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January 7, 2025 | Daily Report Online

Slideshow: Judges Who've Retired but Didn't Step Down

Here's a look at the latest retired jurists throughout the Peach State who've opted not to step down fully from the bench.

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Robbins v. State

Publication Date: 2016-12-13
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy L. Ihrig Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Margaret E. Heap, District Attorney, Lyndsey H. Rudder, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Aimee F. Sobhani, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S16A1342

The trial court did not err in admitting into evidence statements the murder victim allegedly made to her niece on the morning after her husband beat her, which the niece then relayed to a police of

Case v. State

Publication Date: 2016-12-01
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen R. Scarborough, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, and David K. Getachew-Smith Sr., Chief Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S16A1086

The habeas court incorrectly concluded that an affidavit showing a party's lack of notice of the final hearing cannot constitute grounds for setting the final habeas order

Dawson v. State

Publication Date: 2016-11-28
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Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean H. Joyner The Joyner Law Firm, and Keith C. Martin, Jonesboro, for appellant.
for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Michael D. Thurston, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth M. Haase, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S16A0786

The evidence supported defendant's convictions for malice murder, burglary and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime after he entered his estranged wife's house and stabbed her and

Crews v. State

Publication Date: 2016-11-11
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren B. Shubow, Kenneth D. Kondritzer, and Jessica A. Seares Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Kevin C. Armstrong District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, Lenny I. Krick, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S16A1003

The evidence supported defendant's convictions for murder and other offenses, but the trial court erred in failing to sentence him for a crime for which he was found guilty and properly should have

Clark v. State

Publication Date: 2016-06-13
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Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven E. Phillips Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Joshua D. Morrison, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S16A0230

The defendant failed to prove his ineffective assistance of counsel claims in his trial for murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a f

Stanbury v. State

Publication Date: 2016-06-01
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric J. Taylor Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, David K. Getachew-Smith Sr., Chief Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S16A0321

The trial court committed plain error in not providing a jury charge on the necessity of corroborating accomplice testimony, and the Court therefore reversed the defendant's convictions for murder a

Blackwell v. State

Publication Date: 2016-05-27
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenya B. Herring Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Kevin C. Armstrong District Attorney's Office, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Scott O. Teague, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S16A0270

The defendant waived his right to withdraw his guilty plea when he agreed to testify against his co-indictees as part of a plea

Darling v. McLaughlin

Publication Date: 2016-05-26
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry J. Marlowe, Albany, for appellant.
for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S16A0071

The habeas court failed to consider the relevant statutory factors in determining whether the petitioner's motion to voluntarily dismiss his pro se petition for habeas corpus relief was p

Jones v. State

Publication Date: 2016-05-12
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia W. Harrison Harrison Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick, Assistant District Attorney, Tamara L. Ross, Shannon E. Hodder District Attorney's Office, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S16A0498

The trial court properly admitted into evidence an incriminating telephone call the defendant made from jail, as the State showed that the jail recording system accurately recorded phone calls, that