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  • Cason v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Langston Cason, (Washington State Prison), Davisboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Mulholland, Christopher Quinn, (District Attorney), Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1994

    Court Vacates Trial Court Order Denying Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea and for Appointment of Counsel and Orders Dismissal of Motions as Impermissible Pro Se Filings by A Defendant Who Was Represented by Counsel

  • Solomon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chaunda Brock, (Brock Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Stephany Julissa Luttrell , Kevin Christopher Armstrong , Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Burke Olivia Doherty , (Fulton County District Attorney's Office) Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1195

    Court Affirms Conviction for Aiding Murder by Man Who Claimed That He Was Merely an Innocent Bystander to a Shooting Where Friend Shot Victim with Appellant's Gun After Appellant Lost Upper Hand in Fist Fight with Victim

  • Ringold v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard T. Ringold, (Ware State Prison), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Samantha Routh, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1215

    Court Reverses Trial Court's Denial of Motion to File Untimely Appeal Where Trial Court Denied Motion Without Hearing Despite Evidence That Defendant Was Never Advised of Right to Appeal and Orders Hearing on Whether Defendant was Wholly Deprived of Right to Appeal Denial of Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea

  • Worthen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (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: S18A1212

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Claimed That State Failed to Prove Venue When Shooting Took Place Near County Border, Overruling Series of Cases That Had Prohibited Jury from Finding Venue Based on Circumstantial Evidence

  • Mims v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Micah Jay Gates, Natalie Katherine Glaser, (Office of The Public Defender for The Conasuaga Judicial Circuit), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert McIntosh Poston, Jr., (Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1208

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Killed Store Clerk During Robbery Spree but Reverses Theft Conviction Where Trial Counsel Failed to Pursue Motion to Sever Lesser Charges Stemming from Earlier-Committed Offenses

  • Bishop v. Hall

    Publication Date: 2019-02-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Bishop, (Georgia State Prison), Reidsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Melvin King, Jr., (King Law Group), Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0153

    Visually Impaired Habeas Petitioner Was Entitled to Hearing on Request for Reading Assistance at Evidentiary Hearing

  • Hernandez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, Gerald Mason, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1307

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Challenged Venue Where Murderer Shot Victim in Moving Vehicle and State Introduced No Direct Evidence of Shooting's Location but Established That Abduction and Recovery of Body Occurred in County of Conviction

  • Anthony v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Mondelli, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Marc Mallon, (Senior Assistant District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A2134

    Court Affirms Armed Robbery Conviction Where Defendant Claimed Juror Who Knew Witness Was Biased Despite Lack of Close Relationship Between Juror and Witness

  • Strozier v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Lloyd Beckstrom, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-Soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, Kimberly Leigh Whiddon, (Tifton Judicial Circuit District), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0039

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion Defendant Wrongfully Assaulted Victim With Kitchen Knife, Justifying Felony Murder Verdict

  • Mathis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael McCarthy, (Mike McCarthy, Criminal Defense Lawyer), Rocky Face, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Poston, (District Attorney), Dalton, Victoria Parker, (Attorney at Law), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1630

    Court Affirms Trial Court's Denial of Motions to Suppress by Defendants Caught with False Identification Cards During Stop Prompted by Suspicion Behavior in Nearby Retail Store