Publication Date: 2025-02-25
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice LaGrua
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole E. Baker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Acworth, Ralph James Villani, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Gainesville, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lee Darragh, Harold Alvin Buckler, (Hall County District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, for appellee.
Case Number: S25A0042
Court Affirms Life Sentence for 17-Year Old Defendant Who Shot a Deputy, Rejecting Challenges to Sufficiency of Evidence for Malice, Trial Bias, and Life Sentence for a Juvenile Offender