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  • McMillan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Jefferson, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, Samuel d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1313

    Factual Similarities in Prior-Acts Evidence Supported Admission at Trial to Prove Intent

  • Prescott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shavon Prescott, (Macon State Prison), Oglethorpe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Paul Howard, Kevin Armstrong, Lyndsey Rudder, (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1028

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Support Convictions for Aggravated Sodomy, Aggravated Assault, Battery, and Pimping

  • Grullon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
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    Case Number: A20A1051

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Show That Drug Defendant Knowingly Possessed the Heroin Found on the Battery in His Vehicle

  • Spires v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Adams, (Office of Circuit Public Defender), Thomaston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Baker, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Fayette County District Attorney's Office), Fayetteville, Benjamin Coker, (District Attorney), Thomaston, Marie Broder, (Spalding County District Attorney's Office), Griffin, Brittany Fallin, (Upson County District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1079

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Sustain Convictions for Aggravated Child Molestation, Incest, Sexual Exploitation of Children, and Child Molestation

  • Edwards v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen Strang, (Self/GPDC Appellate Contractor), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Altman, (District Attorney), Swainsboro, Jessica Wilson, (District Attorney's Office, Middle Judicial Circuit), Lyons, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0919

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation, rape, and incest over defendant's evidentiary challenges

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  • Edwards v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Husser, (Husser & Husser, P.C.), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emily Johnson, Leigh Patterson, (District Attorney's Office Rome Judicial Circuit), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0888

    Court reverses denial of defendant's motion to suppress and her conviction because officers had no information or probable cause to conduct a warrantless search

  • Joiner-Carosi v. Adekoya

    Publication Date: 2020-12-02
    Practice Area: Evidence | Health Care Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Hankins, Samantha Mullis, (Goodman, McGuffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Schneider, Campbell Williamson, (Schneider Hammers LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1418

    Evidence of Attorney Referrals to Medical Providers Was Not Relevant to Issues in Personal Injury Action

  • Cannon v. Barnes

    Publication Date: 2020-12-01
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stevan Miller, Lisa Richardson, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Turner, (Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman), Savannah, Ashleigh Madison, (Southeast Law, LLC), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1216

    Background Evidence on Pregnant Decedent's State of Mind Before Car Accident Had Relevance to Her Pain and Suffering

  • The State v. Awad

    Publication Date: 2020-12-01
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrician Burton, Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Herbert Poston, (District Attorney), Dalton, Mark Higgins, (Conasauga Judicial Circuit D.A.s Office), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Sessions, (The Sessions Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1490

    Trial Court Erred in Granting DUI Defendant's Motion to Suppress Evidence That He Refused to Submit to a Urine Test Under Implied Consent Law

  • The State v. Bizzard

    Publication Date: 2020-11-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Heap, Ian Heap, (District Attorney's Office, Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Virginia Purdee, (Eastern Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1212

    Court affirms suppression of drug evidence and reverses denial of suppression of firearm evidence seized during an arrest that was not supported by probable cause