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Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 28 de mayo de 2025
Stephens v. State of Georgia
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la ley de Georgia que prohíbe a la mayoría de las personas menores de 21 años portar pistolas en público, rechazando el argumento de un joven de 20 años de que el derecho a portar armas de la constitución estatal debía reinterpretarse usando pruebas legales federales.
1. Background (a) Statutory Framework Georgia law allows law-abiding citizens to carry firearms with few restrictions. Georgians over the age of 21 may carry handguns or long guns in most places, openly or concealed, and with or without a license. See OCGA § 16-11-125.1 (2.1) (any person who is licensed or eligible to get a weapons carry license is a...
(b) Proceedings Below Stephens applied for a weapons carry license when he was 18, and his application was denied because he was not 21. Stephens then sued the State, contending that OCGA § 16-11-126 (g) (1) vio- lates Paragraph VIII to the extent it prohibits Stephens and other 18- to 20-year-olds from obtaining Georgia weapons licenses and car- rying...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 28 de mayo de 2025
Craft v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de un adolescente del condado de DeKalb, al dictaminar que no se demostró que la falta de una instrucción al jurado sobre defensa de la habitación hubiera cambiado el resultado dada la abrumadora evidencia de culpabilidad.
The defense of habitation statute, OCGA § 16-3-23,2 explains that a person may lawfully threaten or use force against another 2 OCGA § 16-3-23 says in full: A person is justified in threatening or using force against another when and to the extent that he or she reasonably believes that such threat or force is necessary to prevent or terminate such other’s...
that the entry is made or attempted for the purpose of committing a felony therein and that such force is necessary to prevent the commission of the felony. As Craft requested, the trial court instructed the jury on paragraph (1) of OCGA § 16-3-23, which authorizes the use of deadly force when the entry is attempted or made “in a violent and tumultuous...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 15 de octubre de 2025
Moss v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de un hombre en la muerte a tiros de su novia, y rechazó los reclamos de que las instrucciones al jurado fueron erróneas, de que debió declararse un juicio nulo, y de que su abogado de juicio fue ineficaz.
(c) Moss also contends that his counsel was ineffective for fail- ing to file a general demurrer to Count 8 of the indictment. Count 8 charged Moss with “the offense of possession of firearm by first of- fender probationer O.C.G.A. § 16-11-131(b),” and alleged that Moss, “on the 2nd day of September, 2018, did knowingly and without law- ful authority...
That uncertainty forecloses Moss’s ineffective-counsel claim. If “existing precedent” at the time did not make clear that a legal ar- gument would have supported a demurrer, then a defendant “cannot show that trial counsel’s failure to file a demurrer asserting that ar- gument amounted to deficient performance.” State v. Riley, 321 Ga. 323, 328 (2025)...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 21 de octubre de 2025
Burks v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato en la comisión de un delito grave de Rufus Burks por una invasión de hogar en Columbus que dejó tres muertos, rechazando sus alegatos sobre pruebas débiles, fotografías de autopsia, instrucciones al jurado, publicidad previa al juicio y composición del jurado.
Likewise, there was sufficient evidence from which a reasonable jury could have found Burks guilty beyond a reasonable doubt as to the kidnapping, burglary, and theft by taking counts. As to the kidnapping of Caleb, Gibson testified that Tapley and Burks forcefully took Caleb to the other side of the house and bound him using duct tape. “A person commits...
“Every person concerned in the commission of a crime is a party thereto and may be charged with and convicted of commission of the crime.” OCGA § 16-2-20(a). To convict someone as a party to a crime, the State must show “that he intentionally aided or abetted in the commission of the crimes or intentionally advised, encouraged, counseled, or procured...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 9 de diciembre de 2025
Lee v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena de Kevin Lee por el asesinato de su esposa Ann Berry en 1991, cuyos restos no se encontraron hasta 2011, rechazando impugnaciones a la evidencia, un fallo sobre rumores, un cambio de jurado y el desempeño de sus abogados.
4 Rule 807 provides: A statement not specifically covered by any law but having equivalent circumstantial guarantees of trustworthiness shall not be excluded by the hearsay rule, if the court determines that: (1) The statement is offered as evidence of a material fact; (2) The statement is more probative on the point for which it is offered than any other...
