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  • Sivonda v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Kleinrock, (Law Office of Lynn M. Kleinrock), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, Lee Tittsworth, Samuel D'entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1979

    Any Error in Allowing Witnesses' Writings to be Sent Out With Jury Was Harmless

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Kraus, (Attorney at Law), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Baker, John Fowler, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, Tasha Mosley, Charles Brooks, (Harold R. Banke Justice Center), Jonesboro, Tracy Lawson, (District Attorney Banke Justice Center - 4th Floor), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2021

    No Error in Admission of Photo Array Identification Evidence Where Victims Had Independent Bases for Identifying Defendant

  • In the Interest of M. F., a child.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Roth, Gregory Gelpi, (Office of the Public Defender, Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Henry Syms, Megan Little, (District Attorney's Office - Augusta Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0615

    Court affirms juvenile court's adjudication of delinquency over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence

  • Womack v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Bickerstaff, Julia Slater, (DA's Office- Chattahoochee Jud. Cir.), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1720

    No trial court error in admission of hearsay testimony when co-conspirator responsible for that testimony is later acquitted.

  • Montgomery v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Dunn, Victor Aloisio, (Office of the Public Defender, Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Franklin, Rachael Stein, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1761

    No suppression of evidence found after a warrantless search of a house when an occupant of the house consented to the search.

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  • Mobley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-17
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Bullard, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, Holly Veal, (The Veal Law Firm, P.C.), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, Atha Pryor, (Henry County District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0500

    Court reverses vehicular homicide convictions due to violations of defendant's Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures

  • Simpson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maryann Blend, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nigel Lush, Daniel Porter, (District Attorney Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1670

    Court affirmed defendant's criminal gang activity conviction and vacates criminal property damage conviction

  • McCloud v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: April Weeks, (Weeks Law, P.C.), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christian Brown, Bradford Rigby, (Cordele Circuit District Attorneys Office), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1944

    Court affirms drug possession convictions over defendant's challenge to admission of evidence found incident to his arrest.

  • Hagan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin Hilliard, (Martin G. Hilliard, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, Jeremiah Johnson, (District Attorney's Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1710

    Court affirms conviction for sale of methamphetamine over defendant's objections to admission of hearsay evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Richardson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Brown Dillon, (Brown & Gill, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Mark Geller, Emily Kathleen Richardson, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Clark Ellison Candler, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0306

    Court affirms murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel