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Tyson v. The State

Publication Date: 2021-10-29
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Tax
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Stevens Schrope, Elizabeth Ann Brandenburg, (Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg), Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, David Parks White, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Hartwell, for appellee.
Case Number: S21A0774

Lack of Complete Transcription of Jury Voir Dire in Appeal Record Did Not Deprive Appellant of Due Process Rights

Hughes v. The State

Publication Date: 2021-08-16
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Cody M. Long, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Penny Alane Penn, Heather Nicole Dunn, (Forsyth County District Attorney's Office), Cumming, for appellee.
Case Number: S21A0730

Trial Court Provided Reasoned Explanation For Denying Defendant's Self-Defense Immunity Claim

Fitts v. The State

Publication Date: 2021-06-23
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Bethel
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert James Beckwith, (The Beckwith Law Firm), Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Patrick Doupé, (Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomson, Steven Tyler Normandia, (District Attorney's Office for the Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, for appellee.
Case Number: S21A0159

Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion Shooter's Girlfriend Was Party to His Crimes

Matthews v. The State

Publication Date: 2021-06-11
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Ellington
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joyette Marie Holmes, D. Victor Reynolds, John Richard Edwards, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: S21A0318

Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claims of error and ineffective assistance of counsel

Abbott v. The State

Publication Date: 2021-06-09
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice LaGrua
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Burton Mills, (William B. Mills, P.C.), Ringgold, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, James C. Wyatt, (Rome Conflict Defender Office), Rome, Natalee Lyn Staats, Leigh Ellen Patterson, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
Case Number: S21A0075

Court affirms convictions for murder and other offenses over defendant's objections to witness testimony, certain evidence, and the State's failure to disclose an agreement

Lofton v. The State

Publication Date: 2021-03-17
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Ellington
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Sirianni, Jr., (Brownstone, P.A.), Winter Park, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S20A1101

Trial Court Did Not Err in Denying Defendant's Motion to Suppress His Cell Phone Records; Exclusionary Rule Does Not Apply to That Evidence

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Henderson v. The State

Publication Date: 2021-02-22
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Boggs
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Horne Petrey, (Dekalb County Public Defender's Office), Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Emily Kathleen Richardson, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Roderick B. Wilkerson, Drew Kendall Shumate, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
Case Number: S20A1571

Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to admission of his custodial statement and to the striking of a statement

Thrift v. The State

Publication Date: 2020-12-31
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice McMillian
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Craig Head, Jr., (Waycross Judicial Circuit Defender's Office), Waycross, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, Michelle Chapman McIntire, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Waycross, for appellee.
Case Number: S20A1182

Court affirms felony murder conviction over a killing from more than 20 years ago and rejects defendant's multiple challenges to the verdict.

Gardner v. The State

Publication Date: 2020-12-31
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Ellington
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Craig Head, Jr., (Waycross Judicial Circuit Defender's Office), Waycross, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, Alexander John Markowich, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Waycross, for appellee.
Case Number: S20A1183

Court affirms murder conviction over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance due to counsel's failure to request a voluntary manslaughter jury charge