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  • Mahaffey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell D. Durham, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joyette Marie Holmes, John Richard Edwards, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0118

    Defendant Had No Right To Be Advised He Would Not Be Able to Withdraw Plea After Sentencin

  • Jackson et al. v. Raffensperger

    Publication Date: 2020-06-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yasha Heidari, (Heidari Power Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, Renee D. Flaherty, (Institute for Justice), Arlington, Jaimie Cavanaugh, (Institute for Justice), Minneapolis, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ross Warren Bergethon, Kirsten Searle Daughdril, Melissa Angeleah Tracy, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Glenn A. Delk, (Lightmas & Delk), Atlanta, Timothy Sandefur, (Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation), Phoenix, Maxwell Kent Thelen, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Eugene R. Curry, (Law Office of Eugene R. Curry), Barnstable, Madison Hunter Kitchens, John Franklin Sacha, Jr., (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S20A0039

    Georgians Have Constitutional Right to Pursue Lawful Occupations of Their Own Choosing Without Unreasonable Governmental Interference

  • Hill v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Rupp Cribbs, Veronica M. O'Grady, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Allen Arnt, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr., (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0285

    Order Requiring Criminal Defendant to be Visibly Shackled During Six-Day Jury Trial Was Reversible Error

  • Whitehead v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-05
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Abigail Beth Long, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0171

    District Attorney's Mere Presence on Venire Did Not Affect Integrity of Jury Selection Process

  • Santana v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ruth Ly Rocker McMullin, (McMullin LLC), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry Wayne Rorex, Tucson, Barry Wayne Rorex, Sonita, for appellee. Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0563

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Challenge Fingerprint Evidence

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  • Valrie v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Kleinrock, (Law Office of Lynn M. Kleinrock), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0380

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Challenge Hearsay Evidence Regarding Defendant's General Untruthfulness

  • Ensslin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-26
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keegan Christian Gary, Hunter Joseph Rodgers, (Paulding County Public Defender's Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Donald R. Donovan, Anthony Brett Williams, (Paulding County District Attorney's Office), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0252

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over challenge to testimony given after an invocation of a right to remain silent because other evidence was overwhelming

  • Dresbach v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Beth Shubow, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Teri Brown Walker, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Richard Benjamin Caplan, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0153

    Defendant Failed to Show Prejudice From Trial Counsel's Alleged Failure to Fully Advise As to Risks of Going to Trial

  • The State v. Holland

    Publication Date: 2020-05-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacquelyn Lee Johnson, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Woodbine, Thomas Edwars Buscemi, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Keith Higgins, (Keith Higgins, P.C.), Brunswick, for appellee. Ross Warren Bergethon, Andrew Alan Pinson, Elizabeth Ann Penland, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S20A0082

    Hit-And-Run Statute Not Unconstitutional Under Either Equal Protection or Due Process Principles

  • Albright v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (GPDC Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, (Henry County District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2022

    Defendant Lacked Standing to Seek to Suppress Location Information Derived From Girlfriend's Cell Phone