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  • Fordham v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, (Henry County District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1575

    Emergency Responder's Expression of Opinion as to Whether Victim's Injuries Were Accidental Did Not Invade Jury's Province as Fact-Finder

  • The State v. Newsome

    Publication Date: 2019-12-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Britt, Kenneth Mauldin, Brian Patterson, (Office of the District Attorney - Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Pearlman, (Office of the Public Defender Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1623

    Residence Search Warrant Was Based on Unlawful Intrusion Into Private Back Entrance And Was Therefore Invalid

  • Stinson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, Charissa Henrich, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1598

    Defendant Knowingly and Voluntarily Waived Right to Be Represented by Counsel at Trial

  • R. L. (Butch) Conway, in his Official Capacity as Sheriff of Gwinnett County v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2019-12-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tuwanda Williams, (Gwinnett County Law Dept.), Lawrenceville, appellant.
    for defendant: Macklyn Smith, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee. Michael Puglise, (Puglise Law Firm PC), Snellville, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A1487

    Sheriff Was Immune From §1983 Claim Arising From Deputy's Alleged Sexual Assault On Prisoner

  • Lowe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Crawford, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, Jeremiah Johnson, (District Attorney's Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1095

    No Probable Cause For Warrantless Search of Vehicle Stopped For Minor Traffic Violation

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  • The State v. Dixon

    Publication Date: 2019-11-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Howard, Francis Wakeford, (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kirby Clements, (The Clements Law Group), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1088

    Trial Court Did Not Misapply Balancing Test in Determining That Defendant's Right to Speedy Trial Was Denied

  • Mobley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon A. Bullard, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, James C. Bonner, Jr., (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, Margaret Elizabeth Bullard, (Fulton County Public Defender's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sharon Lee Hopkins, Darius T. Pattillo, (Flint Circuit District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee. Sean Jengwei Young, Nathan Freed Wessler, Jennifer Stisa Granick, (American Civil Liberties Union Foundation), Atlanta, Riana Pfefferkorn, Stanford, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S18G1546

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

  • Scott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-05
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Sirianni, Jr., (Brownstone, P.A.), Winter Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, Kelly J. Weathers, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1042

    Court affirms murder and child cruelty convictions over defendant's evidentiary challenges and contention about his Miranda rights

  • Collins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Collins, (Jenkins Correctional Facility), Millen, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Hutto, Bradford Rigby, (District Attorney's Office of the Cordele Judicial), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1282

    Court affirms child molestation and incitement convictions over defendant's multiple arguments for reversal

  • Mitchum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore, Mathew Gilbo, Meagan Hurley, Ezra Addison Gantt, (Mercer Law School), Macon, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, Andrea Lynn Clark, Gabrielle Lynn Biggs, (Mercer Habeas Project), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Billy Joe Nelson, Jr., John Thomas Durden, Jr., (Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Hinesville, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0554

    Petition for habeus corpus and not an extraordinary motion for a new trial is the appropriate remedy for deprivation of a defendant's Constitutional rights