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  • Raines v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Rupp Cribbs, Veronica M. O'Grady, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Scott L. Ballard, Benjamin David Coker, Brittany Ashton Fallin, A.D.A., (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0725

    Court Affirms Conviction of

  • Bennefield v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bennefield, Alamo, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1410

    Court Rejects Untimely Appeal of Guilty Plea by Murderer

  • Doe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Filipovits, (Attorney At Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Mallard (District Attorney), Keith McIntyre, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Statesboro, for appellee. Brenda Smeeton, Michele Young, Cory Isaacson (Georgia Justice Project), Atlanta, Nancy DeVetter, Jessica Stuart (Georgia Legal Services Program), Atlanta, Savannah, Phyllis Holmen, Lisa Krisher, (Attorney At Law), Atlanta, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A17A0115

    Criminal record sealed when court improperly applies statutory balancing test

  • Bell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daronta Bell, (Attorney At Law), Nicholls, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, (Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center) Lawrenceville, Lee Tittsworth, (Gwinnett Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1046

    Court Rejects Challenge to Armed Robbery Conviction but Orders Resentencing

  • Gelzer v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Ray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Howard, (Howard Law Group), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Holmes, Michelle Dissman, Lindsay Raynor, (Douglas County Solicitor General), Douglasville, Matthew Krull, (Solicitor-General), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1067

    Court Orders Reconsideration of Motion to Suppress by DUI Suspect Seeking Suppression of Breath Test Results

  • McKissic v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Appellate Division-GPDC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia Slater, Frederick Lewis, Raymond Tillery, (Office of the District Attorney - Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1393

    Court Affirms Conviction of Child Sex Abuser

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, Jackie Lynn Tyo, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Jason Matthew Rea, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randall Carl Schonder, (The Schonder Law Firm, LLC), Rome, Leigh Ellen Patterson, Kayleigh Ann Carter, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0797

    Murder conviction affirmed; no habitation defense for protection of another vehicle

  • The State v. Turner

    Publication Date: 2018-09-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Emily Kathleen Richardson, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Ryan Reese Leonard, Bonnie Kaye Smith, A.D.A., Anna Vaughan-Upshaw, Sean Alexander Garrett, Senior A.D.A. (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dolly M. Fairclough, (Law Offices of D. M. Fairclough), Snellville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0957

    Court Affirms Suppression of Items Seized in House in Parental Infanticide Case

  • Sloans v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron Scott Palmer, (Middle Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague,, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, A.D.A., Natalie Spires Paine, Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1138

    Court Rejects Appeal by Convicted Murderer Who Challenged Use of Autopsy Photos at Trial

  • Guffie v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick G. Longhi, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, F. McDonald Wakeford, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0861

    Convicted murderer's counsel did not perform deficiently during joint trial of two murder defendants.