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  • Bridges v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph C. Timothy Lewis, (JCTL Law), Columbus, Angela Dillon, Columbus, Kenneth Wayne Sheppard, Michael Steven Webb, (The Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ruth M. Pawlak, Fani T. Willis, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0773

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of trial court error on general grounds and in striking prospective jurors

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Bruce Steven Harvey, (Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, William Shawn Patrick Hammond, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0399

    Severance Properly Denied Where Separate Crimes Were Committed During Continuing Course of Criminal Violence

  • Cook v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Lorraine Leslie, (The Leslie Group, LLC), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ross Warren Bergethon, William Wright Banks, Jr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Oliver Jackson Browning, Jr., (Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cedartown, for appellee; Jill Anderson Travis, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia), Morrow, James C. Bonner, Jr., (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S21A1270

    Criminal Defendant Alleging Deprivation of Right of Appeal Due to Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Must Seek Habeas Relief

  • Black Voters Matter Fund Inc. et al. v. Kemp et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Court Administration | Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Thomas Rhodes, Samuel Aaron Emas, (Hunter Rhodes LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Barrett Belinfante, Vincent Robert Russo, Jr., Javier Pico-Prats, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Holly Anne Pierson, (Pierson Law LLC), Atlanta, Russell David Willard, Lee M. Stoy, Jr., Christopher M. CarrBryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Wayne Brown, Samuel Ethan Meller, (Augusta Law Department), Augusta, George R. Hall, William James Keogh, III, James Christopher Driver, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, Barry Abbott Fleming, Frank Adam Nelson, Paul Simon Patterson Williams, (Fleming & Nelson, LLP), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1263

    Voter Advocacy Organization Lacked Standing to Challenge Legislation Splitting Judicial Circuit Into Two New Circuits

  • Ellis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Chappell, II, Roswell, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher Allen Arnt, Lynsay Peardon Chapman, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lafayette, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0780

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's contentions that his Miranda waiver was improper due to intoxication, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Moon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kirby Clements, Jr., (The Clements Law Group, LLC.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Bradley Robert Thompson, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0454

    Trial Court's Removal of Holdout Juror During Deliberation Without Sufficient Cause Was Prejudicial Error

  • Wilson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, Veronica M. O'Grady, (Clayton County Public Defender), Morrow, Christina Rupp Cribbs, (Georgia Innocence Project), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Allen Arnt, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, Megan Camille Gaither, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Ringgold, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1295

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation and other crimes over defendant's claims that prior act evidence was inadmissible

  • Love et al. v. Fulton County Board of Tax Assessors et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-24
    Practice Area: Evidence | Tax
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne B. Kendall, (Wayne B. Kendall, P.C.), Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher M. Carr, Julie Adams Jacobs, Alex Fredrick Sponseller, John Scott Forbes,, Joseph Lawton Bearden, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Robert Sparks Highsmith, Jr., Allen Andre Hendrick, Phil James George, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Detriss Thomas, Patrise M. Perkins-Hooker, Kaye Woodard Burwell, Cheryl Melissa Ann Ringer, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, , for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0329

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Dismissing Fulton County Taxpayers' Mandamus Claim Against Board of Tax Assessors

  • Stewart v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Oliver Jackson Browning, Jr., (Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cedartown, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0074

    Court affirms felony murder and aggravated assault convictions but vacates defendant's sentence due to a merger error

  • Morris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, Atlantic Beach, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stephen Andrew Bradley, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Milledgeville, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Gray, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0191

    Evidence at Trial Was Sufficient to Warrant Convictions for Malice Murder and Robbery Beyond a Reasonable Doubt