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  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Hines
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Chiles Tevis, (Tevis Law Firm, LLC.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Marc A. Mallon, Senior A.D.A., (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1277

    Court Affirms Denial of Appeal Bond for Man Awaiting Resolution of State's Appeal of Grant of New Trial in Murder Case

  • Sessions v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley C. Adams, (Attorney At Law), Lihue, Clark Coleman Adams, Jr., Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Vanessa Therese Meyerhoefer, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Monique Lynn Kirby, John H. Cranford, Jr., (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaGrange, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0818

    Time gap defeats self-defense argument in a murder conviction

  • The State v. Alford

    Publication Date: 2018-09-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A18A0939

    Court vacates order suppressing evidence seized from arrestee.

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chaunda Brock, (Brock Law, LLC.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Burke Olivia Doherty, Michael V. Snow, A.D.A., (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1026

    Court Affirms Murder Conviction of Man Who Claimed That He Accidently Killed His Girlfriend

  • Atkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Rupp Cribbs, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Arthur C. Walton, ADA., (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17G1996

    No conviction for statutory rape without proper corroboration; general questions regarding victim's sexual history are inadmissible and irrelevant

  • Coates v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Andrew Larkey, (Waycross Circuit Public Defender's Office), Douglas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ian Louis Sansot, A.D.A., George Elemuel Barnhill, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17G1949

    Convicted Felon's Simultaneous Possession of More Than One Firearm Supported Only Single Conviction

  • Delaney v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    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, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr., (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0637

    Defendant's argument on ineffective assistance of counsel is without merit

  • Green v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis Clarence Francis, Jr., (Metro Conflict Defender), Atlanta, Matthew Thomas Dale, (Law Office of Matthew T. Dale), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Karl David Cooke, Jr., Sandra G. Matson, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office) Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0796

    Court Rejects Appeal by Convicted Murder who Denied Firing Fatal Shots

  • Frisby v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher D. Frisby, (Coffee Correctional Facility), Nicholls, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Sieger Barker, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of The District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0777

    Court Rejects Untimely Appeal of Murder Conviction

  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Reuven Melnick, (Jonathan R. Melnick PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, Tracy Graham Lawson, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office) Jonesboro, Jeffrey Matthew Gore, A.D.A., (Douglas County District) Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0826

    Court Affirms Core of Judgment of Conviction of Home-Invasion Murderer