On January 20, 2022, the State filed notice of intent to introduce “residual hearsay” under Rule 807, to include statements made by Berry to various witnesses, including Story, Harvard, and Riley, “as previously provided in discovery.” Prior to trial, the court heard argument from the parties regarding the State’s notice. The State represented that Story...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 9 de diciembre de 2025
State v. PHILLIPS
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que un cargo de delito grave por violar el juramento del cargo de un oficial de policía puede sustentar un cargo de asesinato por delito grave si las circunstancias crearon un riesgo previsible de muerte, revocando a un juez de primera instancia que había desestimado ese cargo.
The officers were indicted on November 19, 2021, for malice murder, felony murder predicated on aggravated assault, felony murder predicated on violation of oath by public officer, aggravated assault, and violation of oath by public officer. This appeal centers on Count 3, charging the officers with felony murder predicated on violation of their oaths by...
PETERSON, Chief Justice, concurring. I concur in the majority’s holding that the trial court erred in granting the officers’ general demurrer to Count 3. But, as the majority points out, the officers also brought general demurrers to Counts 5 through 9, which charge the officers with violating their respective oaths under OCGA § 16-10-1. The record before...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 13 de mayo de 2025
BROWNPHIL, LLC v. CUDJOE
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que simplemente tener una escritura registrada de una propiedad no es suficiente, por sí sola, para probar que alguien poseyó adversamente un terreno bajo un título defectuoso. Todavía se requiere la posesión física real de al menos parte del terreno.
OCGA § 44-5-161 (a) sets forth the characteristics that “possession” of land must have “to be the foundation of prescriptive title[.]”4 OCGA § 44-5-161. In doing so, the statute takes as given 4 OCGA § 44-5-161 (a) states in full: (a) In order for possession to be the foundation of prescriptive title, it: (1) Must be in the right of the possessor and not of...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 24 de junio de 2025
Lee v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas de Terrence Lee por asesinato mediante delito grave y otros delitos vinculados a cinco invasiones de vivienda en 2018 en el condado de Gwinnett, rechazando sus impugnaciones sobre decisiones probatorias, instrucciones al jurado y la decisión de no dividir los cargos en juicios separados.
As an initial matter, Lee is correct that burglary and simple assault are lesser included offenses of home invasion and aggra- vated assault, respectively. A lesser offense is “included” within a charged offense if, among other things, it is “established by proof of the same or less than all the facts . . . than is required to establish the commission of...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 16 de septiembre de 2025
Pinion-Lopez v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato en la comisión de un delito grave de un hombre del condado de Gwinnett, dictaminando que su propio testimonio en el juicio sobre una entrega de drogas planeada bastaba para probar la conspiración de drogas subyacente que llevó a un tiroteo mortal.
(a) Although Pinion-Lopez asserts now that the evidence was not sufficient to find him guilty of a conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute, he testified at trial that he agreed, at Gonzalez’s request, to pick up methamphetamine and deliver the drugs to another location, thus admitting the elements of the felony of conspiracy to...
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 § 16-5-1. Any felony that is “inherently dangerous to human life” or “by its circumstances create[s] a foreseeable risk of death” may serve as a predicate for felony murder. Davis v. State, 290 Ga. 757, 760...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 4 de noviembre de 2025
Merritt 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 DeKalb por matar a su madre, rechazando sus argumentos de que las pruebas eran demasiado débiles y de que su abogado de juicio fue ineficaz. La corte determinó que varios de sus otros reclamos, incluido el de haber sido encadenado durante el juicio, nunca se plantearon correctamente y por eso fueron renunciados.
2. Merritt asserts that the evidence was not sufficient as a matter of constitutional due process to support his convictions because the evidence was circumstantial and no DNA or fingerprints linked him to the crimes. See Jackson v. Virginia, 443 US 307, 318– 19 (1979). When assessing this claim, “we view all of the evidence presented at trial in the light...
To the extent Merritt also argues that the evidence was not sufficient to support his convictions under OCGA § 24-14-6, we similarly reject that argument. OCGA § 24-14-6 says: “To warrant a conviction on circumstantial evidence, the proved facts shall not only be consistent with the hypothesis of guilt, but shall exclude every other reasonable hypothesis...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 6 de mayo de 2025
Arnold 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 Rockdale, rechazando los argumentos de que las pruebas eran insuficientes, que el testimonio de su experto en huellas dactilares fue admitido indebidamente y que sus abogados de juicio fueron ineficaces.
The evidence presented at trial showed that, between the night of April 5 and the early morning hours of April 6, 2019, 58-year-old Goolsby was beaten to death3 in the home she rented at 1415 Lester Road in Conyers. Goolsby’s body was discovered on April 12, 2019, when Dennis Lester, who lived in the house next to Goolsby’s, went to check on her.4 After...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 28 de enero de 2025
Pierce v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó una orden del tribunal de primera instancia que restringe las demandas civiles de Jason Pierce, dictaminando que Pierce nunca pidió realmente al tribunal de primera instancia que levantara esas restricciones antes de apelar.
