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Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 30 de junio de 2022
McIver v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia revocó la condena por asesinato en la muerte a tiros de la esposa de Tex McIver, dictaminando que el juez de primera instancia debió permitir que el jurado considerara un cargo menor de homicidio involuntario como delito menor.
A review of selected cases on involuntary manslaughter provides some guidance for determining whether there is slight evidence of the commission of a lawful act in an unlawful manner to support an instruction on OCGA § 16-5-3 (b). For example, if the uncontradicted evidence shows that the defendant was not in lawful possession of the weapon that caused the...
of recklessness in their analysis of unlawful manner involuntary manslaughter. For example, in Drake v. State, 221 Ga. 347 (144 SE2d 519) (1965), the appellant shot and killed the victim in the woods of north Georgia. The appellant told the investigating officers that he was deer hunting but shot at what he thought was a fox in the mist or fog. While the...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 20 de septiembre de 2022
Jones v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de un hombre por un tiroteo fatal en 2015 en Augusta, dictaminando que un casquillo de escopeta hallado en su patio trasero fue incautado legalmente mientras oficiales ejecutaban una orden de arresto válida.
Nevertheless, the undisputed evidence also demonstrates that, at the time the officers went to execute the arrest warrant, they did not have a search warrant for Appellant’s residence. “The Fourth Amendment [to the United States Constitution] proscribes all unreasonable searches and seizures, and searches conducted without prior judicial approval are per se...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 30 de junio de 2022
In the Matter of Daniel Kirkland McCall
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia rechazó la propuesta de suspensión de seis meses de un abogado por descuidar a tres clientes, dictaminando que sus alegatos atenuantes, un reembolso no pagado y las condiciones de reincorporación propuestas no respaldaban aceptar el acuerdo tal como se ofrecía.
McCall states that while he recognizes the seriousness of this matter and takes full responsibility for his actions and inactions, he believes that a six-month suspension, nunc pro tunc to May 13, 2019, is appropriate here where all of the conduct in the Bar complaints occurred during the time in which he was in the midst of a psychotic episode and was...
The Bar has filed a response in which it agrees with the underlying facts and particular rule violations. As for aggravating factors, the Bar concludes that McCall had a dishonest or selfish motive, see ABA Standard 9.22 (a), because rather than explain that he had a health concern and was unable to provide legal representation, he avoided communicating...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 1 de febrero de 2022
Brennan v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato en grado de delito grave de una mujer por la muerte por escaldadura de su joven hijastra, dictaminando que una conferencia privada de negociación de culpabilidad y un breve comentario del juez a un detective no violaron sus derechos.
While leaving Fort Stewart, Madron was pulled over by the military police for using her cell phone while driving. Madron explained the situation concerning Harris to the military police officer and requested the U. S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (“CID”) be sent to the hospital to investigate. The military police officer told Madron that she would...
contact with her bio[logical] mother,”2 Harris “acts out” by biting her nails and pulling her hair out. A military police officer also spoke with Appellant at the hospital, and he testified that he had not observed any burns on Appellant’s hands or arms that night. Sometime that evening, Harris was transported to an Augusta hospital for more specialized...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 4 de octubre de 2022
In the Matter of Trent Lee Coggins
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia aceptó la petición de un abogado de Valdosta para una suspensión de seis meses por violaciones de cuenta fiduciaria, retroactiva a cuando dejó de ejercer, y lo reincorporó de inmediato porque el período de suspensión ya había transcurrido.
PER CURIAM. This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the report and recommendation of Special Master Jack J. Helms, Jr., who recommends that the Court accept the petition for voluntary discipline filed by respondent Trent Lee Coggins (State Bar No. 173299) pursuant to Bar Rule 4-227 (c) after the filing of a formal complaint. Coggins asks that the...
