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  • McKie v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of the Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Helen Virginia Peters Pott, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee. D. Victor Reynolds, Amelia Greeson Pray, John Stuart Melvin, John Richard Edwards, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, Michael Scott Carlson, (Georgia Bureau of Investigation), Decatur, Gregg M. Jacobson, (King & Spalding, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S18G1007

    Court affirms firearm possession conviction that had been based on circumstantial evidence of a prior felony conviction

  • Blackmon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Caryn Lobdell, (Toombs Circuit Public Defender's Office), Thomson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Samuel H. Altman, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Swainsboro, William Patrick Doupé, (Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomson, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0366

    Victim's Hearsay Statements Were Made While She Was in Immediate Fear For Her Life

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Allen Hunt, (Law Office of R. Allen Hunt), Atlanta, John Walter Kraus, (Office of the Public Defender), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jeffrey Matthew Gore, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, Tracy Graham Lawson, Elizabeth A. Baker, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0343

    Trial Court's Admission of Prior Shooting Incident Involving Defendant Was Harmless Error

  • Walker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft, (Office of the Public Defender), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, Tracy Graham Lawson, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, Christopher David Sperry, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0177

    Any Error in Admission of Prior Acts Evidence Was Harmless in Light of Other Overwhelming Evidence of Guilt

  • Massey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, (Miller & Key, P.A.), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon, Randal McGinley, (Newton County District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0429

    Defendant's child molestation convictions affirmed over evidentiary challenges.

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  • Dixon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Marshall, (Law Office of David D. Marshall), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Christian, (District Attorney's Office), Clayton, Meredith Davis, (Habersham County District Attorney's Office), Clarkesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0357

    Court affirms child molestation convictions over defendant's challenges to other acts evidence.

  • Strother v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Wayne Sheppard, (Kenneth W. Sheppard, P.C.), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Leigh Ellen Patterson, Luke Anthony Martin, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0279

    Trial Counsel Opened Door To Admission of Witness's Police Interview Statements About Defendant's Past Crimes and Gang Connections

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Lee Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Jerome M. Rothschild, Jr., (Chatham County District Attorney's Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0101

    Court rejects murder defendant's evidentiary and other objections and affirms his convictions and sentence

  • The State v. Orr

    Publication Date: 2019-06-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luke Anthony Martin, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Henry Pierman, (McCurdy & Candler LLC), Decatur, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Michael Scott Carlson, John Stuart Melvin, D. Victor Reynolds, Amelia Greeson Pray, John Richard Edwards, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for amicus appellant.
    Case Number: S18G0994

    Georgia's new Evidence Code abrogates proscription against admission of evidence of a defendant's silence

  • Seals v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Willingham, (Willingham Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amelia Pray, D. Reynolds, John Melvin, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0552

    Evidence of Prior Difficulties Between Defendant and Domestic Violence Victim Was Admissible to Counter Self-Defense Claim