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  • Griffin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Christopher Locke, (Locke Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0448

    No Jury Misconduct Where Jurors Reviewed Texts on Properly Admitted Cell Phone Sent Out With Jury Without Objection

  • Doricien v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-01-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Van Thomas, II, (Andrew V. Thomas II, PC), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Kathleen Leona McCanless, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Michelle Thomas Harrison, Bradfield M. Shealy, (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0262

    Evidence Supported Jury's Finding Shooter Did Not Act in Self-Defense

  • January 12, 2021 | Law.com

    What Firms Spent on 'Special' Bonuses | Law Firms Weigh the Cost of Cost Cutting | SoFi's Going Public: The Morning Minute

    The news and analysis you need to start your day.

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  • Wofford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen H Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Jason Matthew Rea, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Leigh Ellen Patterson, Kevin Salmon, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0129

    Court rejects murder defendant's arguments on ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Hollmon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of The Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Emily Kathleen Richardson, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1464

    Court Affirms Dismissal of Challenge to Illegally Imposed Sentence on Basis that Post-Conviction Motion Raised Errors Not Pursued in Direct Appeal but Vacates Sentence as Legal Nullity

  • October 4, 2018 | Litigation Daily

    Appellate Lawyers for Kavanaugh Stand by Their Man

    With a final vote on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination looming, several appellate lawyers say they're still backing the U.S. Supreme Court nominee.

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  • October 4, 2018 | National Law Journal

    Appellate Lawyers Who Backed Kavanaugh Say He's Still Their Man

    With a final vote on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination looming, several appellate lawyers say they're still backing the U.S. Supreme Court nominee.

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  • Hand Down List decided on: April 18, 2018

    Publication Date: 2018-04-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department: April 18, 2018

  • Jacobs v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristina Goodwin Connell (Connell Law Firm), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien (Department of Law), Atlanta; Kevin Richard Majeska, William Patrick Doupé, Dennis C. Sanders (Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomson, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1892

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions related to the murder of his wife and the trial court did not err in allowing State to introduce into evidence certain statements the victim made before her death under the residual hearsay exception contained in O.C.G.A. § 24-8-807 of Georgias new Evidence Code.

  • Gerbert v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Poole Grisham Poole PC, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Kevin McMurry, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert Mooradian District Attorney's Office, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0868

    Because State failed to present sufficient evidence to prove that defendant knew that the sexually explicit images he possessed depicted a minor, which the Court concluded was a requirement under O