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  • Harvey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-27
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, William Allen Adams, Jr., (Griffin Circuit Public Defender Office), Thomaston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, (Fayette County District Attorney's Office), Fayetteville, Marie Greene Broder, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0871

    Plea Counsel Did Not Perform Deficiently In Advising Defendant Regarding Right to Withdraw Plea and File Direct Appeal

  • Young v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josh David Moore, Thea Adele Delage, (Office of the Georgia Capital Defender), Atlanta, Brian Stull, (American Civil Liberties Union), Durham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Sabrina Dawn Graham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee. Andrew John King, (Fisherbroyles, LLP), Atlanta, Laurence Shtasel, Taylor Lake, Heidi Crikelair, (Blank Rome LLP), Philidelphia, for Amicus Appellant. Vanessa J. Carroll, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S21P0078

    Requiring Death Penalty Defendant to Prove Intellectual Disability Beyond Reasonable Doubt Not Unconstitutional

  • Fitts v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert James Beckwith, (The Beckwith Law Firm), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Patrick Doupé, (Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomson, Steven Tyler Normandia, (District Attorney's Office for the Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0159

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion Shooter's Girlfriend Was Party to His Crimes

  • Gobert v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen H Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, John Winston Franklin, Christopher Allen Arnt, (Lookout Mountain District Attorney's Office), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0141

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and trial court error

  • Heinze v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-01-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, Atlantic Beach, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jacquelyn Lee Johnson, Thomas Edward Buscemi, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1353

    Defendant Affirmatively Waived Any Claim of Trial Court Error in Removing Juror During Deliberations

  • Lanier v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Earle Johnston Duncan, III, (Attorney at Law), Darien, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jacquelyn Lee Johnson, John B. Johnson, Thomas Edward Buscemi, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1192

    Court affirms defendant's convictions for murder and other crimes over contentions of insufficient evidence, ineffective assistance, and evidentiary errors

  • Geer v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kermit S. Dorough, Jr., (Kermit S. Dorough, Jr., LLC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louis Edward Hatcher, Frank Faison Middleton, IV, Charles Knox Wainright, II, Maggie Lynn McMichael, (Watson Spence LLP), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19G1265

    Party's Statutory Counterclaim for Attorney Fees Not Subject to Anti-SLAPP Statute Motion to Strike

  • Eggleston v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Allen Pflepsen, (Woodall and Pflepsen, P.C.), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lewis Ramon Lamb, (Southwestern Circuit District Attorney), Americus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1258

    Circumstantial Evidence Was Enough to Support Defendant's Convictions for Felony Murder and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony

  • Blackshear v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Davis Smith, (Conger & Smith, LLC), Bainbridge
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Michael L. Bankston, (Twitty & Bankston), Camilla, Joseph Kenneth Mulholland, Moruf O. Oseni, (South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0713

    Trial Court Did Not Fail to Exercise "Thirteenth Juror" Discretion in Denying New Trial Motion on General Grounds

  • Davenport v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Chappell, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Allen Arnt, Herbert E. Franklin, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0035

    Evidence Supported Malice Murder Conviction; Trial Court Did Not Abuse Its Discretion in Admitting Hearsay Evidence of Prior Difficulties Between Defendant and Victim