachi Peacock, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly Wegel, (Western Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0050

    Court reverses order granting defendant's plea in bar because dismissal of federal charges was not an acquittal for purposes of Georgia's successive prosecution statute

  • Raines v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Atteeyah Eshe Hollie, Mark Aaron Loudon-Brown, (Southern Center for Human Rights), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin David Coker, Brittany Ashton Fallin, Scott L. Ballard, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Center, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0181

    Judge May Make Specific Determination Whether Juvenile Is Irreparably Corrupt Before Imposing LWOP Sentence

  • Burney v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brad Gardner, Emily J. Gilbert, (Georgia Capital Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Dawn Marie Baskin, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Gray, Stephen Andrew Bradley, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Milledgeville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0216

    Defendant Who Was Not Diligent In Seeking Medical Examiner's Records Could Not Claim Brady Violation

  • Castro-Moran v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Natalie Glaser, (Attorney at Law), Dublin, Sheri Smith, (Ocmulgee Circuit Public Defender's Office), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Helton, Herbert Poston, (Assistant District Attorney), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0450

    Trial Court Erred in Failing to Charge Jury on Lesser Offenses to Child Cruelty and Felony Murder