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Calhoun v. The State

Publication Date: 2020-04-02
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Benham
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erika Clarke Birg, Lucas Allen Westby, Brandon Oliver Moulard, Shaniqua Singleton, Elizabeth A. Falconer, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, David Parks White, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Hartwell, Brian Joseph Atkinson, (Wilbanks CEASE Clinic), Athens, for appellee.
Case Number: S19A1411

State Trooper's Action in Executing PIT Maneuver on Fleeing Car Was Not Intervening Cause of Passenger's Death

Walker v. The State

Publication Date: 2020-03-03
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Benham
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Allen Adams, Jr., (Griffin Circuit Public Defender Office), Thomaston, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Benjamin David Coker, Brittany Ashton Fallin, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Griffin, for appellee.
Case Number: S19A1520

Jury Was Properly Instructed on Elements of Malice Murder Despite Trial Court's Singular Use of Wrong Word in Jury Instruction

February 3, 2020 | Daily Report Online

'I Put on the Armor of the Law to Slay the Dragons,' Justice Benham Says at UGA Lecture

"I tell you this to tell you what lawyers do and why they do it," Benham said. "But there are certain things that the law can't handle. We can't let the evils of yesterday use up our tomorrows. As a people, we have more in common than things that separate us."

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Ford v. Tate

Publication Date: 2019-12-26
Practice Area: Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Benham
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tayo Popoola, Sabrina Dawn Graham, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Mark Evan Olive, (Law Office of Mark E. Olive, P.A.), Tallahassee, Vanessa J. Carroll, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S19A0825

Habeas Court Erred in Concluding That Trial Counsel Was Prejudicially Deficient in Presenting Mitigating Evidence at Sentencing Trial

Martin et al. v. Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections et al.

Publication Date: 2019-12-20
Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce Perrin Brown, (Bruce P. Brown Law LLC), Atlanta, Russell Todd Abney, Blake Todd Tanase, (Ferrer, Poirot & Wansbrough), Sandy Springs, for appellant.
for defendant: Joshua Barrett Belinfante, Vincent Robert Russo, Jr., Carey Allen Miller, Alexander Fraser Denton, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Annette M. Cowart, Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, Andrew Alan Pinson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patrise M. Perkins-Hooker, Kaye Woodard Burwell, Cheryl Melissa Ann Ringer, David Robert Lowman, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, Richard A. Carothers, Brian Richard Dempsey, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Bryan Paul Tyson, Frank B. Strickland, Bryan Francis Jacoutot, Bryan Paul Tyson, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Edward H. Lindsey, Jr., (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S19A0769

Parties Challenging 2018 Election Failed to Provide Sufficient Evidence to Support Their Claim That Defects in Electronic Voting Machines Cast Doubt on Election Results

Williams v. The State

Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Benham
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
for defendant: Wanda Lynn Vance, Laura Katherine Lukert, (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney's Office), Gainesville, Lee Darragh, (Hall County District Attorney's Office), Gainesville, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S19A0860

Evidence That Defendant Fired Gun to Repel Attack Insuffieient to Support Voluntary Manslaughter Jury Instruction

Taylor v. The State

Publication Date: 2019-07-30
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Benham
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Walter Kraus, (Office of the Public Defender), Jonesboro, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tracy Graham Lawson, Elizabeth A. Baker, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
Case Number: S19A0373

Trial Court's Error, If Any, In Admitting Extrinsic Act Evidence Was Harmless

Jackson v. The State

Publication Date: 2019-07-30
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Benham
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Elizabeth Bullard, (Fulton County Public Defender's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Teri Brown Walker, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S19A0231

Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Not Challenging Testimony Regarding Defendant's Failure to Come Forward With Crime Information

The State v. Burns

Publication Date: 2019-07-10
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Benham
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shannon Glover Wallace, Cliff Head, (Cherokee County District Attorney's Office), Canton, Randall Joseph Ivey, (District Attorney Office for Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, for appellant.
for defendant: Scott Thomas Poole, Michael Anthony Ray, (Grisham & Poole, P.C.), Canton, for appellee. Michael Scott Carlson, (Georgia Bureau of Investigation), Decatur, D. Victor Reynolds, John Stuart Melvin, Charles Prescott Boring, John Richard Edwards, Amelia Greeson Pray, Jaret Teague Usher, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant. James L. Ford, Sr., (James Lee Ford, P.C.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
Case Number: S18G1354

Court overrules its precedent and concludes that Evidence Rule 403 does not preclude admission of witness's prior false allegations in sexual misconduct case

Price v. The State

Publication Date: 2019-04-03
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Benham
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Alston Pearlman, (Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, Christopher M. Carr, Vanessa Therese Sassano, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stephen Andrew Bradley, Jeff Preston Burks, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Madison, for appellee.
Case Number: S18A1491

Interrogator's Statements to Defendant Did Not Relate to Charges or Sentences And Therefore Did Not Render Statements Involuntary