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  • Hightower v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica M. Sully, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, Stephen Randall Scarborough, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., Ruth M. Pawlak, Simone Nathania Hylton, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0870

    COVID-19 Emergency Was Manifest Necessity Justifying Declaring Mistrial Over Defendant's Objection

  • Cruz v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Jefferson, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cliff Head, Shannon Wallace, (District Attorney), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1701

    Probationer Consented to Search of His Tablet, Computer, and Disks

  • Equity Prime Mortgage v. Greene For Congress, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent Wilson, Timothy Holdsworth, (Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Clare, Elizabeth Locke, Megan Meier, Daniel Watkins, (Clare Locke LLP), Alexandria, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harry MacDougald, Christine Buckler, (Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & DeLoach, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; David Guldenschuh, (Attorney at Law), Rome, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0877

    Court agrees that defendant's speech was covered by the anti-SLAPP statute but vacates dismissal of complaint and remands for review of the merits of plaintiff's claims

  • McElrath v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-05
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herman Maddox Kilgore, Carlos Javier Rodriguez, (Kilgore & Rodriguez, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., Stephanie Adrean Green, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0605

    State May Seek Retrial of Defendant On Count For Which Jury Returned Repugnant Verdict

  • Ammons v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-05
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bruce Syrop, Dustin Stephen Townsend, Hunter Joseph Rodgers, (Paulding County Public Defender’s Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anthony Brett Williams, Matthew Wayne Rollins, (Paulding County District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0542

    Admission of Evidence Driver Refused Roadside Field Sobriety Tests Violated Constitutional Guarantees Against Compelled Self-Incrimination

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  • Winslow v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Rust Knox, (Towaliga Judicial Circuit Public Defenders Office), Forsyth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jonathan Lang Adams, Dorothy Vinson Hull, Leslie Ann Tilson, Carolee Reed Jordan, (Towalinga Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Forsyth, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0498

    Defendant Consented to Search of Laptop, And Consent Was Never Withdrawn

  • Massingill v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katie Borodin, Eliot Abt, (The Abt Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Natalee Staats, (Assistant District Attorney - Floyd County), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1407

    Trial Counsel Was Not Ineffective For Failing To Advise Regarding Right to Testify and Failing to Object to Impeachment Evidence

  • Clark v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen H Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert McIntosh Poston, Jr., Victoria Keely Parker, (Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0630

    No Showing Made That Juror's Alleged Communication With Member of Victim's Family Denied Defendant Right to Fair Trial

  • The State v. Powell

    Publication Date: 2022-11-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon Lee Hopkins, Darius T. Pattillo, (Flint Circuit District Attorney’s Office), McDonough, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Suesan Ann Miller, Zachary North, (Miller & Key), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0648

    Trial Court Properly Applied Riley Factors in Determining Whether Juvenile's Statements to Police Were Given Freely and Voluntarily

  • The State v. Randall

    Publication Date: 2022-11-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Washington Fleenor, Carroll Rudolph Chisholm, Jr., Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Athens, Landon Mark Fogle, Ethan Merritt Makin, (Athens-Clarke County Solicitor General’s Office), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffery Alan Rothman, Anna Green Bolden, (Daniels & Rothman PC), Athens, for appellee; David Edward Clark, (Clarke & Towne, PC), Atlanta, Jason B. Sheffield, (Peters, Rubin, Sheffield & Hodges), Decatur, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia), Morrow, Carlton Todd Hayes, (Cherokee County Solicitor General’s Office), Canton, Bradford Lee Rigby, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office.), Cordele, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0664

    Trial Court Should Not Have Ruled on Constitutionality of Georgia's Implied Consent Statutes