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  • Hood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Emily Kathleen Richardson, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Zina B. Gumbs, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0343

    No Reasonable Probability That Engaging Independent Firearms Expert Would Have Altered Trial Result

  • Walker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley C. Adams, IV, (Georgia Public Defender), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Frederick Lewis, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0170

    Supreme Court Had Jurisdiction to Hear Pro Se New Trial Motion After Trial Court Authorized Self-Representation

  • Sullivan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Jones Walker, (Eastern Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Natalie Spires Paine, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0309

    Defendant's Request to Admit Psychological Evaluation Properly Denied

  • Carson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Viveca Burns Famber, (Viveca R. Famber Powell, Attorney at Law), Austell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0288

    Severance Not Necessary For Charges That Were Not Joined Solely Because of Same or Similar Character

  • In the Interest of G. M. W., a child.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kaylee Maxwell, (Coweta County Public Defender's Office), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nathaniel Smith, (Attorney at Law), Carrollton, John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0514

    Court Reverses Adjudication of Delinquency for Theft by Receiving a Stolen Weapon; Evidence Does Not Show Beyond a Reasonable Doubt That Minor Defendant Knew Gun Was Stolen

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  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Lewis, (JCTL Law LLC), Colorado Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Majeska, Henry Syms, (District Attorney, Augusta Jud. Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0299

    Court Did Not Err in Denying Defendant's Motion for a Mistrial; Inadvertent Publication of Part of Witness Interview Did Not Infringe on Defendant's Right to a Fair Trial

  • Daniels v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cauble, (The Law Office of Charles Hudson Cauble, P.C.), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Mooradian, John Cranford, (Coweta County Da's Office), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0454

    Court affirms denial of defendant's plea in bar in a subsequent prosecution for armed robbery following his acquittal of an earlier unconnected armed robbery

  • Neal v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron Palmer, (Middle Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Altman, John Fitzner, (District Attorney's Office, Middle Judicial Circuit), Swainsboro, Jessica Wilson, (District Attorney's Office, Middle Judicial Circuit), Lyons, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1256

    Court affirms defendant's child molestation convictions over challenges to admission of evidence of his silence as an adoptive admission to the crime.

  • Leslie v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Brandenburg, Leigh Schrope, (Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg), Atlanta, Marcia Shein, (Law Office of Marcia G. Shein, P.C.), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Leonard, Sean Garrett, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0556

    Court affirms defendant's kidnapping and armed robbery convictions over multiple contentions of error

  • Wilson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Jefferson, (Attorney At Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, Jennifer Scalia, (Assistant District Attorney), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0405

    Evidence Supports Theft by Taking Conviction; Defendant Waived any Error in Trial Court's Decision to Address Restitution at Sentencing Hearing