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  • Nabors v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Vance Patterson, (The Law Office of Brian V. Patterson, LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Sarah Jane Thomas, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Aslean Zachary Eaglin, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0610

    Court affirms convictions for murder and related crimes over defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and failure to corroborate accomplice testimony

  • Burns v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee; Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, Hunter Joseph Rodgers, Smyrna, for Amicus Appellant; Jennifer Lauren Hyman, (Arora Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, James Matthew Bass, (Bass Legal), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S23G1192

    Court affirms that defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel was not violated when law enforcement personnel listened to recorded jail calls that did not include privileged matters

  • Pyne v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kalki Yalamanchili, (Y’Chili Law LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Grace Guthrie Griffith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Thomas L. Williams, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0670

    Court affirms convictions for murder and other crimes, and rejects claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and improper closing argument by prosecutor

  • 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

  • Greene v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Kenneth Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Eric Christopher Peters, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth Dalia Racine, Aimee F. Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney’s Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0200

    Any Error In Admitting Evidence of Prior Assaults on Murder Defendant's Ex-Girlfriends Was Harmless

  • McCalop v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. M. Raffauf, (J. M. Raffauf P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Ashley Cecelia O’Neal, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0210

    Defense Witness Opened Door to Presenting Evidence of Defendant's Bad Character

  • Jenkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1127

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's challenge to sufficiency and admission of evidence and assertions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Walker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0779

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel.

  • Waller v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, William Donald Kelly, Jr., (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0276

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and vacates armed robbery conviction due to merger error.