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Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 1 de febrero de 2022
Langley v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que los jueces de primera instancia sí tienen discreción para poner en libertad condicional parte de una condena por posesión de arma de fuego por un delincuente convicto, revocando una decisión de la Corte de Apelaciones que decía que la condena debía cumplirse por completo en reclusión.
Looking to the statutory text and context, there is no real question about what the phrase “shall be imprisoned” — standing alone — means in a penal statute. In ordinary English, the phrase “shall be imprisoned” means that a person convicted of an offense is to be “confined” for the period specified by the statute. See, e.g., Webster’s Third New...
In light of the statutory text and context, that cannot be correct. To see why, it is helpful to take a broader look at how Georgia’s penal statutes in general prescribe sentences. That wider review reveals that virtually all penal statutes in Georgia introduce the sentencing range for a violation with one of two phrases: either “shall be imprisoned,” see,...
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.
Punishment for involuntary manslaughter.— Involuntary manslaughter, in the commission of an unlawful act, shall be punished by confinement and labor in the penitentiary for not less than one nor longer than three years. Involuntary manslaughter, in the commission or performance of a lawful act, revision of the Georgia criminal statutes in 1968.16 The 1968...
17 When the Official Code of Georgia Annotated was adopted in 1982, the 1968 revision, Ga. Code Ann. § 26-1103, was carried forward as OCGA § 16-5-3. The definitional language was unchanged, other than the removal of two commas, but the language prescribing the penalty was reworded. The maximum penalty for unlawful act involuntary manslaughter was increased...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 15 de febrero de 2022
Edible Ip, LLC v. Google, LLC
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que la propietaria de Edible Arrangements no puede demandar a Google por hurto, conversión o crimen organizado solo porque Google subasta su nombre comercial a anunciantes como término de búsqueda de palabras clave.
(1) Passes off goods or services as those of another; (2) Causes likelihood of confusion or of misunderstanding as to the source, sponsorship, approval, or certification of goods or services; (3) Causes likelihood of confusion or of misunderstanding as to affiliation, connection, or association with or certification by another; ... (12) Engages in any other...
7 We note that the General Assembly enacted OCGA § 16-9-93.1 in 1996, which, in pertinent part, makes it a crime for any person . . . knowingly to transmit any data through a computer network . . . if such data uses any . . . trade name, registered trademark, logo, legal or official seal, or copyrighted symbol . . . which would falsely state or imply that...
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.
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...
court “shall consider” in making that determination. See id. However, the statute does not provide that any one of these four factors is sufficient by itself — these are simply factors to be considered by the trial court in making a holistic assessment of whether family member visitation is in the best interest of the child. Moreover, as addressed in more...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 29 de noviembre de 2022
Young v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena de Tia Young por asesinato en la modalidad de delito grave (felony murder) en la muerte a tiros de su esposo, al considerar suficiente la prueba circunstancial y rechazar sus reclamos sobre un juicio conjunto y las instrucciones al jurado.
Here, the jury was presented with sufficient circumstantial evidence against Tia, which included the following. Tia was home at the time of the shooting, which happened as George was opening the front door, and the position of his body after the shooting indicated that he was shot from within the house. Tia and Lee were having an affair and lied about it to...
MCMILLIAN, Justice. After a jury trial in 2019, Tia Young was convicted of felony murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of her husband, George Young.1 On appeal, Tia claims that the 1 George Young was killed on November 16, 2017, and on June 27, 2018, a Gwinnett County grand jury indicted Tia Young and Harvey Lee for malice murder...
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...
reform” legislation that became effective on February 16, 2005, see Ga. L. 2005, p. 1, § 5, and was then amended effective April 27, 2006, see Ga. L. 2006, p. 446, § 1. Relevant to the issue before us, OCGA § 9-11-68 (b) (2) provides: If a plaintiff makes an offer of settlement which is rejected by the defendant and the plaintiff recovers a final judgment...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 2 de noviembre de 2022
Winslow v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas de un hombre por posesión de pornografía infantil hallada en su computadora portátil, dictaminando que su consentimiento para el registro en Walmart se extendía a un examen forense realizado 14 meses después, pero devolvió el caso porque dos cargos debieron fusionarse para la sentencia.
