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  • Perez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Christopher Mark DeNeve, Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0276

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and trial court error in denying motions to suppress evidence

  • Head v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Ann Brandenburg, (Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Burke Olivia Doherty, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0111

    Sufficient Evidence Was Presented at Trial to Corroborate Accomplice's Testimony of Defendant's Involvement in Crime

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Michelle Kempter, (Kempter Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elaine L. Thompson, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0166

    No Brady Violation From Delayed Disclosure of Crime Scene Technician's Failure to Find Fingerprints on Shell Casing

  • Price v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen Strang, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Melinda April Wynne, Gregory W. Edwards, (Dougherty County District Attorney’s Office), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0063

    No Showing Made That Combined Trial of Drug-Sales and Murder Chargers Confused or Misled Jury

  • Penix v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Harrison, (Public Defenders Office Oconee Judicial Circuit), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chad Pritchett, Timothy Vaughn, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0308

    Court affirms defendant's convictions for robbery by intimidation and other crimes and rejects his multiple contentions of trial court error

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  • Sadler v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Damages
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon Rhoades, (Attorney at Law), Lagrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, Connor Dooley, (Troup County District Attorney’s Office), Lagrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0750

    Court vacates restitution order and remands for a new hearing on the fair market value of a vehicle before the defendant damaged it, and evidence of cost of repairs

  • Jefferson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara Becker, (Sara Stewart Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0484

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation over defendant's objection to admission of inconclusive DNA evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance

  • Kellum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry Widner, (Georgia Public Defenders Council, Pataula Public Defenders Office), Donalsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald McNease, (District Attorney, Pataula Judicial Circuit), Cuthbert, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0482

    Court affirms defendant's new sentence after his probation was revoked in relation to certain drug charges and vacates certain language referring to credit for time served

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney’s Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0417

    Court affirms convictions for rape and simple battery over defendant's objection to admission of a cell phone audio recording of the encounter that the victim had made

  • Hutcheson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney’s Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0396

    Court affirms convictions and sentence for attempted murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions on ineffective assistance of counsel