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  • Spell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Betsey L. Tate, Katherine Lynn Dodd, (Georgia Public Defender Standards Council - Appellate Division), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Andrew J. Ekonomou, Jacquelyn Lee Johnson, Thomas Edwars Buscemi, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0066

    Trial Counsel Was Not Constitutionally Ineffective For Failing to Challenge Prosecution's Reference to Defendant's Failure to Come Forward Prior to Arrest

  • Cochran v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine Carey Duncan, Samuel Graham Merritt, (Southwestern Circuit Public Defender's Office), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Plez Higdon Hardin, Lewis Ramon Lamb, (Southwestern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Americus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0149

    Abundance of Circumstantial Evidence Supported Conviction For Murder by Gunshot

  • The State v. Turnquest

    Publication Date: 2019-06-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Brian Walton Whiteside, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County Solicitor General), Lawrenceville, Decatur, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fakiha Khan, (Law Office of Fakiha Khan, P.C.), Suwanee, Kendra Foster Mitchell, (Law Office of Fakiha Khan, P.C.), Johns Creek, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0157

    Court overrules its precedent and concludes that no Miranda warning is required before administration of a breath test

  • Oliver v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Roderick B. Wilkerson, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0019

    Murder conviction affirmed over defendant's claim that he was denied a right of self-representation

  • Reeder v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Falen Cox, (Cox, Rodman, & Middleton, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, Timothy Ruffini, (Assistant District Attorney), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0630

    Record Established That Defendant Was Apprised By Counsel of Risks of Entering Non-Negotiated Plea

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  • Cornell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna Seagraves, (Attorney at Law), Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Smith, Erica Shepley, (Jackson County District Attorney's Office), Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0665

    Minor Victim's Hearsay Statements Properly Admitted Where She Was Subject to Cross-Examination at Trial

  • Burgess v. Hall

    Publication Date: 2019-05-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brenda Joy Bernstein, (The Bernstein Firm, PC), Palmetto, Leigh Ann Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Franklin Daniel Miller, (King Law Group), Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0041

    Trial Counsel's Failure to Focus on Co-Defendant's Limited Intellectual Capacity During Cross-Examination Did Not Constitute Ineffective Assistance

  • State v. Perry

    Publication Date: 2019-05-06
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Donovan, Anthony Williams, Alexandria Clark, (Paulding Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mason Rountree, (Rountree Law Firm), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A2110

    Be-On-Lookout Warning Provided Objective, Reasonably Articulable Suspicion Warranting Traffic Stop of Vehicle

  • Debelbot et al. v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-06
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Moffett Flournoy, III, Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers, James C. Bonner, Jr., Brandon A. Bullard, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, A. James Anderson, (Robins Kaplan LLP), Atlanta, Anna Carr Halsey, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, Carrie Sperling, (Wisconsin Innocence Project: University Of Wisconsin Law), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Sadhana Pandey Dailey, Alonza Whitaker, (Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee. Therese S. Barnesr, (Georgia Supreme Court), Atlanta, for Other party.
    Case Number: S18A1073

    Trial Court's Conclusory Rejection of Defendants' Expert Witness Evidence Precluded Meaningful Review of Ineffectiveness of Counsel Claim

  • The State v. Lee

    Publication Date: 2019-04-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Faircloth, (Dublin Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney), Dublin, Louie Fraser, (District Attorney), Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Abigail Safford, (Attorney at Law), Dublin, Spencer Fredericks, (Dublin Circuit Public Defender's Office), Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1869

    Police Not Required to Give Detained Co-Occupant/Defendant Opportunity to Object to Officers' Entry Into Residence