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  • Starks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan C. Malone, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; D. Parks White, Michael Martin Coveney, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Danielsville, Jeffrey Lee, (Office of the Elbert County District Attorney), Elberton, for other party.
    Case Number: S24A1015

    Court Affirms Felony Murder Conviction and Sentencing for High-Speed Chase Death Over Defendant's Claim of. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and the State's Claim of Merger Error

  • Downer v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thea Adele Delage, Jerilyn Lyshette Bell, (Office of the Georgia Capital Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George R. Christian, James E. Staples, Jr., (Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Clarkesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0632

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's multiple contention of evidentiary and trial court error

  • Cook v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    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

  • Swinson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jami L. Lewis, (Harrell & Lewis, LLC), Camilla, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Thomas Craig Earnest, Ronald Victor McNease, (Pataula Circuit District Attorney's Office), Blakely, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0396

    Defendant Had No Reasonable Expectation of Cell Phone Records Privacy Under Earlier Case Law