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May 19, 2021 | Supreme Court Brief

Defending 'Times v. Sullivan' | Larry Flynt's FBI File: Supreme Court Mentions | Barrett Makes Waves | Headlines: Breyer, Kagan and More

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April 30, 2021 | New York Law Journal

A Crisis of Faith (in the Rule of Law)

Rolando T. Acosta, Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department writes about the importance of civic education, as the rule of law depends on the public's faith in government and an understanding of how it works.

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February 8, 2021 | National Law Journal

Inside Merrick Garland's Year as Brennan Clerk at the Supreme Court

"He is a person of exceptional talent and great personal integrity," the late Justice William Brennan Jr. wrote in a letter in 1995. "I have had over 100 law clerks and Merrick is one of the best."

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Harris v. The State

Publication Date: 2020-11-17
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, George Epps Lipscomb, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
Case Number: S20A0786

Evidence Regarding Defendant's Prior Domestic Difficulties Was Intrinsic to Prosecution's Presentation of Murder Case

Lester v. The State

Publication Date: 2020-11-05
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold Burton Baker, (Tift Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Tifton, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, Jennifer Dawn Hart, Robert Alan Rogers, Patrick Warren, (Tift Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee.
Case Number: S20A0827

Trial Court Did Not Err in Admitting Statements Defendant Made to Law Enforcement After Victim's Death or in Denying His Motion for Mistrial Arising From the Presence of an Alternate Juror During Jury Deliberations

Clark v. The State

Publication Date: 2020-09-09
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Joseph Walker, (Circuit Public Defender's Office), Gray, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Richard G. Milam, Cynthia Trimboli Adams, (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney's Office), Barnesville, for appellee.
Case Number: S20A1021

Trial Counsel Was Not Ineffective in Failing to Request That the Jury Be Instructed it Could Consider Co-Defendant's Felony Convictions in Assessing His Credibility

Crowder v. State of Georgia

Publication Date: 2020-07-13
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Glenn Alan Loewenthal, (Glen Loewenthal, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Tiffany Collette Boulware, Tasha Monique Mosley, John Evans Fowler, Karen Smith Barbour, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee. Jimmy Dodd Berry, (Jim D. Berry, PC), Marietta, Lisa Lynn Wells, (Lisa L. Wells, LLC), Marietta, for other party.
Case Number: S19G0931

In Rem Forfeiture Complaint May Be Served By Publication When Interest Holder Resides Out of State

Hood v. The State

Publication Date: 2020-06-19
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Emily Kathleen Richardson, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Zina B. Gumbs, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
Case Number: S20A0343

No Reasonable Probability That Engaging Independent Firearms Expert Would Have Altered Trial Result

Martin v. The State

Publication Date: 2020-05-26
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Jonathan Lang Adams, Elizabeth Knight Presley, Cynthia Trimboli Adams, (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney's Office), Barnesville, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S20A0273

Court affirms murder convictions over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel, but vacates improper sentence and remands for resentencing

Dixon v. State of Texas

Publication Date: 2020-02-17
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Court of Criminal Appeals
Judge: Judge Keller
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Case Number: PD-0048-19

In this contentious murder-for-hire case, the court of appeals reversed appellant's conviction for two reasons: (1) because cell phone location information was improperly admitted; and (2) because the trial court deprived him of a public trial.