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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Felton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew K. Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy, Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Assistant, Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Assistant, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, A.D.A., Natalie Spires Paine, District Attorney , Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., District Attorney (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0627

    Court Upholds Conviction of Murderer Who Claimed Trial Judge Interfered with Witness Examination

  • Drews v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Veronica M. O'Grady (GPDC Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder (Department of Law), Atlanta; Rosemary M. Greene, Jana Willingham Allen (Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1873

    Defense Counsel Not Constitutionally Ineffective Assistance For Failing to Investigate Allegations Raised in Supplemental Police Report and Video