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Johnson v. The State

Publication Date: 2019-09-26
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Kleinrock, (Law Office of Lynn M. Kleinrock), Tucker, for appellant.
for defendant: Christopher George, Daniel Porter, Lee Tittsworth, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
Case Number: A19A1064

Court affirms aggravated sexual battery conviction where defendant's victim was voluntarily intoxicated and unable to give consent

Hill v. The State

Publication Date: 2019-08-14
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge McMillian
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jordan Van Matre, (The Law Office of Jordan K. Van Matre, P.C.), McDonough, for appellant.
for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, (Henry County District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.
Case Number: A19A0553

Court Rejects Range of Challenges to Convictions of Defendants Who Were Apprehended While Carrying Methamphetamine in Their Trunk Based on Suspicion That Vehicle Smelled of Marijuana

The State v. Parks

Publication Date: 2019-08-02
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Gobeil
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey Bard, (Conasauga Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dalton, for appellant.
for defendant: Karen Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellee.
Case Number: A19A0491

Trial Court Erred in Admitting Evidence of Defendant's Polygraph Refusal

Georgia Insurers Insolvency Pool v. Dubose

Publication Date: 2019-04-26
Practice Area: Insurance Law
Industry: Insurance
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Goss
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Gorby, Amy Burns, Whitney Arp, (Gorby Peters & Associates, LLC), Tucker, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Brian Buckelew, (Brian J Buckelew PC), Atlanta, John Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Jennifer Jarvis, (Sartain Law Offices, LLP), Gainesville, for AM.
Case Number: A18A1531

Workers' compensation insurance pool can offset other insurance benefits against its payment liabilities to an injured employee

White v. The State

Publication Date: 2019-02-22
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Chief Justice Melton
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Santos Fleischman, Noah Howard Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Layla Hinton Zon, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
Case Number: S18G0365

Court Affirms Conviction of Sexual Predator Despite Erroneous Admission of Evidence of Alleged Victim's Sexual History in Contravention of Georgia's Rape Shield Law After Victim Testified That She Had Sexually Abused Others After Being Abused by Defendant

Partlow v. The State

Publication Date: 2018-07-30
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Reese
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelley Dial (Public Defender Cherokee Judicial Circuit), Cartersville, for appellant.
for defendant: Rosemary Greene (District Attorney), Calhoun; Mark Boyd (Boyd & Marks LLC), Melbourne, for appellee.
Case Number: A18A0436

Defendant's Motion to Continue Trial to Retain New Counsel Properly Denied

June 28, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Ga. Supreme Court Justices Grant, Blackwell on Trump's SCOTUS List

Rising star Britt Grant, on track to become the newest member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, has been added to Trump's list of possible U.S. Supreme Court candidates. The list includes Grant mentor Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Washington and her fellow Georgia Supreme Court Justice, Keith Blackwell.

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Ramirez v. The State

Publication Date: 2018-05-23
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Hood (Attorney at Law), Calhoun, for appellant.
for defendant: Rosemary Greene (District Attorney), Calhoun; Sharon Fox (Gordon County District Attorney's Office), Calhoun, for appellee.
Case Number: A18A0502

Defendant Who Was Not Present at Bench Conference When Attorneys and Judge Discussed Jury Selection Issues Was Not Denied His Right To Be Present At All Trial Proceedings

Clary v. The State

Publication Date: 2018-03-28
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
Industry:
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Peil (Huggins Peil LLC), Evans, for appellant.
for defendant: David White (District Attorney), Hartwell; Meghan Bowden (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Elberton, for appellee.
Case Number: A17A1593

The evidence supported defendant's convictions for two counts of first-degree arson, concealing the death of another and three counts of theft by bringing stolen property into the State and defense counsel was not deficient in failing to object to statements the prosecutor made during closing argument, as the statements were not improper.

Taylor v. The State

Publication Date: 2018-01-04
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
Industry:
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Bethel
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darrell Reynolds (Darrell B. Reynolds, P.C.), Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: Tracy Lawson (District Attorney), Jonesboro; Elizabeth Rosenwasser (Clayton County District Attorney), Jonesboro, for appellee.
Case Number: A17A1619

The evidence supported defendant's convictions for conspiracy to commit burglary, two counts of burglary in the first degree, criminal damage to property in the first degree, battery, two counts of home invasion in the first degree, armed robbery, aggravated assault, aggravated assault with intent to rob, kidnapping, false imprisonment and four counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime.