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In the Interest of C.C. et al., Children.

Publication Date: 2022-09-13
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Health Care Law
Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Buell Hume, (Hume, Jaacks & Associates, LLC), Cumming, Brittani Chandler, Cumming, for appellant.
for defendant: Ross Warren Bergethon, Shalen S. Nelson, Bryan Keith Webb, Emily Allen Harris, Christopher M. Carr, Hannah Basta, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kris-Ann Poe, Hiawassee Rochelle Ann Doyle, Roswell, for appellee; Melissa D. Carter, (Emory University School of Law), Atlanta, Edward Albert Bedard, Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus; Mathew K. Titus, (Titus Law LLC), Alpharetta, Victoria Cuneo Powell, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Kurtis George Anderson, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for Other Party.
Case Number: S22A0584

Juvenile Court Applied Wrong Standard in Determining Parents' Religious Objection to Vaccinating Children Was Insincere

Phillips v. Jackson, Judge et al.

Publication Date: 2022-08-31
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda K Johns, (City of Atlanta Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Christopher Wynter, Hermise Pierre, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S22A0503

Court affirms denial of habeus petition to municipal court's decision because petitioner had another adequate remedy at law.

Jones v. The State

Publication Date: 2022-07-20
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Tarleton Law, LLC), Atlanta, David Joseph Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Macon, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Mark Preston Jones, Columbus, Frederick Lewis, Alonza Whitaker, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
Case Number: S22A0069

Court reverses murder convictions because trial court erred in removing and replacing a juror who was unable to agree to a guilty verdict

Goodman v. The State

Publication Date: 2022-06-07
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Crawford, (Crawford & Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Brent Cochran, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Gray, Monticello, for appellee.
Case Number: S22A0306

Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes but vacates a sentence over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and error admitting evidence

Hounkpatin v. The State

Publication Date: 2022-06-02
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Richard Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
Case Number: S22A0564

Trial Court Properly Admitted Evidence That Defendant Assaulted Child Victim and Siblings Prior to Victim's Death

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

Davis v. The State

Publication Date: 2021-12-22
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Davis Smith, (Conger & Smith, LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gregory W. Edwards, (Dougherty County District Attorney's Office), Albany, for appellee.
Case Number: S21A1198

Jury Did Not Have to Believe Defendant's Self-Serving Testimony That He Was Defending Himself

Pindling v. The State

Publication Date: 2021-04-29
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: William Jerles, (Daniel, Lawson, Tuggle & Jerles, LLP), Perry, for appellee. Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Catherine Harris Helms, Bradfield M. Shealy, Michelle Thomas Harrison, (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta, for other party.
Case Number: S21A0084

Trial Court's Failure to Instruct Jury That Accomplice Testimony Must Be Corroborated Was Plain Error

Allen v. The State

Publication Date: 2020-12-16
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Alexander Miller, (Steven A. Miller Law), Summerville, Christina Rupp Cribbs, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Christopher Allen Arnt, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr., Kevin Jameson Baugh, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S20A1081

Any Error in Admission of Statement Implicating Co-Conspirator Was Harmless

November 24, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Challengers to Atlanta Falcons Stadium Tax Deal Seek Recusal of Five Justices

The lawyer working to undo the deal shielding Mercedes-Benz Stadium from paying taxes cited the justices' ties to King & Spalding, Holland & Knight and the Federalist Society.

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