• Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, Woodbine, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, Hugh D. Ridgway III District Attorney's Office, Hinesville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew Blackwell, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A0511

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for felony murder and related crimes stemming from the death of his 7-month-old dau

  • Marchman v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert H. Alexander III, Marietta, for Marchman. Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for Arnold. D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for State.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S16A0027; S16A0028

    The evidence was sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of guilt and to warrant the defendants' convictions, either as a perpetrator who directly committed the crimes or as a p

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A2083

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions arising from the shooting of his girlfriend and the burning of her body inside her vehicle to conceal her