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  • Noellien v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Jefferson, (Attorney At Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Leslie Coots, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0011

    Court affirms drug convictions based on circumstantial evidence over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and his argument that he was merely present at the crime scene

  • Cochran v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Greg Willis, Casey Cleaver, Jessica Jones, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sonya Chachere-Compton, William Smith, (Douglas County Solicitor General’s Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0013

    Court reverses dismissal of defendant's motion to suppress evidence in a DUI case, finding that the motion adequately detailed assertions that a traffic stop was pretextual and lacked probable cause

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Copeland, (Rouse + Copeland LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joe Skeens, Billy Nelson, (Office of the District Attorney for the Atlantic Judicial Circuit), Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0459

    Court affirms conviction for child molestation over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of error in not giving a certain jury instruction on a. lesser included offense

  • Stewartson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd Matthews, (Attorney at Law), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0166

    Court affirms convictions for voluntary manslaughter and firearm possession over defendant's challenges to a jury instruction on mutual combat and contentions of constitutional rights violations

  • Smalley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Dwayne C. Singleton, LLC), Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marie Broder, (Spalding County District Attorney’s Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0663

    Court vacates first-time felon's sentencing order and remands for trial court's inclusion in that order of a Behavioral Incentive Date (BID) as mandated by OCGA § 17-10-1 (a) (1) (B) (i)

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  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noel Thomas, (Washington State Prison), Davisboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Darius Pattillo, (Henry County District Attorney’s Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0214

    Court reverses denial of defendant's motions to vacate a void sentence and to withdraw a negotiated guilty plea based on a void sentence, and remands for reconsideration

  • Solis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Madison Sisco, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Perry, (The Perry Law Firm), Winder, James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1752

    Court affirms convictions for sexual battery over defendant's contention of structural error and ineffective assistance, but reverses conviction for cruelty to children due to juror misconduct

  • Boone v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Chappell, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, (District Attorney), Rome, Ashley Cox, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1610

    Court affirms convictions for attempted child molestation, trafficking for sexual servitude, and computer pornography, but reverses convictions for obscene contact and attempted exploitation

  • Kennedy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brett Adams, (Ellis C. Smith, Attorney at Law), LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, John Winne, (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office ), Lagrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1412

    Court affirms convictions for firearm possession and other crimes over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence, improper denial of a motion to suppress, and wrongful seizure of evidence

  • Massey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Bradley, (Ocmulgee Circuit Public Defender's Office), Milledgeville, Brian Cathey, (Brian Cathey Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Eatonton, Jeff Burks, (Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Madison, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0008

    Court affirms burglary conviction over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence, which showed defendant's attempt to unlawfully enter a residence