• Randolph v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank Michael Starosto, Jr., (Star Law, PC), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski. Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0636

    Similarities and Temporal Proximity Between Prior Robbery and Current Charged Offense Demonstrated Probative Value to Prove Intent

  • Beltran-Gonzales v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-27
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Chappell, II, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kevin Jameson Baugh, Matthew William Moore, Clayton McLean Fuller, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Ringgold, Chris Allen Arnt, (Superior Court Judge-LMJC), Trenton, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0710

    Trial Counsel's Decision Not to Object to Joint Murder Trial Was Not Objectively Unreasonable

  • Demuro v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    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, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Aletha Claire Farley, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0647

    Court Reporter's Difficulty Transcribing Court's Verbal Instructions Insufficient to Establish Instructions Were Not Complete

  • Morris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Konrad Gerhard Waldemar Ziegler, (Lee & Ziegler, LLP), Canton, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ruth M. Pawlak, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0588

    Court affirmed convictions for malice murder over defendant's contentions that the evidence was insufficient to support those convictions

  • Reese v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), 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, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0550

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and drug charges over defendant's contentions of trial court jury instruction error and ineffective assistance of counsel

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  • Henderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Vance Patterson, (The Law Office of Brian V. Patterson, LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Thomas L. Williams, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0559

    Court affirms convictions of jointly-tried defendants for malice murder and other crimes over their multiple challenges and contentions of trial court error

  • Young v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eliot Jay Abt, (ABT Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Katie Alice Hingerty Borodin, (The Hingerty Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Rindi L. Harbeson, William Patrick Doupé, Terry L. Lloyd, (Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Thomson, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0518

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, juror selection error, and ineffective assistance

  • Hatcher v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, 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, Laurie Elyse Baio, (Office of The District Attorney, Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Billy Joe Nelson, Jr., Donna Renee Sims, (Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0465

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's contention of ineffective assistance of counsel over failure to object to expert testimony

  • Moulder v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0508

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Owens v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Jayna Edwards, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0607

    Failure to Merge Felony Murder Count Based on Unlawful Possession of Firearm Into Voluntary Manslaughter Verdict Was Not Error