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  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, John B. Merchant, III, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John Richard Edwards, Jesse David Evans, D. Victor Reynolds, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1572

    Law Enforcement Agency Is Not Required to Provide a Deaf Person With an Interpreter Until the Deaf Person 'Is Arrested'

  • McDonald v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Davis Smith, (Conger & Smith, LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Scott Orion Teague, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Timothy Lee Eidson, Ronald Victor McNease, Jr., (Pataula Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cuthbert, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1357

    The Court, being bound by law of the case and res judicata, denies murder defendant's second appeal and affirms his convictions.