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  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean Justin Lowe, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Rome, David James Dunn, Jr., (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Public Defender), LaFayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr., Melissa Ann Pittman, Christopher Allen Arnt, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1248

    Court rejects defendant's constitutional challenges to sentence for sexual battery

  • Reed v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    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, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Layla Hinton Zon, Amber Rae Bennett, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1342

    Police Did Not Improperly Induce Defendant's Incriminating Pretrial Statement by Hope of Benefit

  • Cash v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Manubir Singh Arora, Devin Austin Rafus, (Arora & Lascala, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Christopher D'Oyen Williams, Benjamin E. Gephardt, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1280

    No Clear Error or Abuse of Discretion in Denial of Speedy Trial Claim

  • Morrall v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Morrall, Trion, appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Karl David Cooke, Jr., Sandra G. Matson, Dorothy Vinson Hull, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1201

    Trial Counsel Could Reasonably Have Determined That Motion to Suppress In-Court Identification on Due Process Grounds Would Fail

  • Jordan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Sassano, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bradford Lee Rigby, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1226

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Concluding Hearsay Testimony Was Admissible Under Co-Conspirator Exception

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  • The State v. Blazek

    Publication Date: 2020-01-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
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    Case Number: A19A2409

    Police Offices Not Required to Give Miranda Advisement Before Asking Suspected Drunk Driver to Submit to Breath Test

  • Weintraub v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stewart Bratcher, (The Bratcher Firm, LLC), Rome, appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Luke Martin, (Floyd County District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1284

    Further Findings Necessary to Determine Whether Houseguest's Cell Phone Recording of Householders' Acrimonious Quarrel Was Taken in Private Place

  • Ward v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Brooks, Winder, Kenneth Mauldin, (District Attorney), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1480

    Record Unclear As To Whether Trial Counsel Should Have Objected to Prosecution's Possession and Derivative Use of Compelled/Immunized Statement

  • Arnold v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Lubinsky, (Fulton County Public Defender's Office), Atlanta, Margaret Bullard, (Office of the Public Defender, Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Holmes, Burke Doherty, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1227

    Prosecution Barred by Prior Agreement Between Another County's Prosecutor and Defendant to Nolle Pros Same Charges In Exchange For Plea to Other Charges

  • Vickers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Seares, (Office of the Public Defender, Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Francis Wakeford, (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1476

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Opening Door Bad Character Evidence That Was Old, Limited, And of Little Value