Here, the Special Master concluded that Coggins’s misconduct, although certainly serious, was mitigated by a number of considerations that tended to offset or deemphasize the aggravating factors, including his restitution, general acceptance of responsibility, remorse, and lack of any prior disciplinary history. Thus, the Special Master determined that a...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 8 de marzo de 2022
Junior v. Graham
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que una víctima de un accidente automovilístico puede cobrar honorarios de abogado y gastos de litigio bajo dos leyes distintas de Georgia sin que una recuperación cancele a la otra, revocando a la Corte de Apelaciones de Georgia.
2. (a) In interpreting OCGA §§ 9-11-68 (b) (2) and 13-6-11, we must presume that the General Assembly meant what it said and said what it meant. To that end, we must afford the statutory text its plain and ordinary meaning, we must view the statutory text in the context in which it appears, and we must read the statutory text in its most natural and...
OCGA §§ 13-6-11 and 9-11-68 (b) are differently worded. . . . OCGA § 13-6-11 expressly makes its litigation expenses “part of the damages” to be awarded by the jury, and an award under OCGA § 13-6-11 must be based on conduct arising from the transaction underlying the cause of action being litigated, not conduct during the course of the litigation...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 8 de marzo de 2022
Burns v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que los cambios de 2016 a las leyes de notificación al gran jurado para oficiales de policía son procesales, no sustantivos, por lo que se aplicaron a la acusación de 2018 de un oficial de Atlanta aunque el tiroteo ocurrió antes de que la ley cambiara.
because the trial court reached the right result, we affirm the court’s judgment. See Merchant Law Firm v. Emerson, 301 Ga. 609, 614 (1) (c) (800 SE2d 557) (2017) (affirming a trial court’s judgment as “right for any reason”). As an initial matter, we note that the framing of this case as one about the retroactive application of the 2016 amendments is...
The 2016 statutory amendments at issue here are not substantive in nature as they “create[ ] no new obligations and grant[ ] no substantive rights that did not exist before.” New Cingular, 308 Ga. at 735. Instead, the 2016 amendments merely changed the procedures for providing notice of a grand jury hearing to an accused police officer and the procedures...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 2 de noviembre de 2022
Ammons v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que la policía no puede usar la negativa de un sospechoso de DUI a tomar una prueba preliminar de alcoholemia o a cooperar con pruebas de sobriedad de campo como evidencia en el juicio, revocando un precedente de 29 años. La corte también rechazó un desafío constitucional distinto sobre el uso de negativas a pruebas de sangre como evidencia.
Search and Seizure Clause11 and Due Process Clause12 to insist that the police obtain a search warrant or satisfy some other exception to the warrant requirement before performing the test. And although our cases construing these provisions do not hold or suggest that a suspect’s refusal to consent to a blood test cannot be used against her at trial, she...
We reject this claim. As an initial matter, Ammons’s burden to establish this claim is a difficult one. We presume that statutes are constitutional, and before an act of the General Assembly can be declared unconstitutional, “the conflict between it and the fundamental law must be clear and palpable and this Court must be clearly satisfied of its...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 29 de noviembre de 2022
Eaker v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de un hombre del condado de Cherokee, y rechazó sus alegatos de que su abogado debió haber presentado una defensa de mal funcionamiento accidental del arma y que nueva evidencia justificaba un nuevo juicio.
Eaker also points to his expert’s testimony at the motion-for- new-trial hearing that the five bullet wounds to Audra’s head “arced” “up her head” “in almost a straight line,” as well as his testimony that the three bullets that missed Audra hit the roof, sun visor, and windshield of the car, as evidence that should have alerted trial counsel to the...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 25 de octubre de 2022
In the Matter of William D. Thompson, Jr
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia aceptó una petición enmendada de un abogado que buscaba una sanción recíproca por mal manejo de una cuenta fiduciaria en Florida, imponiendo una suspensión de un año retroactiva a enero de 2020.
certain conditions for readmission in Georgia). Thompson adds that Florida’s imposition of probation, which is unavailable in Georgia, does not preclude this Court from recognizing the one-year suspension as substantially similar, as this Court has previously approved reciprocal suspensions “without adding time for the probationary period.” In the Matter of...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 22 de junio de 2022
In the Matter of Sherri Len Washington
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia inhabilitó a la abogada del área de Atlanta Sherri Len Washington después de que abandonara los casos de tres clientes, no se comunicara con ellos y tergiversara hechos ante un cliente y un tribunal.
