• Blocker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Michelle Kempter, (Kempter Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Burke Olivia Doherty, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0032

    Excited Utterance Applied Where Declarant Was Disturbed and Only 20 Minutes Had Passed Following Incident

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Dwayne C. Singleton, LLC), Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Richard Caplan, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0132

    Older Prior Convictions Were Admissible at Trial Where Defendant's Credibility Was Central to Case

  • Green v. State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Kleinrock, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0477

    Trial Court Erred in Excluding Defense Evidence For Discovery Violation Without Considering Issues of Prejudice or Bad Faith

  • Preferred Women's Healthcare LLC et al. v. Sain et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-29
    Practice Area: Evidence | Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Huff, Randolph Powell, (Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC), Atlanta, Sarah Akinosho, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy Barnes, John Bevis, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Matthew Coles, (Coles Barton, LLP), Lawrenceville, Mark Meliski, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0413

    Plaintiff's Expert Was Qualified to Testify as to How Long Patient Might Have Lived If Cancer Had Been Diagnosed and Treated Earlier

  • Copeland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Lorraine Leslie, (The Leslie Group, LLC), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Aslean Zachary Eaglin, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0281

    Court affirms felony murder conviction and rejects defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and claims of self-defense

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  • 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
    Industry:
    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

  • 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

  • In the Interest of B. A., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-06-14
    Practice Area: Evidence | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Tucker, (The Law Offices of J Nichole Tucker, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Kayla Brooks, Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0585

    Dependency Order Not Supported by Clear and Convincing Evidence of Present Dependency

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James David Michael, (Burgar & Michael, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Mark Geller, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Ashley Cecelia O’Neal, Nicole De Leon Finnie, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0084

    Error in Instructing on Evidence Not Admitted at Trial Was Harmless