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  • The State v. Almanza

    Publication Date: 2019-01-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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

  • Cunningham v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft, III, (Office of the Public Defender), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, Tracy Graham Lawson, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, Woodbine, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1525

    Court Affirms Core of Judgment of Conviction of Home-Invasion Murderer Who Argued That Evidence Was Insufficient for Particular Crimes of Conviction

  • Phoenix v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Jones Walker, (GPDC - Appellate Division), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Assistant, (Department of Law), Atlanta , Andrew J. Ekonomou, Jacquelyn Lee Johnson, Carrie Bradley Coleman, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Brunswick, Woodbine, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1439

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Killed Girlfriend and Claimed Continuance That Was Denied Deprived Him of Opportunity to Find Expert to Formulate New, Unspecified Defense

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Alan Anderson, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Sassano, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Scott L. Ballard, Benjamin David Coker, Brittany Ashton Fallin, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office) Thomaston, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1438

    Court Affirms Murder Conviction Where New Exculpatory Witness Came Forward but Motion for New Trial Was Denied Due to Lack of Witness Credibility

  • Rawles v. Holt

    Publication Date: 2019-01-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1334

    Court Reverses Habeas Court Denial of Relief Based on Agreement Between Defendant and State in Which Defendant Waived Ability to See Habeas Relief in Exchange for Lighter Sentence

  • Willis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Allen Adams, Jr., Veronica M. O'Grady, (Griffin Circuit Public Defender Office), Thomaston, Atlanta, Bentley C. Adams, III, (Attorney at Law), Lihue, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kayleigh Ann Carter, Leigh Ellen Patterson, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office) Rome, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1363

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murder Who Claimed That No Physical Evidence Negated His Claim That the Shooting Was Accidental

  • Blake v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-12-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner, Jr. (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder (Department of Law), Atlanta; Deborah D. Wellborn, Helen Virginia Peters Pott, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur; Anna Green Cross, (The Summerville Firm) Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1162

    Trial court can declare a mistrial with no attachment of double jeopardy when it finds a manifest necessity to do so.