BETHEL, Justice. William Sanford Winslow was convicted on four counts of sexual exploitation of children in connection with his possession of two videos depicting children engaged in sexually explicit conduct. The videos were found on his laptop computer by law enforcement. On appeal, Winslow raises three enumerations of error: (1) the trial court erred by...
At a jury trial held in September 2021, Winslow was found guilty of all counts. The trial court sentenced him to a total of 35 years, with the first 20 years to be served in confinement and the remaining 15 years to be served on probation. This sentence included fifteen years in confinement for Count 1 and twenty years (five years served in confinement with...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 19 de enero de 2022
Jenkins v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas por asesinato y otros delitos de un hombre involucrado en una violenta invasión de un hogar en el condado de Gwinnett, rechazando sus impugnaciones sobre la evidencia de posesión de arma por un delincuente, el testimonio de huida y el desempeño de su abogado.
313 Ga. 81 FINAL COPY S21A1127. JENKINS v. THE STATE.
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 15 de febrero de 2022
Ward 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 Greene por matar a su novia, rechazando sus argumentos de que las pruebas eran demasiado débiles y de que el testimonio de referencia y la asistencia ineficaz del abogado de juicio justificaban un nuevo juicio.
(3) The general purposes of the rules of evidence and the interests of justice will best be served by admission of the statement into evidence. However, a statement may not be admitted under this Code section unless the proponent of it makes known to the adverse party, sufficiently in advance of the trial or hearing to provide the adverse party with a fair...
(a) The six witnesses about whom Appellant complains gave the following testimony at trial. First, Rodney Rivers testified that he and Gibbons were co-workers and good friends; he was “like a big brother to her.” Gibbons told him that she and Appellant dated on and off through college and that “[s]he really loved [Appellant] a lot.” At work, Rivers 7...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 15 de marzo de 2022
Cook v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia eliminó la práctica de décadas de antigüedad que permitía a los condenados pedir directamente al tribunal de primera instancia una apelación fuera de plazo, y resolvió que el recurso de habeas corpus es ahora la única vía adecuada para buscar ese remedio.
313 Ga. 471 FINAL COPY S21A1270. COOK v. THE STATE.
I am authorized to state that Justice McMillian joins in this concurrence.
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 20 de diciembre de 2022
STATE OF GEORGIA v. FEDERAL DEFENDER PROGRAM, INC.
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que un intercambio de correos electrónicos entre una subprocuradora general y los abogados defensores en un caso de pena de muerte constituyó un contrato escrito válido, lo que permite a un juez de primera instancia bloquear la ejecución de Virgil Presnell mientras el estado cumple ese acuerdo.
10 OCGA § 10-12-7 (a) provides that “[a] record or signature shall not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.” In addition, that statute goes on to state that “[a] contract shall not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation,” OCGA § 10-12-7 (b), and that...
Langley v. State, 313 Ga. 141, 143 (2) (868 SE2d 759) (2022) (citations and punctuation omitted). In addition, “[w]hen we consider the meaning of a statutory provision, we do not read it in isolation, but rather, we read it in the context of the other statutory provisions of which it is a part.” Hartley v. Agnes Scott College, 295 Ga. 458, 462 (2) (b) (759...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 15 de febrero de 2022
Morrell 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 Chatham, al determinar que las declaraciones grabadas de un testigo ante la policía podían usarse en su contra porque él fue responsable de que ese testigo se negara a declarar, y que la evidencia de intimidación de testigos relacionada fue admitida correctamente.
313 Ga. 247 FINAL COPY S21A1273. MORRELL v. THE STATE.
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
Carter 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 Houston por matar a su abuela de 81 años, rechazando sus alegatos de que la evidencia era demasiado débil y que su abogado y el tribunal de primera instancia manejaron mal el testimonio de oídas.
The record further shows that Carter, Detective Peck, and Fox all testified at trial that Mann had recently expressed being afraid of Appellant because he was verbally and emotionally abusive and that Mann had wanted Appellant out of her house. Camp testified that she witnessed Mann and Appellant enter the house around 11:00 a.m., that she did not see...
