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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

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  • The State v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2023-05-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Keely Kight Pitts, Timothy Grady Vaughn, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Edward Jones, (Jones & Oliver, P.C.), Fort Valley, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0420

    Court vacates ruling that other-acts evidence is inadmissible and remands for performance of a balancing test as per the court's analysis

  • Bacon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Lee Copeland, (Rouse & Copeland, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John Thomas Durden, Jr., Hugh Davis Ridgway, (Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0256

    Defendant Not Prejudiced by Trial Court's Refusal to Permit Testimony From Defense's Expert Witness on Gun Safety

  • McCalop v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. M. Raffauf, (J. M. Raffauf P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Ashley Cecelia O’Neal, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0210

    Defense Witness Opened Door to Presenting Evidence of Defendant's Bad Character

  • Barrett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lumpkin, (Office of the Public Defender for the Cherokee Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anna Johnson, Samir Patel, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit - District Attorney’s Office), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0849

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation and other crimes over defendant's challenge to refusal to admit certain evidence and admission of other acts evidence

  • The State v. Harnett

    Publication Date: 2023-05-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, James Williamson, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bert Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0265

    Court vacates judgment excluding level-of-certainty evidence and remands for application of the Rule 403 balancing test