• Gebhardt v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Scott Johnston, (Virgil L. Brown & Associates), Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Benjamin David Coker, Brittany Ashton Fallin, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Griffin, Marc A. Mallon, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19A1582

    Evidence at Trial Was Sufficient to Support Conviction of Malice Murder in Connection with Torture and Stabbing That Took Place in 1983

  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Santos Fleischman, Noah Howard Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Hinton Zon, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18G0365

    Court Affirms Conviction of Sexual Predator Despite Erroneous Admission of Evidence of Alleged Victim's Sexual History in Contravention of Georgia's Rape Shield Law After Victim Testified That She Had Sexually Abused Others After Being Abused by Defendant