• Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Yelton Peace, (Manning Peace, LLC), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, Fani T. Willis, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Burke Olivia Doherty, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0958

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's contentions of violation of a speedy trial right, trial court evidentiary error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Willis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Nathan Kelbaugh, (The Kelbaugh Firm, LLC), Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0801

    Court affirms convictions for murder and other offenses over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence, trial court jury instruction error, and ineffective assistance

  • Clark v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen H Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert McIntosh Poston, Jr., Victoria Keely Parker, (Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0630

    No Showing Made That Juror's Alleged Communication With Member of Victim's Family Denied Defendant Right to Fair Trial

  • Peacock v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Jason Michael McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, James Linder Prine, Michelle Thomas Harrison, Bradfield M. Shealy, (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0578

    Warrant For Search of Home Authorized Search of Vehicle Parked in Curtilage

  • Hall et al. v. Davis Lawn Care Service, Inc., et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Madden Cork, (Law Offices of Charles M. Cork, III), Decatur, Trent B. Speckhals, (Speckhals Law, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Holder Smith, Jr., William Justin Purvis, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith & Lawrence), Valdosta, Thomas Packer Willingham, Mary Leah Miller, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, PC), Atlanta, William U. Norwood, (Attorney at Law), Thomasville, Yehuda Smolar, (Yes Law Group LLC), Atlanta, Richard K. Hines, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, Raleigh Willis Rollins, (Alexander & Vann, LLP), Thomasville, for appellee; Roy M. Sobelson, Atlanta, Melinda Cole Pillow, (Law Office of Melinda C. Pillow, LLC), Decatur, Brian Michael Deutsch, (McCurdy & Candler, LLC), Decatur, Linda S. Pacer, (Pacer Law LLC), Alpharetta, Kevin Timothy O’Sullivan, (Cohen, Pollock, Merlin Turner, P.C.), Atlanta, Millie Baumbusch, (Baumbusch Law, LLC), Atlanta, Allison L. Byrd, (Morgan & Disalvo, P.C.), Alpharetta, Ruthann P. Lacey, (Law Office Of Ruthann P. Lacey, P.C.), Atlanta, Deana M. Spencer, (Spencer Law, LLC), Lawrenceville, David Paul Pollan, (The Pollan Law FIRM), Atlanta, Sarah Elizabeth Siedentopf, (Siedentopf LAW), Atlanta, Hamida Jackson-Little, (Law Offices of HJ Little), Alpharetta, Diane Beth Weinberg, (Weinberg Elder Law, LLC), Sandy Springs, Mark Allen Crigler Robinson, (Robinson & Blazer, LLP), Decatur, for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: s22g0019

    Conservator Did Not Forfeit Exclusive Power to Participate in Litigation on Behalf of Minor Children