• Bennett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2025-01-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    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, Grace Guthrie Griffith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Kalleen Greene, Lee Darragh, (Hall County District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, Anna Victoria Fowler, (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A1374

    Court Affirms Convictions in Attempted Robbery and Fatal Shooting of Elderly Victim, Rejecting Defendant's Challenges to Evidence and Jury Instructions

  • Williams et al. v. Powell et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David N. Dreyer, Quinton G. Washington, Deana Holiday Ingraham, (Washington Dreyer & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Gerald Richard Weber, Jr., (Law Offices of Gerald Weber, LLC), Atlanta, Ebony Jervonnè Brown, Megan Toomer, (Southern Center for Human Rights), Atlanta, Zack Greenamyre, (Mitchell & Shapiro LLP), Atlanta, , for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Ross Warren Bergethon, Deborah Nolan Gore, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, Zachary Mullinax, Justin Thomas Golart, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0591

    Court constitutionality of statute that places restrictions on disruptive conduct in legislative spaces