The record further shows that Washington violated Rule 1.5 in both SDBD Nos. 7445 and 7446 because she collected a fee that was unreasonable in light of the fact that she did no work in either case and because in SDBD No. 7445 she failed to communicate a basis for her fee to her client or his family. Finally, we agree that Washington violated Rule 1.16 in...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 8 de marzo de 2022
McEntyre v. Sams East, Inc
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que cualquiera que ayude a cargar un vehículo, no solo el conductor, tiene el deber legal de asegurar bien la carga, y puede ser demandado por negligencia si se incumple ese deber y alguien resulta herido como consecuencia.
(b) No person shall operate or load for operation, on any public road, any vehicle with any load unless such load and any covering thereon is securely fastened so as to prevent such covering or load from: (1) Becoming loose, detached, or in any manner becoming a hazard to other users of the public road[.] In considering the meaning of this statute, we must...
The question posed by the district court assumes that the person assisting with the loading is not also the operator of the vehicle. The phrase “[n]o person shall . . . load for operation” does not limit the duty imposed by the statute to secure a load and any covering thereon to the operator of the vehicle or a person primarily responsible for loading. “No...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 20 de diciembre de 2022
BARNHILL v. ALFORD
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que una abuela podía seguir solicitando visitas con su nieta incluso después de que la madrastra de la niña la adoptara, y confirmó que el estándar de prueba clara y convincente de la ley de visitas de abuelos es constitucional.
As discussed above, in the Barnhills’ motion attacking the constitutionality of OCGA § 19-7-3 (c) (1), (c) (3), and (c) (5), the Barnhills argue that these paragraphs are unconstitutional on their face because they: (1) ignore the best interests of the child; (2) violate the fundamental right of parents to make decisions concerning the care, custody, and...
OCGA § 19-7-3 (c) (1) provides in pertinent part that the court may grant any family member of the child reasonable visitation rights if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the health or welfare of the child would be harmed unless such visitation is granted and if the best interests of the child would be served by such visitation. The mere...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 22 de junio de 2022
In the Matter of Edward Hine, Jr
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia rechazó la solicitud de un abogado con muchos años de ejercicio de recibir una suspensión de seis meses por el mal uso admitido de fondos de un cliente en sucesión, al considerar que su falta reconocida podría por sí sola justificar la inhabilitación y que había omitido una falta relacionada con un fideicomiso aparte.
Hine acknowledges that he violated Rule 1.4 and Rule 1.8 (a) and (b) by failing to communicate with, and to seek the approval of, the estate’s beneficiaries before advancing funds to his operating account and that he violated Rule 1.15 (I) (a) and Rule 1.15 (II) (b) by depositing estate funds into his operating account. Hine asserts that a suspension would...
Furthermore, it is noteworthy that Hine’s treatment of the estate matter contains no mention of the fact that he overcharged the estate’s beneficiaries by more than $15,000 in fees. He appears to have refunded the overcharged fees to the beneficiaries, but, from a letter to the beneficiaries that Hine attached to his aforementioned letter to the Bar, it...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 20 de septiembre de 2022
State v. Burton
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la decisión de un tribunal de primera instancia de suprimir las declaraciones que un joven de 16 años hizo a la policía tras su arresto por asesinato, al determinar que el Estado no probó que renunció a sus derechos Miranda de forma consciente y voluntaria.
