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  • The State v. Turner

    Publication Date: 2018-09-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Emily Kathleen Richardson, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Ryan Reese Leonard, Bonnie Kaye Smith, A.D.A., Anna Vaughan-Upshaw, Sean Alexander Garrett, Senior A.D.A. (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dolly M. Fairclough, (Law Offices of D. M. Fairclough), Snellville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0957

    Court Affirms Suppression of Items Seized in House in Parental Infanticide Case

  • King v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Joseph Walker, (Georgia Public Defenders Standards Council, Appellate Division), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta, Louie Craig Fraser, Peter Fred Larsen, Sr., Peter Frederick Larsen, Jr., (Dublin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0824

    Convicted murderer could not pursue a claim on direct appeal that had not been raised on motion for new trial.

  • Sloans v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron Scott Palmer, (Middle Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague,, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, A.D.A., Natalie Spires Paine, Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1138

    Court Rejects Appeal by Convicted Murderer Who Challenged Use of Autopsy Photos at Trial

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Hines
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Chiles Tevis, (Tevis Law Firm, LLC.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Marc A. Mallon, Senior A.D.A., (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1277

    Court Affirms Denial of Appeal Bond for Man Awaiting Resolution of State's Appeal of Grant of New Trial in Murder Case

  • Sessions v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley C. Adams, (Attorney At Law), Lihue, Clark Coleman Adams, Jr., Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Vanessa Therese Meyerhoefer, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Monique Lynn Kirby, John H. Cranford, Jr., (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaGrange, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0818

    Time gap defeats self-defense argument in a murder conviction

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  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chaunda Brock, (Brock Law, LLC.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Burke Olivia Doherty, Michael V. Snow, A.D.A., (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1026

    Court Affirms Murder Conviction of Man Who Claimed That He Accidently Killed His Girlfriend

  • Green v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis Clarence Francis, Jr., (Metro Conflict Defender), Atlanta, Matthew Thomas Dale, (Law Office of Matthew T. Dale), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Karl David Cooke, Jr., Sandra G. Matson, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office) Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0796

    Court Rejects Appeal by Convicted Murder who Denied Firing Fatal Shots

  • Frisby v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher D. Frisby, (Coffee Correctional Facility), Nicholls, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Sieger Barker, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of The District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0777

    Court Rejects Untimely Appeal of Murder Conviction

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mr. Gregory Smith, (The Smith Group, Attorneys at Law), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mr. Samuel Altman, Mr. Tony May, (Middle Judicial Circuit, Assistant District Attorney), Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0848

    Court defers to jury's assessment of evidence at trial

  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Reuven Melnick, (Jonathan R. Melnick PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, Tracy Graham Lawson, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office) Jonesboro, Jeffrey Matthew Gore, A.D.A., (Douglas County District) Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0826

    Court Affirms Core of Judgment of Conviction of Home-Invasion Murderer