• 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

  • 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
    Industry:
    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

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  • Coates v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    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

  • The State v. Stephens

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah Jared Abrams, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Michael Burns, Jr., (The Law Office of David M. Burns, Jr.), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: S20A0714

    Photo Showing Defendant Holding Gun Magazine Was Properly Found Inadmissible at Murder Trial

  • Bass v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia Harrison, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Dustin Lee, (Fulton County Office of the District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0791

    Court affirms convictions for rape and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and error as to the exclusion of certain evidence