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  • Kinlaw v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Dwayne C. Singleton, LLC), Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Charles Keith Higgins, Benjamin E. Gephardt, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0547

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of other trial court errors

  • Rivera v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lon Powell Kemeness, (Lon P. Kemeness), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Bradford Lee Rigby, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0429

    Court reverses a rape conviction due a defective indictment but affirms a felony murder conviction over defendant's challenge to admission of other acts evidence

  • Caldwell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Angela Lynn Mattozzi, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0987

    Jury Was Properly Instructed That State Had to Prove All Material Allegations in Indictment

  • Priester v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Allen Hoort, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anthony Brett Williams, Matthew Wayne Rollins, (Paulding County District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0728

    Trial Court Did Not Err by Failing to Instruct Jury on Justification and Witness Perjury

  • Maynor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Alan Anderson, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Jayna Edwards, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0753

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Alleged Failure to Adequately Cross-Examine Prosecution Witness

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  • The State v. Cook

    Publication Date: 2023-11-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., Richard Benjamin Caplan, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathon Justin Majeske, (The Issa Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0702

    Jailers Accused of Murdering Prisoner Were Not Entitled to Pre-Indictment Protections Afforded to "Peace Officers" under OCGA §17-7-52

  • The State v. Black

    Publication Date: 2023-10-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Marietta, Cliff Head, Alana Driscoll, Kelly Nugent-Chavis, (Cherokee County District Attorney's Office), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lawrence Zimmerman, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0939

    Court reverses evidence suppression order to the extent it had limited admission of evidence seized from warranted search of a cell phone to communications between a defendant and a rape victim

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Jones, Gabriel Justus, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1128

    Court reverses conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon because seizure of that firearm occurred during an improper warrantless search of a home

  • Gilmore v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Gilmore, (Self Represented), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sandra Wisenbaker, Zachary Taylor, (Coweta County Solicitor General's Office), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0793

    Email Evidence Supported Conviction For Misdemeanor Offense of Making Harassing Communications

  • West v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley Schoolcraft, (Circuit Public Defender's Office), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Kevin Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1113

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated sodomy and other crimes over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of trial counsel