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  • Sullins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Conklin, Jackie Tyo, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Kayleigh Carter, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1146

    No hearsay exception for statements made by a 16-year old child sexual abuse victim

  • Lord v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Manuel G. Lord, Abbeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Jason Matthew Rea, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Marc A. Mallon, (Fulton County District), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0959

    Court rejects multiple claims of trial court error and affirms felony murder convictions

  • Gramiak v. Beasley

    Publication Date: 2018-10-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Michael Alexander Oldham (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, PC.), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0784

    Remand to habeus court for determination of whether trial counsel's and appellate counsel's performances were deficient and prejudicial to defendant

  • The State v. Holmes

    Publication Date: 2018-10-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Marc A. Mallon, (Fulton County District), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Suzanne M. Tevis, (Fulton County Public), Atlanta, Tamara Natasha Crawford, (Atlanta Circuit Public), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0851

    Order for new trial vacated and case remanded for consideration of admission of hearsay under "necessity" rule

  • Atkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley Adams, Christina Cribbs, (Ga. Public Defender Council, Columbus Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Arthur Walton, (Assistant District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0240

    Court Adopts Supreme Court Opinion to Vacate Statutory Rape Conviction

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  • Winfrey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Sadow, (Attorney At Law), Atlanta, Matthew Winchester (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Carlson, John Edwards, Andrew Ekonomou, D. Reynolds, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, Atlanta, Donald Geary, (The Geary Law Firm, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A1609

    Court Adopts Supreme Court Opinion to Reverse Trial Court

  • Grace v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rachel Ackley, (Rachel Ackley Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, Deborah Wellborn, (Assistant District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1255

    Court Affirms Conviction and Sentence of Child Sex Trafficker Sentenced to Life in Prison as a Recidivist

  • Christian v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia Harrison, (Attorney At Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Fortner, Ryan Leonard, Anna Vaughan-Upshaw, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1132

    Court Affirms Conviction of Disgruntled Tenant Who Made Violent Threats to Former Landlord

  • Coates v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Larkey, (Law Office of Joshua A. Larkey, Esq.), Fitzgerald, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Barnhill, Ian Sansot, (District Attorney's Office, Waycross Judicial Circuit), Waycross, Douglas, Lyons, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1098

    Court Adopts Opinion of Supreme Court and Orders Resentencing of Convicted Felon in Possession of Firearm Whose Counts Were Not Merged in Original Sentence

  • Felton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew K. Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy, Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Assistant, Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Assistant, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, A.D.A., Natalie Spires Paine, District Attorney , Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., District Attorney (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0627

    Court Upholds Conviction of Murderer Who Claimed Trial Judge Interfered with Witness Examination