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  • Sturkey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Robinson Watts, Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lewis Ramon Lamb, (Southwestern Circuit District Attorney), Americus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0493

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, improper statements by trial court, and ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • The State et al. v. SASS Group, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law | Government
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Tina Michelle Piper, Cristina Maria Correia, Christopher M. Carr, Ross Warren Bergethon, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Daniel Church, (The Church Law Firm, LLC), Roswell, Page Anthony Pate, (Pate, Johnson & Church, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Andrew (Andy) J. Welch, III, Warren Michael Tillery, Brandon Filson Palmer, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, John Elwin Stell, Jr., (Smith, , Welch, Webb & White, LLC), Winder, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S22A1243

    Suit For Declaratory Relief Naming Both State and County District Attorney as Defendants Was Barred by Sovereign Immunity

  • Brookins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josh David Moore, Thea Adele Delage, (Office of the Georgia Capital Defender), Atlanta, Michael Boland Admirand, Katherine L. Moss, (Southern Center for Human Rights), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, III, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gray, Sydney Elizabeth Segers, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Milledgeville, for appellee; Anna Marie Arceneaux, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for other party
    Case Number: S22P0556

    No Error in Jury's Decision to Find Capital Defendant Not "Mentally Retarded" or "Mentally Ill"

  • General Motors, LLC v. Buchanan et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Consumer Protection | Products Liability | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, Cari Katrice Dawson, Jamie S. George, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Charles B. Marsh, Myrece R. Johnson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, Brian Patrick Kappel, Michael Lester Bell, Rachel McCulley Lary, Christopher Cameron Yearout, (Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC), Birmingham, Jonathan Bradley Spital, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Alan Dawson, Lance Alan Cooper, (The Cooper Firm), Marietta, James Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Cross Firm, LLC), Decatur, for appellee; Richard B. North, Jr., Christopher Shaun Polston, Steven H. Campbell, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, Nicole A. Saharsky, Minh Nguyen-Dang, (Mayer Brown LLP), Washington, Charles Haake, David Edward Bright, (Alliance Of Automobile Manufacturers), Washington, Alexander Bunnen Feinberg, Mary Kathryn Mangan, John Cowles Neiman, Jr., (Maynard Cooper & Gale P.C.), Birmingham, Leah Ward Sears, Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, William V. Custer, IV, Christian James Bromley, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Rocco Eugene Testani, Lee Alexander Peifer, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, Philip S. Goldberg, Anna Sumner Pieschel, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Thomas Bayman, Chilton D. Varner, Billie Barker Pritchard, Paul Alessio Mezzina, (King & Spalding LLP), Washington, Christopher M. Carr, Drew F. Waldbeser, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Darren Wade Penn, Kevin M. Ketner, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Nkosi John Bey, (American Association for Justice), Washington, Christopher Dean Glover, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.), Atlanta, Lindsay Alexandra Forlines, (Forlines Law, LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Roberts Chance, (Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21G1147

    Corporate Defendant Had Burden of Persuasion to Show High-Ranking Executive Was Entitled to Protection From Deposition

  • Pender v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, Benjamin E. Gephardt, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1505

    Admission of Other Co-Defendants' Redacted Statements to Police Was Not Bruton Error

  • 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

  • Shaw v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Mitchell Harrison, (Oconee Circuit Public Defender Oconee Cirucit), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta. Timothy Grady Vaughn, Keely Kight Pitts, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0789

    Defendant Waived Right to Counsel at Pre-Trial Hearing; Prior Violent Acts Against Witness Sufficiently Showed Course of Conduct

  • Holmes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-25
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., (Jones Appellate Law Practice), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Natalie Spires Paine, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0559

    Trial Court Failed to Exercise its Discretion to Act as the 'Thirteenth Juror' in Ruling Upon Defendant's Motion for a New Trial