Here, Appellant has failed to show that his trial counsel acted deficiently. Before trial, counsel responded to the State’s notice of intent to present hearsay testimony by filing a motion in limine asserting, among other things, that Mann’s out of court statements to Carter and Fox did not satisfy OCGA § 24-8-807 (“Rule 807”), also known as the residual...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 19 de enero de 2022
Ward, Commissioner v. Carlton
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que un tribunal de primera instancia tenía autoridad legal para revocar la libertad condicional de un hombre incluso antes de que su período de libertad condicional hubiera comenzado, revocando así la decisión de un tribunal de hábeas que lo había liberado de esa revocación.
1. Due process violation in that the trial court revoked Carlton’s probation before he began it and before he 6 Carlton refused to sign the revocation order and the addendum. 7 There was no testimony at the evidentiary hearing, and the parties tendered only documents into evidence. entered probation before being released from prison. 2. Equal protection...
employee is not a crime as contemplated by OCGA § 16- 10-23. 10. Void indictment as to Counts 4, 6, and 7 in that the indictment was void on its face because it did not allege any of the essential elements contained in the statute. (d) The Attempted Aggravated Stalking Case Meanwhile, in August 2018, Carlton was tried and convicted in Cobb County of...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 30 de junio de 2022
SLOSBERG v. GILLER
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia resolvió que la cláusula de no impugnación de un fideicomiso familiar no podía impedir que un hijo lo impugnara por influencia indebida, y que una vez que un jurado determinó que el fideicomiso era inválido, la cláusula y todo el documento cayeron con él.
6 From the time it was enacted in 2010 until an amendment became effective in January 2021, OCGA § 53-12-22 said: (a) A trust may be created for any lawful purpose. (b) A condition in terrorem shall be void unless there is a direction in the trust instrument as to the disposition of the property if the condition in terrorem is violated, in which event the...
2. Legal Background We begin by setting forth the statutory and common-law rules applicable to our analysis. Specifically, we address the two subsections in the Georgia Code that expressly set forth a single requirement for the validity of an in terrorem clause; the common- law rules with respect to challenges to the valid formation of legal instruments;...
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) The remaining questions posed by the district court asked whether OCGA § 40-6-248.1 (b) (1) is a “strict liability” statute such that the occurrence of a load becoming loose, detached, or in any manner a hazard to other users of the public road necessarily means that the load was not securely fastened, and whether a person who assists in loading or...
context).3 Here, the provisions of OCGA § 40-6-248.1 (b) do not explicitly provide for strict liability in the context of a civil tort action, but rather provide the basis of the underlying duty. More specifically, as explained above and pertinent to this case, the statute imposes a duty owed to users of public roads on all persons who assist in loading a...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 20 de diciembre de 2022
Smith v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato con malicia de un hombre del condado de Lamar por disparar a su vecino, rechazando alegatos de que el disparo fue accidental, de que se admitieron pruebas indebidamente y de que su abogado de juicio fue ineficaz.
315 Ga. 357 FINAL COPY S22A1109. SMITH v. THE STATE.
5 See Jackson v. Denno, 378 U. S. 368 (84 SCt 1774, 12 LE2d 908) (1964). 6 Under the former Evidence Code, to preserve for appellate review a claim that the trial court improperly admitted or excluded evidence under a particular theory, a defendant was required to argue at trial that the evidence should be admitted or excluded under that particular theory....
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 15 de febrero de 2022
Grier v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de un hombre por matar a su novia, al determinar que un testimonio de referencia infantil admitido indebidamente no afectó el resultado del juicio y que su abogado no fue ineficaz.
313 Ga. 236 FINAL COPY S21A1249. GRIER v. THE STATE.
A statement made by a child younger than 16 years of age describing any act of sexual contact or physical abuse performed with or on such child by another or with or on another in the presence of such child shall be admissible in evidence by the testimony of the person to whom made if the proponent of such statement provides notice to the adverse party...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 7 de septiembre de 2022
Peacock v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas de Jeffrey Peacock por asesinar a cinco amigos e incendiar su casa, rechazando sus alegatos de que la evidencia era demasiado débil, que la revisión de su camioneta fue ilegal, y que su abogado manejó mal su defensa.
314 Ga. 709 FINAL COPY S22A0578. PEACOCK v. THE STATE.
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