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  • Coverstone v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wallace Rogers, (Burns Law Group PC), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Marietta, Cliff Head, Damion Overstreet, (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1619

    Court affirms denial of suppression of evidence seized during a warrantless vehicle search, finding probable cause based on the totality of circumstances amid legal CBD possession

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kaylie Brewton, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rocky Bridges, (Assistant District Attorney), Woodbine, George Barnhill, (District Attorney District Attorney's Office), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0457

    Attorney Was Constitutionally Ineffective For Failing to Move to Suppress Evidence From Vehicle Search

  • Clary v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Peil (Huggins Peil LLC), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White (District Attorney), Hartwell; Meghan Bowden (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Elberton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1593

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for two counts of first-degree arson, concealing the death of another and three counts of theft by bringing stolen property into the State and defense counsel was not deficient in failing to object to statements the prosecutor made during closing argument, as the statements were not improper.