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  • Moreland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford Kurlander, (Piedmont Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, (Henry County District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0917

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Admitting 'Scientific and Specialized' Testimony From a Lay Witness as to Sodomy Victim's Mental Age and Capacity

  • Clay v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Rashad Clay, (Ware State Prison), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0727

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other offenses over defendant's numerous pro se challenges to evidence and other matters

  • Stewart v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Copeland, (Rouse + Copeland LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bonnie Shaw, John Durden, Melissa, (Assistant District Attorney), Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1433

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Allowing a Forensic Biologist, Who Did Not Perform DNA Sample Testing, to Testify That DNA Evidence Linked Defendant to Armed Robbery

  • Hendrix v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A20A0923

    Court rejects defendant's challenge to admission of other acts evidence and affirms convictions for armed robbery and aggravated assault

  • Stern et al. v. Pettis et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-14
    Practice Area: Evidence | Expert Witnesses | Personal Injury
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David McCain, Hannah Gabriel, (Childers & McCain LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carrie Christie, Courtney Norton, (Rutherford & Christie LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1261

    Trial Court Properly Disallowed Proffered Expert's Speculative Causation Opinions

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  • Sanchious v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: S20G0123

    Court of Appeals Must Examine Inadmissible Hearsay Claims Child Molestation Defendant Presented on Appeal

  • Griffin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Jennifer Leigh Parker, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0789

    Court rejects murder defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel, finding no basis for an objection to testimony about a non-admitted recording

  • Brown v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara Mattes, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Brian Vance Patterson, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office) Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0782

    Court affirms murder and other convictions over defendant's jury charge and evidentiary challenges, and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Reyes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances C. Kuo, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0780

    Court affirms malice murder defendant's convictions over challenges to sufficiency of evidence, admission of evidence, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • McDowell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Chappell, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Aslean Zachary Eaglin, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0739

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Admitting Evidence Related to Inadvertently Destroyed Handgun in Connection to Murder