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  • Yeamans v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, (GA Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit), Cumming, Jennifer Scalia, (Assistant District Attorney), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1451

    Court reverses convictions for computer pornography and attempted child molestation due to trial court error, but rules that evidence was sufficient for conviction

  • Haufler v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Andrew Santos Fleischman, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, Devin Austin Rafus, (The Aurora Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Allison Thatcher Mauldin, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, Christian Blayne May, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Greensboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0054

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of failure to give a certain jury charge and error in admitting evidence

  • Bowman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hunter Joseph Rodgers, Michael B. Syrop, (Paulding County Public Defender’s Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Brett Williams, Matthew Wayne Rollins, (Paulding County District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee; Kimberly A. Dymecki, Peachtree Corners, Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Jason B. Sheffield, (Peters, Rubin, Sheffield & Hodges), Decatur, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S22G0303

    Court reverses appellate court decision and finds that a defendant's right to a speedy trial was violated because the jury was never sworn in under oath

  • Norris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Alan Anderson, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1166

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Impeach One of Several Physicians Who Described Child's History of Injuries

  • Middlebrooks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Dodd Roth, Tiera Mary Elaine Williams, Maigan Jenkins, (Augusta Public Defender’s Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1328

    Forensic Psychologist's Testimony Supported Jury's Conclusion That Murder Defendant Was Feigning Symptoms of Schizophrenia

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  • Evans v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0893

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Seek Admission of Responding Police Officer's Body Camera Videos

  • Charles v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Christian Rutledge, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Samir J. Patel, Whitney Anne Law, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1080

    Trial Court's Failure to Ascertain Which Jurors Might have Overheard a Restroom Conversation Did Not Require Reversal

  • Taylor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Dodd Roth, (Augusta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kelly J. Weathers, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1003

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failure to Investigate and Make Arguments Relating to Murder Defendant's Mental Health

  • The State v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2023-03-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Kelsey Kolb Devitto, Christopher Mark DeNe, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: LeAnne Chancey Hicks, (The Chancey Law Firm, P.C.), Braselton, David Edward Clark, (Clarke & Towne, PC), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0967

    Search Warrant For "AnyAnd All" Data on Cell Phone Violated Fourth Amendment Particularity Requirement

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Schonder, (The Schonder Law Firm, LLC), Rome, Jonathan Hamrick, (Rome Circuit Public Defender Office), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Elisabeth Giuliani, (Floyd County District Attorney’s Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1677

    Court reverses denial of defendant's special demurrer to two counts of a nine-count indictment because those counts lacked specificity as to weapons charges