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  • Greene v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Lee Ihrig (Office of the Public Defender, Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill (Department of Law), Atlanta; Margaret Ellen Heap, Emily Catherine Puhala (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1349

    The trial court did not reversibly err in admitting certain evidence in defendant's murder trial and the evidence supported his convictions.

  • Tanner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence | Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teddy Lee Henley (Rome Circuit Public Defender's Office), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague (Department of Law), Atlanta; Herbert McIntosh Poston Jr. (Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1417

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for malice murder and other crimes and he failed to show any actual conflict of interest that adversely affected his lawyers performance in support of his argument that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to conflict-free counsel at trial.

  • In The Matter Of Donald Edward Smart

    Publication Date: 2018-03-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Edward Smart (The Smart Law Firm), Stratford, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Y0511

    The Supreme Court imposed a Review Panel reprimand on an attorney for his violation of Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1, 1.2 (a), 1.3 and 1.4 in connection with his representation of a client.

  • In The Matter Of Cheryl Joyce Braziel

    Publication Date: 2018-03-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Wayne Hendrix (Finch McCranie, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Jacob Cobb, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Y0434

    The Supreme Court rejected attorney's petition for voluntary discipline in which she sought a review panel reprimand after her office submitted a fabricated letter from another attorney to an insurance company.

  • Drews v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Veronica M. O'Grady (GPDC Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder (Department of Law), Atlanta; Rosemary M. Greene, Jana Willingham Allen (Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1873

    Defense Counsel Not Constitutionally Ineffective Assistance For Failing to Investigate Allegations Raised in Supplemental Police Report and Video

  • Kemp v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Konrad Gerhard Waldemar Ziegler, Christopher Ryan Lee (Lee & Ziegler, LLP), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Michael Scott Carlson, John Stuart Melvin, D. Victor Reynolds, John Richard Edwards (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1646

    The evidence supported defendants' convictions for malice murder and other crimes in connection with a planned robbery that turned fatal and the trial court properly admitted a former police informant's testimony about statements one of the defendants made to him while they were in jail together, as the former informant was not acting as a government agent at that time.

  • Morrison v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Morrison, Pelham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Tracy K. Chapman, Bradfield M. Shealy, Michelle Thomas Harrison (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta.
    Case Number: S17A1750

    The evidence supported defendant's malice murder conviction in connection with the death of his girlfriend and defendant failed to prove his several prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel claims.

  • Goodrum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew K. Winchester (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill (Department of Law), Atlanta; Monique Lynn Kirby, Edward Andrew Case, III (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaGrange; Peter J. Skandalakis (Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1748

    Defendant Had No Constitutional Right to Be Present When Attorneys Met in Chambers With Judge to Discuss Juror's Qualification

  • In The Matter of Adam Lorenzo Smith.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-05
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel (The Steel Law Firm, PC.), Atlanta; Bruce H. Morris (Finestone & Morris), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Y0484

    Attorney Convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Bribery Was No Longer Qualified to Practice Law

  • In The Matter Of Richard V. Merritt.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-02
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Vinson Merritt (The Merritt Firm, LLC), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Y0387

    Attorney's Failure to Disburse Client Funds to Client and Failure to Provide Accounting Warranted Termination of License to Practice