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  • Hinton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler R. Conklin, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, Roderick B. Wilkerson, Shannon Elysia Hodder, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Aimee F. Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0804

    No trial court error in issuing separate sentences for felony murder and attempted robbery.

  • Bishop v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Elaine Hildebrand, (Hildebrand Law Office, PC.), LaFayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr., (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0979

    Court Affirms Conviction of Man Who Abused and Murdered Wife

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Crawford, (Crawford & Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Scott Orion Teague, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, Gerald Lee Henderson, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0805

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Instigated Shoot-Out at Gas Station

  • Rivera v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chaunda Brock, (Brock Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, Deborah D. Wellborn, Gerald Mason, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1171

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Murdered Her Infant Grandchild

  • Foster v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    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, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1494

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Claimed Lack of Corroboration of Accomplice's Account of Events

  • Willis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Henry Frier, Atlanta, Akil K. Secret, (The Secret Firm, PC.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Sabrina Dawn Graham, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Channell Veena Singh, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee. Brian Kammer, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18P0915

    Court Affirms Imposition of the Death Penalty for Home-Invasion Murderer

  • Bacon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emory Greene, (Greene and Greene, Attorneys at Law, PC.), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Plez Hardin, (District Attorney), Americus, Lewis Lamb, (Southwestern Circuit D.A.'s Office), Americus, Trevor Vanzant, (Office of The District Attorney, Southwestern Judicial Circuit), Americus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1212

    Police officer has no power or authority of arrest outside of his sworn jurisdiction

  • Holland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Willis, (Attorney At Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Holmes, (Douglas County Solicitor General), Douglasville, Matthew Krull, (Solicitor-General), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1317

    Court Reverses Denial of Motion to Suppress Roadside Test Results Taken Under Allegedly Coercive Circumstances in DUI Case

  • Harp v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Waters, (Attorney At Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karl Cooke, (District Attorney), Macon, Neil Halvorson, (Macon Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, Cara Fiore, (Walton County District Attorney's Office), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1293

    Court Affirms Conviction of Former National Guardsman Who Was Denied Opportunity to Wear Uniform During Trial for Armed Robbery

  • Kidd v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Wayne Sheppard, (Kenneth W. Sheppard, PC.), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1025

    Murder conviction affirmed after court finds no Miranda violations or other trial court errors