1. Background (a) Factual Background Viewing the evidentiary record in the light most favorable to the factual findings and to the judgment of the trial court, see Walker v. State, 312 Ga. 332, 336 (862 SE2d 542) (2021), the evidence shows the following. On October 23, 2017, when Burton was 16 years old, he was taken into custody for a murder that occurred...
sufficiently ambiguous to warrant a follow[-]up response from Detective Dobbs.” However, after Detective Ross testified, the trial court said: “I’m going to state . . . for the record now that it seems to me like the detective’s comments on what he heard on the video is based entirely or almost entirely on his listening to it this afternoon . . . on...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 22 de junio de 2022
In the Matter of Donald Francis Hawbaker
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia aceptó la entrega voluntaria de la licencia de un abogado del condado de Spalding que se declaró culpable de cinco cargos graves de agresión agravada contra un oficial de policía, una medida equivalente a la inhabilitación.
314 Ga. 77 FINAL COPY S22Y0718. IN THE MATTER OF DONALD FRANCIS HAWBAKER.
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 7 de septiembre de 2022
In the Matter of Andrew Matteson
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia rechazó la solicitud de un abogado de aceptar una suspensión de tres a seis meses por el mal manejo de fondos de clientes y el abandono de casos, porque no presentó pruebas de sus afirmaciones sobre salud mental ni de que hubiera compensado a sus clientes.
3 Rule 1.15 (I) (c) provides that, upon receiving funds in which a client has an interest, a lawyer shall promptly notify the client and deliver that portion of the funds which the client is entitled to receive. 4 Rule 1.16 (a) (2) provides that a lawyer shall withdraw from representation of a client if the lawyer’s physical or mental condition materially...
The State Bar has filed a response, stating that Matteson’s petition contains admissions of fact and conduct sufficient to authorize the imposition of the discipline he has requested and that the discipline Matteson requests is sufficient to serve as “a penalty to the offender, a deterrent to others and [ ] an indication to laymen that the courts will...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 15 de marzo de 2022
Rutledge v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que un hombre que se declaró culpable de asesinato no podía solicitarle al tribunal de primera instancia una apelación fuera de tiempo, porque ese tipo de mociones ya no tienen ningún fundamento legal en los tribunales de Georgia. Su caso fue devuelto para que el tribunal de primera instancia lo desestime en lugar de resolverlo sobre el fondo.
313 Ga. 460 FINAL COPY S21A1036. RUTLEDGE v. THE STATE.
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 17 de mayo de 2022
McNabb v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena de Christopher McNabb por el asesinato de su hija bebé, al considerar que las pruebas circunstanciales bastaban para respaldar el veredicto y rechazar las alegaciones de que su abogado defensor manejó mal el caso.
not objecting to such evidence, but those claims do not affect our assessment of the sufficiency of the evidence. When we consider the legal sufficiency of the evidence, we consider all the evidence presented at trial without regard to whether some of that evidence might have been improperly admitted. See Virger v. State, 305 Ga. 281, 286 (2) n.3 (824 SE2d...
The record also showed that McNabb’s trial counsel referred to McNabb’s drug use in his opening statement and closing argument. Counsel did so in the context of arguing to the jury that McNabb’s drug use and his heavily tattooed appearance were reasons he became the prime suspect in the case. As we have discussed, “[r]easonable trial strategy and tactics do...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 3 de mayo de 2022
Harris v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato con delito grave de Jordan Robert Harris por un tiroteo durante un robo a una tienda en 2010, rechazando sus argumentos sobre pruebas débiles, identificación de testigos defectuosa y manejo indebido de testimonios sobre delitos previos.
(b) Harris next argues that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his felony murder conviction because the State did not prove a nexus between the shooting and Phelps’s death from blood clots. We disagree. A person commits felony murder when, “in the commission of a felony, he or she causes the death of another human being irrespective of malice.” OCGA §...
Here, the evidence showed that Phelps developed blood clots only after Harris shot him in the torso. The doctor who treated Phelps’s life-threatening wounds stated that Phelps appeared to be otherwise healthy and showed no signs of blood clots. The medical examiner testified that Phelps’s death was caused by blood clots resulting from his gunshot wound. She...
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