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  • Georgiacarry.Org., Inc. et al. v. Atlanta Botanical Garden, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Baird Carpenter, James Charles Grant, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Peter Crane Canfield, Brian Charles Lea, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Henry R. Chalmers, Andrew Clay Stevens, (Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S18G1149

    Private Lessee of Public Property May Not Exclude Persons Carrying Firearms Unless Lease Conferred Present Estate to Lessee

  • Parker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Kleinrock, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emily Richardson, Sherry Boston, Deborah Wellborn, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1009

    Court affirms mistrial ruling over defendant's double jeopardy and trial court error objections.

  • Vaughn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-17
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Kleinrock, (Law Office of Lynn M. Kleinrock), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robby King, Daniel Porter, (District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0956

    Defendant Waived Issue as to Whether Evidence Code Provision Unconstitutionally Shifted Burden to Him to Prove His Innocence

  • Tanksley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt Worthington, (Fleming & Nelson, LLP), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Natalie Paine, Henry Syms, (District Attorney), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1370

    Court reverses a juvenile's conviction for armed robbery due to trial court error in admitting custodial statements that she had not made voluntarily.

  • Benton v. Hines

    Publication Date: 2019-10-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Sassano, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0927

    Defendant Not Prejudiced by Trial Counsel's Failure to Impeach Prosecution Witness as to Details of Plea Deal

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  • Reid v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Perry Waters, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Karl David Cooke, Jr., Nancy Scott Malcor, Shelley T. Milton, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0762

    Court affirms malice murder convictions over evidentiary challenge and enumerations of trial court error.

  • Varner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Lee Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Jennifer Leigh Parker, Greg McConnell, (Office of The District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0951

    Admission of Video Recording of Dying Victim's Statements to Police Did Not Violate Confrontation Clause

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David D. Marshall, (Law Office of David D. Marshall), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jeffery Wayne Hunt, (Carroll County Solicitor's Office), Carrollton, John H. Cranford, Jr., Christopher R. Kegan, (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0795

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Seek to Suppress Evidence of Defendant's Gang Membership

  • Seabrooks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Sterling Robinson, III, (Robinson & Associates), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0688

    Trial Counsel Did Not Coerce Defendant's Decision Not to Testify at Trial

  • Bryant v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Henry Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, Destiny H. Bryant, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0747

    Defendant's Last-Minute Decision Not to Testify on His Own Behalf Precluded Later Claim of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel