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  • Shubert v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Christopher Locke, (Locke Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Scott Orion Teague, (Douglas County District Attorney Office), Douglasville, Natalie Spires Paine, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0886

    Court rejects defendant's Sixth Amendment fair cross-section claim due to insufficient data to support the claim

  • Fofanah v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-06
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, PC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Bradley, (Ocumulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Marietta, Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocumulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Eatonton, Jeff Burks, (Ocumulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Madison, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0787

    Court vacates trial court's denial of DUI defendant's motion to suppress breath test results and remands case for further consideration

  • Victoria v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel H. Altman, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Swainsboro, Jessica Black Wilson, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0686

    Defendant Offered No Evidence to Support His Contention His Attorneys Failed to Fully Inform Him of State's Plea Offer

  • Derrico v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Thelston Mosley, II, (Drew Mosley, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Alane Penn, William Aubrey Finch, Jenna Thomas Murphy, (Forsyth County Solicitor General's Office), Cumming, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0665

    Road Rage Criminal Statutes Not Void For Vagueness

  • The State v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2019-08-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory W. Edwards, Harold Ronald Moroz, (Dougherty County District Attorney's Office), Albany, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta.
    for defendant: Ingrid Patrice Driskell, Albany, for appellee. Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys' Council Of Georgia), Morrow, Lee Darragh, (Hall County District Attorney's Office), Gainesville, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19A0646

    Prosecutor's Intentional Effort to Provoke Mistrial Justified Trial Court's Denial of Retrial on Double Jeopardy Grounds

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  • Seals v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Bradley, (District Attorney, Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit), Milledgeville, Allison Mauldin, (Assistant District Attorney), Greensboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0468

    Trial Court's Sequential Jury Instruction on Lesser Included Sex Offense Was Not Plain Error

  • Shelton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley Adams, (Attorney at Law), Lihue, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Franklin, (District Attorney), Lafayette, Michael Moeller, (LMJC District Attorney's Office), Summerville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0358

    Public Defender Attorney Could Not Properly Argue That Previous Attorney From Same Office Provided Ineffective Assistance

  • City of College Park v. Clayton County et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Winston A. Denmark, Steven Martin Fincher, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Eugene Paden Smith, Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry McKenzie Dingle, Kyler Lee Wise, (Wilson, Brock & Irby, LLC), Atlanta, Richard A. Carothers, Amy Bryant Cowan, Michael E. Hobbs, General Counsel, Thomas Monroe Mitchell, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Kathryn Elizabeth Baird, (Evert Weathresby Houff), Atlanta, Neal Jerome Quirk, (Quirk & Quirk, LLC), Atlanta, Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc), Atlanta, for appellee. Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19A0460

    Government Immunity Did Not Bar City's Suit Against County In Tax Revenue Dispute

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Elizabeth Bullard, (Fulton County Public Defender's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Teri Brown Walker, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0231

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Not Challenging Testimony Regarding Defendant's Failure to Come Forward With Crime Information

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Lee Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Vanessa Therese Sassano, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Matthew Breedon, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0164

    Court affirms murder convictions over defendants' constitutional and other challenges