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  • Wooten v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Hildebrand, (Hildebrand Law Office, P.C.), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Vikki Clark, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Ringgold, Herbert Franklin, (District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1521

    Court Affirms Convictions for Drug Possession but Reverses Conviction for Receiving Stolen Property of Defendant Who Claimed Drugs Weren't His and That He Lacked Knowledge That Gun Was Stolen

  • The State v. Yohman

    Publication Date: 2019-01-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Mooradian, John Cranford, (Coweta County Da's Office), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Louttit, (Assistant Public Defender), Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1695

    Criminal defendant's original sentence vacated as being void under the recidivist punishment statute

  • The State v. Isham

    Publication Date: 2019-01-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A18A1621

    Prosecution barred from introducing "other acts" evidence in rape and assault trial.

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Daniels, (Jennifer M. Daniels, P.C.), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Gerald Mason, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A2016

    Court Affirms Conviction of Car Thief Who Claimed Court Used Impermissible Character Evidence by Introducing Evidence of Other Crimes Committed as Part of Single Spree of Robberies and Assaults

  • Anderson v. State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Gallagher, (The Gallagher Firm), Destin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Grist, (Solicitor General), Macon, Steve Knowles, (Bibb Solicitor General's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A2133

    Battery and trespass convictions affirmed with respect to a physical altercation between father and adult son.

  • In The Interest of S. B., a child.

    Publication Date: 2019-01-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Hardin, (James L. Hardin, Esq.), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Johnson, (District Attorney), Brunswick, George Barnhill, Thomas Buscemi, (Brunswick Circuit District Attorney's Office), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1851

    Court Affirms Adjudication of Juvenile Whose Prints Were Found at Scenes of Burglaries and Who Argued Evidence was Insufficient to Support Adjudication

  • The State v. Almanza

    Publication Date: 2019-01-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Boring, Michael Carlson, John Edwards, Amelia Pray, Lindsay Gardner, (District Attorney's Office Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, D. Reynolds, (District Attorney), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashleigh Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, PC), Marietta, John Merchant, (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Cindi Yeager, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellee. Melvin Hewitt, (Isenberg & Hewitt, P C.), Atlanta, Emily Richardson, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Brian Fortner, Sean Garrett, (Douglas County District Attorney), Douglasville, Ryan Leonard, (Acting District Attorney), Douglasville, Andrew Agatston, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Anna Davis, (Assistant Solicitor General), Decatur, for amicus.
    Case Number: A17A1270

    Court Adopts Opinion of Supreme Court and Orders Trial Court to Reconsider Admissibility of Statements by Mother of Sexual Abuse Victim to Examining Physician

  • Griggs v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    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, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Emily Kathleen Richardson, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1594

    Court Affirms Sentence of Man Sentenced for Felony Murder Who Sought Sentencing Under Conviction for Manslaughter

  • Gray v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darrell Brinnett Reynolds, Sr., (Darrell B. Reynolds, P.C.), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, Tracy Graham Lawson, Todd E. Naugle, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1583

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Claimed That Voluntary Statements Made After Miranda Warnings Were Inadmissible

  • Bennett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin H. Eaves, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Waycross, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1157

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Killed His Ex-wife and Burned Her Body to Cover Up His Crime but Later Claimed Accident and Self-Defense