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  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Penny Alane Penn, (Forsyth County District Attorney's Office), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1289

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's contentions of failure to strike testimony, ineffective assistance, and errors in denying motions to suppress

  • Harper v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Randall Scarborough, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Tristan Wade Gillespie, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1288

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's challenges to admission of recordings of interviews he gave before and after his arrest

  • Palmer v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Jones Walker, (Eastern Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Matthew Breedon, Margaret Ellen Heap, Christine Sieger Barker, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1118

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's challenge to a search warrant and contentions of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Poteet v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-01-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Murray, (Attorney at Law), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Kenemer, Herbert Poston, (Assistant District Attorney), Dalton, Geoffrey Bard, (Conasauga Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1728

    Court reverses conviction for methamphetamine possession because the evidence was insufficient to sustain a guilty verdict

  • Armstrong v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-01-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley C. Adams, (Attorney at Law), Lihue, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Kathleen Leona McCanless, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Samuel Howard Altman, Courtney Mcgowan Patterson, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1364

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's challenges relating to evidence of his gang affiliations

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  • Barraza v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-01-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Crawford, (Crawford and Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Mauldin, (District Attorney), Athens, Austin Jackson, (Clarke County DA), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1657

    Court affirms child molestation convictions over defendant's challenges to expert testimony and to limits on cross-examination of a detective investigator

  • Martin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-01-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew David O'Brien, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Emily Catherine Puhala, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1134

    Court affirms malice murder and aggravated assault convictions over defendants' evidentiary challenges and claims of trial court error.

  • Maner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-01-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Marshall, (Law Office of David D. Marshall), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, Meaghan Smith, (Troup County District Attorney's Office), LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1759

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Admitting Evidence of Other Acts of Child Molestation, Even One From 50 Years Ago; Lapse of Time, by Itself, Does Not Affect Admissibility

  • In the Interest of J. B., a child.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Fernandina Beach, Megan Dempsey, (Brunswick Circuit Public Defender's Office), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Johnson, Thomas Buscemi, (District Attorney's Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1642

    Evidence Was Insufficient to Support Delinquency Adjudication; State Failed to Show That Juvenile Stole Vehicle

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-01-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Perry Waters, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Alex Martin Bernick, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Patrick Bibler, George Herbert Hartwig, (Houston County District Attorney's Office), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1187

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's evidentiary challenges and contentions of trial court error