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  • Hogan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Elizabeth Bullard, (Fulton County Public Defender's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Leslie Anna Coots, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1448

    Trial Court Conducted Adequate Analysis in Concluding Defendant's Exclusion of Prospective Juror Was Based on Discriminatory Intent

  • Debelbot v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Moffett Flournoy, III, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Columbus, Carrie Sperling, (Wisconsin Innocence Project: University of Wisconsin Law School), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Sadhana Pandey Dailey, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Alonza Whitaker, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1474

    Trial Counsel Should Have Objected to Prosecutor's Gross Misstatement of Reasonable Doubt Standard During Closing Argument

  • Calhoun v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erika Clarke Birg, Lucas Allen Westby, Brandon Oliver Moulard, Shaniqua Singleton, Elizabeth A. Falconer, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, David Parks White, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Hartwell, Brian Joseph Atkinson, (Wilbanks CEASE Clinic), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1411

    State Trooper's Action in Executing PIT Maneuver on Fleeing Car Was Not Intervening Cause of Passenger's Death

  • Wilkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Lee Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Emily Catherine Puhala, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1403

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Object to Inapplicable, Non-Prejudicial Instruction on Accomplice Testimony

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-26
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Locke, (Locke Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Johnson, Thomas Buscemi, (District Attorney's Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1844

    Extraordinary Motion For New Trial Not Proper Method For Addressing Constitutional Claims

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  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Kraus, (Attorney at Law), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Baker, John Fowler, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, Tasha Mosley, Charles Brooks, (Harold R. Banke Justice Center), Jonesboro, Tracy Lawson, (District Attorney Banke Justice Center - 4th Floor), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2021

    No Error in Admission of Photo Array Identification Evidence Where Victims Had Independent Bases for Identifying Defendant

  • Mobley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-17
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Bullard, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, Holly Veal, (The Veal Law Firm, P.C.), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, Atha Pryor, (Henry County District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0500

    Court reverses vehicular homicide convictions due to violations of defendant's Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures

  • Wilson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley Adams, (Attorney at Law), Lihue, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Marc Mallon, (Senior Assistant District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2014

    No Showing That Prosecution Improperly Sought to Goad Defendant to Seek Mistrial

  • Simpson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maryann Blend, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nigel Lush, Daniel Porter, (District Attorney Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1670

    Court affirmed defendant's criminal gang activity conviction and vacates criminal property damage conviction

  • Jenkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Maestas, (The Holly Hance Maestas Law Firm), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Mulholland, Moruf Oseni, (Office of the District Attorney, South Georgia Circuit), Bainbridge, for appellee. Gilbert Murrah, (The Law Office of Gilbert J. Murrah, P.C.), Bainbridge, Keith Pflepsen, (Woodall & Pflepsen PC), Albany, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A2183

    Attempted Felony Murder No Crime in Georgia