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  • Moody v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Morrison, (The Morrison Firm), Atlanta, Mark Aaron Loudon-Brown, Michael Boland Admirand, (Southern Center for Human Rights), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Burke Olivia Doherty, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee; Anna Marie Arceneaux, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S23P0046

    Court affirms convictions for murder and other crimes and a sentence of death over defendant's multiple challenges and in view of statutory requirements for the death penalty

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Kwashnak, (Public Defender's Office), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Plez Higdon Hardin, Lewis Ramon Lamb, (Southwestern Circuit District Attorney), Americus, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1266

    Court affirms aggravated assault and felony murder convictions but vacates aggravated assault sentence that should have merged.