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  • Williams et al. v. Powell et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David N. Dreyer, Quinton G. Washington, Deana Holiday Ingraham, (Washington Dreyer & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Gerald Richard Weber, Jr., (Law Offices of Gerald Weber, LLC), Atlanta, Ebony Jervonnè Brown, Megan Toomer, (Southern Center for Human Rights), Atlanta, Zack Greenamyre, (Mitchell & Shapiro LLP), Atlanta, , for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Ross Warren Bergethon, Deborah Nolan Gore, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, Zachary Mullinax, Justin Thomas Golart, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0591

    Court constitutionality of statute that places restrictions on disruptive conduct in legislative spaces

  • Zayas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Lawrence Jason Zimmerman, (The Law Office of Lawrence J. Zimmerman), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lee Darragh, (Hall County District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, Kelley Martin Robertson, Anna Victoria Fowler, (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0025

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence, contentions of ineffective assistance, and jury instruction error

  • Floyd v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), St. Atlanta, Jason Michael McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, Bailey Rachel Simkoff, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1042

    Court reverses conviction for felony murder due to ineffective assistance of defendant's trial counsel relating to a jury instruction on self-defense and felon-in-possession of a firearm

  • Maynor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Alan Anderson, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Jayna Edwards, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0753

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Alleged Failure to Adequately Cross-Examine Prosecution Witness

  • Roberts v. Cuthpert

    Publication Date: 2023-10-10
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, or appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Christopher Waymire, Terry Eugene Williams, (Williams & Waymire, LLC), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0631

    Court holds that a party can seek costs and fees from a judge who denied a weapons carry license, finding that the judge did not have a sovereign immunity defense to the claim

  • Wood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Allen Yurachek, (Yurachek & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, III, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gray, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0637

    Evidence Did Not Support Defendant's Claim He Shot Victim in Self-Defense

  • Blocker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Michelle Kempter, (Kempter Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Burke Olivia Doherty, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0032

    Excited Utterance Applied Where Declarant Was Disturbed and Only 20 Minutes Had Passed Following Incident

  • Monroe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katherine Morgan Mason, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jennifer Rue Smith, Chase Landon Studstill, (Alapaha Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Nashville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1116

    Misconduct of Two Jurors Did Not Require Mistrial

  • State of Georgia et al. v. Federal Defender Program, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-10
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Criminal Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie Adams Jacobs, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Sabrina Dawn Graham, Paula Khristian Smith, Jonathan David Loegel, Brooke Heinz Chaplain, Christopher M. Carr, Logan B. Winkles, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronan Patrick Doherty, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, John H. Fleming, (Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan), Atlanta, Ann Grunewald Fort, (Eversheds Sutherland LLP), Atlanta, Michael Adam Caplan, Julia Blackburn Stone Cameron Blaine Roberts, (Caplan Cobb LLP), Atlanta, Susan Jill Benton, Monet Brewerton-Palmer, (Federal Defender Program), Atlanta, for appellee; Patrick Mulvaney, Michael Boland Admirand, Ryan Primerano, (Southern Center For Human Rights), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee; Anna Marie Arceneaux, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S22A1099

    E-Mail Exchange Between Deputy Attorney General and Capital Defense Attorneys Was Contract Sufficient to Waive Sovereign Immunity

  • Mitchell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-05
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis Hewitt, (Davis Hewitt Law Firm), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, Destiny H. Bryant, Buffy Dionne Thomas, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0771

    Custodial Statements to Police Were Not Induced by Fear of Injury or Hope of Benefit Reprimand Appropriate Sanction