• Leonard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan C. Malone, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Emily Rebecca Polk, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stacey Sherrard Jackson, Frederick Lewis, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0135

    Declarant's Belief That His Death Was Imminent Supported Application of Dying Declaration Exception to Hearsay Rule

  • Greene v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Kenneth Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Eric Christopher Peters, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth Dalia Racine, Aimee F. Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney’s Office), Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0200

    Any Error In Admitting Evidence of Prior Assaults on Murder Defendant's Ex-Girlfriends Was Harmless

  • State of Georgia v. Brophy

    Publication Date: 2023-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Vaughn, Nicolas Parkerson, (District Attorney’s Office - Oconee Judicial Circuit), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Smith, Michael Cauley, (Smith Cauley, LLC), Dublin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0268

    Court affirms trial court order that forfeiture of a vehicle in an in rem action was excessive in view of the facts of the case

  • Burns v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Voyles, Alex Devilliers, (Voyles Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, (District Attorney Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0577

    Court affirms convictions for crimes relating to defendant's choking of his girlfriend over his Sixth Amendment-based challenges and contentions of evidentiary error

  • Kendrick v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Virginia Davis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0500

    Court affirms convictions for battery and firearm possession over defendant's contention that he was not present when trial court excused a juror sua sponte

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  • Wilkey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Luttrell, (Attorney at Law), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samir Patel, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit - District Attorney’s Office), Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0431

    Court affirms convictions for family violence aggravated assault over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • State v. Sapp

    Publication Date: 2023-07-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christine Barker, (Christine Barker), Savannah, Daphne Totten, (Ogeechee Judicial Circuit District Attorney Ogeechee Judicial Circuit), Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Phillips, (Phillips & Carson), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0139

    Court grants a defendant's motion to dismiss the State's appeal of a trial court's order granting a motion in limine to exclude certain prior acts evidence

  • The State v. Shoemaker

    Publication Date: 2023-07-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald Henderson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney), Lawrenceville, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Judicial Circuit, DA), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward Tolley, (Attorney at Law), Athens, Devin Smith, Edward Tolley, (Cook & Tolley LLP), Athens, for appellee; Tasha Mosley, (District Attorney), Jonesboro, Robert Smith, (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia), Morrow, for AM.

    Case Number: A23A0415

    Repealer of Charging Statute Did Not Mandate That Defendant Charged Within Effective Dates Had to be Tried Within Those Dates

  • Burnette v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hoort, Mableton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0716

    Sufficient Evidence Established That Defendant Knowingly Provided Minor Victim For Purpose of Sexual Servitude

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Dwayne C. Singleton, LLC), Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Richard Caplan, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0132

    Older Prior Convictions Were Admissible at Trial Where Defendant's Credibility Was Central to Case