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  • The State v. Adams

    Publication Date: 2020-08-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Mauldin, (District Attorney), Athens, Malachi Peacock, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly Wegel, (Western Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0050

    Court reverses order granting defendant's plea in bar because dismissal of federal charges was not an acquittal for purposes of Georgia's successive prosecution statute

  • Raines v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Atteeyah Eshe Hollie, Mark Aaron Loudon-Brown, (Southern Center for Human Rights), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin David Coker, Brittany Ashton Fallin, Scott L. Ballard, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Center, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0181

    Judge May Make Specific Determination Whether Juvenile Is Irreparably Corrupt Before Imposing LWOP Sentence

  • Burney v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brad Gardner, Emily J. Gilbert, (Georgia Capital Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Dawn Marie Baskin, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Gray, Stephen Andrew Bradley, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Milledgeville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0216

    Defendant Who Was Not Diligent In Seeking Medical Examiner's Records Could Not Claim Brady Violation

  • Castro-Moran v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Natalie Glaser, (Attorney at Law), Dublin, Sheri Smith, (Ocmulgee Circuit Public Defender's Office), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Helton, Herbert Poston, (Assistant District Attorney), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0450

    Trial Court Erred in Failing to Charge Jury on Lesser Offenses to Child Cruelty and Felony Murder

  • The State v. Drake

    Publication Date: 2020-07-27
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Smith, Paul Trifiletti, (Piedmont Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Smith, (Law Office of James W. Smith), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0248

    Continued Detention of Motorist After Search of Vehicle Following Traffic Stop Exceeded Scope of Original Stop

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  • Kallon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance Tyler, (Tyler Law Firm), Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Christopher DeNeve, Brian Whiteside, Samuel D'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0030

    Court vacates denial of defendant's motion to suppress results of a breath test and remands for reconsideration in view of recent Georgia Supreme Court precedent

  • In Re Haney

    Publication Date: 2020-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, Kayci Timmons, (Miller & Key PA), McDonough, Alan Tucker, (Alan David Tucker, Esq. P.C.), Brunswick, JIM WRIGHT, (District Attorney Henry County Courthouse), McDonough, Adrienne Browning, (Adrienne Browning, Attorney at Law, P.C.), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Ekonomou, Atlanta, Jacquelyn Johnson, Thomas Buscemi, (District Attorney's Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, for appellee. Stephen Tillman, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Brunswick, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A0472

    Police Officer Lacked Standing to Challenge Trial Court's Brady Ruling

  • Boynton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-20
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Manubir Arora, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Coker, (District Attorney), Thomaston, Julia Slater, (District Attorney), Columbus, Marie Broder, (Spalding County District Attorney's Office), Griffin, Robert Smith, (Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0578

    Requiring Defendant to Show His Tattoos to Jury Was Harmless Error

  • Glover v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Jerome M. Rothschild, Jr., Abigail Beth Long, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0133

    Prosecutor's Closing Argument Comment Regarding Defendant's Decision Not to Exercise Right to Silence Was Not Improper

  • Mullins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-06
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Sully, (Office of the Public Defender Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, David Mapp, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0365

    Police Unreasonably Prolonged Traffic Stop Beyond Time Necessary to Pursue Investigation