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  • Mabala v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank Starosto, (Star Law PC), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anna Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Cartersville, Samir Patel, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit - District Attorney’s Office), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0791

    Court affirms defendant's convictions on nine counts of cruelty to children in the first degree, but vacates and remands for resentencing on three counts that should have merged

  • Hardy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0443

    Court confirms malice murder conviction over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Eubanks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, David Edward Clark, (Clarke & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Alane Penn, Caroline Yi, (Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office), Cumming, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0519

    Death of Developmentally Disabled Adult From Contact With Spilled Heroin in Residence Supported Felony Murder Conviction

  • Rooks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Henry Frier, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0783

    Evidence Supported Convictions For Gang-Related Malice Murder And Other Crimes

  • Bell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Crawford, (Crawford & Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randal Matthew McGinley, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Monroe, Alexandra Jewel Stone, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22G0747

    No Causal Connection Between Mother's Conduct and Child's Death to Support Conviction for Felony Contributing to Dependency of Minor

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  • Jenkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gelester Jenkins, Jr. Tennille, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Fitzner, (Middle Judicial Circuit), Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1422

    Court vacates its prior opinion and remands case for trial court's determination of whether defendant should be allowed hybrid pro se representation and simultaneous representation by counsel

  • Houed-Cartacio v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Hart, (William M Malone Hart PC), Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Black, Judith Catoe-Oglesby, Keith McIntyre, (Assistant District Attorney), Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1011

    Court vacates denial of motion to withdraw a guilty plea and remands for determination of whether plea counsel had a conflict of interest and whether it significantly affected his performance

  • The State v. Crumpton

    Publication Date: 2023-11-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David White, Branden Pollett, (Northern Judicial Cicruit District Attorney’s Office), Hartwell, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Healan, (Attorney at Law), Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0888

    Court reverses trial court's grant of a general demurrer to an indictment for improper sexual contact, ruling that the statute does not require the contact to be in-person

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Malone, (Appellate Division, Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Bessonette, (Tifton Circuit Public Defender), Tifton, Jennifer Smith, Chase Studstill, (Alapaha Judicial Circuit Distritct Attorney’s Office), Nashville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1393

    Court affirms child molestation conviction, finding that defendant waived his continuing witness rule objection regarding a medical report that went to the jury during deliberations

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Wallace, (Wadkins & Wallace, P.C.), Columbus, Robert Wadkins, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lewis Lamb, Trevor Vanzant, (The District Attorney’s Office of the Southwestern Judicial Circuit), Americus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1029

    Trial Counsel's Numerous Alleged Failures Did Not Affect Outcome of Trial