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  • Little v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Dunn, Victor Aloisio, (Office of the Public Defender, Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Franklin, Kevin Baugh, Lynsay Chapman, (Walker County District Attorney's Office), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1758

    Court reverses defendant's controlled substance convictions because evidence was the product of an illegal entry into a residence

  • Taylor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Danny Wells, (Flint Circuit Public Defender's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (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: S19A1588

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Admitting Hearsay Testimony, Which Was Admissible Under the Necessity Exception to the Hearsay Rule

  • Naples v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barry M. Hazen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Rachelle L. Carnesale, Shannon Glover Wallace, Cliff Head, (Cherokee County District Attorney's Office), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1571

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Admitting 'Other Acts' Evidence in Trial Convicting Defendant of Murdering a 17-Month-Old Child

  • The State v. Bryant

    Publication Date: 2020-03-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Abigail Beth Long, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Scott Byrne, (Chatham County Public Defender's Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1145

    Court vacates order that excluded evidence in a murder case and remands for clarification of trial court's findings on bad faith and prejudice

  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Brown Dillon, (Brown & Gill, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Sassano, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Benjamin David Coker, Elizabeth Morgan Kendrick, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1257

    Evidence That Stabbing Victim Was Involved in Altercation With Third Party Shortly Before He Was Killed Was Properly Excluded From Trial

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  • Liggett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Cavedon, (Northeastern Circuit Public Defender's Office), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA), Gainesville, Kelsie Mattox, (Dawson County District Attorney's Office), Milton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1843

    Court affirms DUI and other convictions over defendant's challenges to admission of evidence and performance of counsel

  • Howell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee William Fitzpatrick, (Fitzpatrick Law, PC), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert McIntosh Poston, Jr., (Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1182

    Probative Value of Evidence of Prior Assault to Show Intent to Attack and Kill Homeless Victim Was Not Unduly Prejudicial

  • Mitchell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-27
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Shepherd West, (David West & Associates), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Alonza Whitaker, Benjamin E. Gephardt, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1147

    Gruesome Autopsy Photo Had Significant Probative Value as to Direction of Gunshot Wound

  • Chestnut v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nazish Ahmed, (Ahmed Law Group), Lagrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, (District Attorney), Atlanta, Burke Doherty, Tristan Gillespie, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2416

    Court rejects defendant's assertions of insufficient evidence and finds sufficient circumstantial evidence to support his convictions for attempting to enter a vehicle

  • Hambrick v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (GPDC Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Kevin Armstrong, (Office of the District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2455

    Court affirms defendant's rape, child molestation, and other convictions over his multiple contentions of error and ineffective assistance of counsel.