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  • Scott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    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: A20A1327

    Error in Admitting Other Acts Evidence to Prove Identity was Harmless

  • Wadley et al. v. Mother Murphy's Laboratories, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-23
    Practice Area: Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Steel, (Steel and Moss, LLP), Atlanta, Kenneth McClain, Steven Crick, Scott Britton-Mehlisch, Steven Crick, Scott Britton-Mehlisch, (Humphrey, Farrington & McClain, P.C.), Independence, for appellant.
    for defendant: Judy Aust, (Goodman McGuffey, LLP), Atlanta, Eric Hawkins, Ollie, Robert Gilbreath, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), DALLAS, Camille Smith, (Callahan & Fusco LLC), Decatur, William Martin, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, John Lowery, (Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins, LLP), Atlanta, Julie Comer, (Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Steven DeFrank, Melissa Kahren, Stephen Schatz, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, J. Konold, Jason Meyer, (Gordon & Rees LLP), Los Angeles, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A0899

    Trial Court Abused Discretion in Ruling That Expert's Testimony Regarding Toxic Exposure Was Too Speculative

  • Rawls v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Kraus Kraus, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, (Fayette County District Attorney's Office), Fayetteville, Tasha Monique Mosley, Karen Smith Barbour, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0872

    Hearsay Evidence of Defendant's Prior Abuse of His Victim Was Not Improperly Admitted; Victim's Close Relationship With Witnesses Guaranteed the Trustworthiness of Her Statements to Them

  • Goins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-17
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Carter Armond, (The Armond Firm, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Daryl E. Manns, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0847

    Defendant Failed to Show That Police Detective Acted in Bad Faith in Failing to Preserve Evidence

  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    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, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, George Epps Lipscomb, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0786

    Evidence Regarding Defendant's Prior Domestic Difficulties Was Intrinsic to Prosecution's Presentation of Murder Case

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  • The State v. Bradberry

    Publication Date: 2020-11-13
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher DeNeve, Brian Whiteside, (Gwinnett County Solicitor General), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lance Tyler, (Tyler Law Firm), Suwanee, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1460

    Trial Court Erred in Suppressing Intoxilyzer Breath Test Evidence; Court Also Erred in Denying Motion to Suppress Evidence of Defendant's Refusal to Take Alco-Sensor Breath Test

  • Gray v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1160

    Defense Counsel Offered Reasonable Explanations For Failing to Call Witnesses to Bolster Defendant's Self-Defense Theory

  • Coates v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Faith Arndt, (Newton County Public Defender's Office), Covington, Anthony Scott Carter, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Walton for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Layla Hinton Zon, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1128

    Evidence Is Sufficient for Jury to Find That Appellant Committed Malice Murder Either as the Shooter or as a Party to the Crime

  • Lester v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold Burton Baker, (Tift Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, Jennifer Dawn Hart, Robert Alan Rogers, Patrick Warren, (Tift Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0827

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Admitting Statements Defendant Made to Law Enforcement After Victim's Death or in Denying His Motion for Mistrial Arising From the Presence of an Alternate Juror During Jury Deliberations

  • Horton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie Lynn Tyo, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Samuel H. Altman, Jessica Black Wilson, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lyons, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0799

    Defendant's Burning of Murder Victim's House, Plus Defendant's Statement That He Intended to 'Finish It,' Was Evidence of His Intent to Conceal the Murder