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  • Soto v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Waring Gibert (El Gallo Legal), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; John Richard Edwards, D. Victor Reynolds, Michael Scott Carlson (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0346

    Record Supported Trial Court's Refusal to Charge Aggravated Assault as Lesser Offenses of Reckless Conduct or Terrorist Act

  • Stephens v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Alexander Miller (Steven A. Miller Law), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague (Department of Law), Atlanta; Stewart David Bratcher, Rosemary M. Greene (Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0421

    Evidence Supported Conclusion Infant Ingested Cocaine After Finding It Where Parent Stored It For Sale

  • Mitchell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Converse Bright, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Meyerhoefer, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Jessica Whittington Clark, Bradfield M. Shealy (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0193

    Extensive Evidence Supported Defendant's Conviction for Murder, Assault, and Firearm Possession

  • Rhoden v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Hines
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ivars Lacis (Lacis Law LLC), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien (Department of Law), Atlanta; Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Arthur C. Walton (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0116

    Batson Did Not Apply to Prosecutor's Mere Non-Exercise of Peremptory Strike

  • Russell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa Lynn Doepke (Alcovy Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder (Department of Law), Atlanta; Layla Hinton Zon, Candice Leigh Branche (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0091

    Defendant Who Shot Victim After Playful Scuffle Turned Violent Was Not Entitled to Mutual Combat Instruction

  • Snelson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Snelson, Pelham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; D. Victor Reynolds, Michael Scott Carlson (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0272

    Appellant's Claims That He Was Denied His Right to Competent and Conflict-Free Counsel Could Not Be Resolved on Existing Record

  • Meadows v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Andrew Barnes, Macon; James W. Davis (James W. Davis & Associates), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Karl David Cooke Jr., John Allen Regan, Dorothy Vinson Hull (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0314

    Trial Court Declared Mistrial Without Sufficient Factual Support and Without Considering Less Drastic Alternatives

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence | Expert Witnesses
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chaunda Brock (Brock Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Jason Matthew Rea, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Paul L. Howard Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Marc A. Mallon (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0001

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendants motion to obtain funds for an expert witness in his murder trial arising from the death of his girlfriends 4-year-old son, as defendant did not provide sufficient information to allow the trial court to make an informed decision about his need for assistance.

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Kay Jefferson, Lawrenceville, 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, Arthur C. Walton (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0127

    Participant in Shooting Incident Was Subject to Prosecution for Murder Resulting From Another Participant's Gunfire

  • Hendrix v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Kay Jefferson, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Vanessa Therese Meyerhoefer (Department of Law), Atlanta; Margaret Ellen Heap, Isabel M. Pauley (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0382

    Statement Previously Made to Police by Reluctant Witness Was Admissible Under Exception to Hearsay Rule