Filter This View

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-04-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles A. Jones Jr. Jones Appellate Law Practice PC, Athens, and Jonathan L. Sharpley, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis C. Sanders, District Attorney, Durwood R. Davis, Rindi L. Harbeson, Assistant District Attorneys, and Kevin R. Majeska District Attorney's Office, Thomson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1983

    Defendant's new ineffective assistance claims were procedurally b

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-04-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffery A. Rothman Daniels & Rothman PC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carroll R. Chisholm Jr., Solicitor General, and Markus Boenig Solicitor General's Office, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1737

    The trial court was authorized to conclude that the prosecutor's burden-shifting opening statement was not intentional and the state was not trying to goad defendant into moving for a mistrial in o

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice G. Kenner, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Clint C. Malcolm District Attorney's Office, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2107

    Defendant's aggravated battery and aggravated assault convictions merged for sentencing pur

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-07-31
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Smith, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Hartwell, and Leon Jourolmon, Assistant District Attorney, Elberton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1541

    The state gave race-neutral reasons for striking six African American prospective j

  • Howard v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-24
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon V. Forehand Allen & Forehand, Moultrie, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Valdosta, and Brian A. McDaniel, Assistant District Attorney, Moultrie, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0419

    The state submitted certified copies of three valid prior felony convic

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-09-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A08A0896

    The evidence, though circumstantial, authorized the jury to find that the defendant took a money clip cont over $1K, two credit cards and a bank card from one victim and took a wallet con

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-05-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A08A0055

    Evidence of the defendant's status as convicted felon was relevant to establishing the crime with which he was charged, since the state had to prove that the defendant was in lawful custody when

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-04-11
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A07A2280

    During a fight at a night club, the defendant fired shots into a group of boys, who rushe

  • Trujillo v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, Atlantic Beach, Fla., for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Brunswick, and William S. Hart, Woodbine, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0936

    Evidence that an officer seized two duffle bags weighing over 50 pounds and containing plant matter, which tested positive rijuana in three separate tests, supported the defendant's conviction

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony L. Axam Axam & Adams PA, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Shepard R. Orlow, Senior Assistant District Attorneys, and Gary S. Hulsey, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0133

    The defendant did not show that the trial court would have dismissed a juror for cause had that juror revealed on voir dire that his uncle was a judge in Florida, who specialized in drug