• The State v. Wood et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Peterkin, (Assistant District Attorney Meriwether County Courthouse), Greenville, John Cranford, Nathan Stewart, (Coweta County District Attorney’s Office), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Nestrud, (Coweta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Franklin, Darrell Donaldson, (The Pilgrim Law Group), Villa Rica, Alexandra Reynolds, (Office of the Public Defender Coweta Judicial Circuit), Carrollton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1453

    Court affirms suppression order over controlled substance evidence seized by officers who prolonged an investigation absent exigent circumstances

  • The State v. Walker

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton Hayes, Sara Grainger, Michelle Dissman, (Cherokee County Solicitor-General’s Office), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Sessions, (The Sessions Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1623

    Court affirms dismissal of DUI and other charges against a defendant where the State failed to prove that the statute of limitations to bring the charges had bene extended

  • Quantanilla-Solis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-04-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Conklin, (Conklin Law Firm), Atlanta, Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Dane Uhelski, (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1612

    Sufficient Evidence Presented to Corroborate Statutory Rape Conviction

  • Ivey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Ivey, (Carroll County Correctional Institution), Carrolton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attornye’s Office), Eatonton, Sydney Segers, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attornye’s Office), Milledgeville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1214

    Trial Court Should Have Asked Pro Se Defendant If He Wanted To Enter Plea Under First Offender Act

  • McDaniel v. State

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Monroe, (John Monroe Law, P.C.), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Langley, (District Attorney), Blairsville, Samantha Barrett, (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Cleveland, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1415

    Court rejects defendant's appeal to convictions for aggravated child molestation and other crimes due to serious deficiencies in the appellate brief

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  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Troy Golden, (Assistant Public Defender), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melinda Wynne, Gregory Edwards, (District Attorney’s Office, Dougherty Judicial Cir), Albany, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1269

    Court affirms convictions for rape, incest, and related crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of evidentiary errors

  • Behl v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Jones Walker, (Eastern Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bonnie Lowe Jones, Shalena Cook Jones, Bryan Michael Roy, Timothy Patrick Dean, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0377

    Incarcerated Pro Se Defendant Failed to Preserve Issue of Alleged Denial of Access to Digital Discovery

  • Hood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lela Julia Acker, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joseph Kenneth Mulholland, (South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Bainbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0326

    Record Supported Trial Court's Finding That Plea Counsel Fully Advised Client as to Future Parole Eligibility

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jess William Clifton, Lyons, Timothy Larry Lam, Monticello, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John Alexander Fitzner, Jessica Black Wilson, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Lyons, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0144

    Evidence Supported Jury's Finding Defendant Was Party to Murder

  • Allaben v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan O. Oden, (Appellant Division of Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Thomas L. Williams, Agatha K. Romanowski, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0061

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Support Jury's Finding Murder Might Have Been Committed In County Where Defendant Was Tried