320 Ga. 692 FINAL COPY S24A1276. PIERCE v. THE STATE.
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 12 de agosto de 2025
P&J Beverage Corporation v. the Bottle Shop, LLC
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que una empresa que busca daños por 'litigio abusivo' debe enviar una notificación que no solo nombre la demanda en cuestión, sino que también diga que cree que esa demanda fue un litigio abusivo. Un correo electrónico que solo advertía sobre un reclamo separado de mandato judicial indebido no fue suficiente.
12 OCGA § 51-7-80 provides further definitions of the terms used in OCGA § 51-7-81 (1) and (2) to define “abusive litigation.” OCGA § 51-7-80 (5) defines “malice” as acting with ill will or for a wrongful purpose and may be inferred in an action if the party initiated, continued, or procured civil proceedings or process in a harassing manner or used process...
(c) Because the only civil proceeding that The Bottle Shop identified in the email was the injunction—which The Bottle Shop characterized as a wrongful injunction—and its description of that proceeding indicated only that The Bottle Shop expected that the injunction would be reversed on appeal, we see no indication that The Bottle Shop contended that the...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 24 de junio de 2025
Fuller 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 del condado de Spalding por su papel en el tiroteo mortal que su hijo cometió contra un hombre en su habitación de hotel, pese a un voto disidente que consideró la evidencia demasiado débil.
While the evidence of Fuller’s guilt was not strong, a reasonable jury could infer that Fuller shared a common criminal guilty of any crime either in fact or because of legal incapacity; (3) Intentionally aids or abets in the commission of the crime; or (4) Intentionally advises, encourages, hires, counsels, or procures another to commit the crime. OCGA §...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 4 de marzo de 2025
Harris v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia revocó la condena por asesinato de Emmanuel Harris, dictaminando que la evidencia gráfica de su violencia doméstica de 2017 contra una expareja se usó indebidamente para presentarlo como una persona violenta en lugar de probar una razón específica para matar a Jordan Gooch.
(b) Before trial, the State filed a notice of intent to introduce evidence under OCGA § 24-4-404 (b) of Harris’s plea of guilty to the aggravated battery of his ex-girlfriend, C. A., in September 2017. The State contended that C. A.’s testimony was relevant to prove that Harris’s “motive in killing [Gooch] was to control her with vio- lence,” and this was...
After this attack, Harris started packing his belongings and taking them to his car. He then came back to the room, pushed C. A. to the floor, and started kicking and pushing her again. At some point, C. A. went downstairs and Harris “grabbed [her] head and threw [her] to the ground,” and he kicked and punched her backside. This continued “for a very long...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 16 de septiembre de 2025
Priest v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato en la comisión de un delito grave de un hombre del condado de Clayton, rechazando sus alegatos de que el tribunal de primera instancia aceptó su declaración de culpabilidad sin suficiente respaldo fáctico y que lo obligó indebidamente a renunciar a su derecho a retirar la declaración.
(a) We begin with Appellant’s claim that the trial court violated USCR 33.9 by accepting his guilty plea upon facts that were insufficient to support his conviction for felony murder. USCR 33.9 provides that “judgment should not be entered upon [a guilty] plea without such inquiry on the record as may satisfy the judge that there is a factual basis for the...
The State represented that multiple witnesses heard Appellant tell Moore to “pop” (i.e., shoot) Frasier, which she then did. Taken as true, the prosecutor’s representations show that Moore committed aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Howard v. State, 288 Ga. 741, 743 (2011) (“Deliberately firing a gun in the direction of another person constitutes...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 18 de febrero de 2025
Dias v. Boone
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia revocó una orden de custodia otorgada bajo la Ley de Cuidador Equitativo del estado, dictaminando que la ley no puede aplicarse a la conducta de un padre legal ocurrida antes de que la ley entrara en vigor en julio de 2019.
(5) Demonstrated that the child will suffer physical harm or long-term emotional harm and that continuing the relationship between such individual and the child is in the best interest of the child. OCGA § 19-7-3.1 (d). The statute also sets forth factors that the court “shall consider” “[i]n determining the existence of harm[.]” OCGA § 19-7-3.1 (e). But,...
320 Ga. 785 FINAL COPY S24A0887. DIAS v. BOONE.
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 4 de marzo de 2025
Nesbit v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de David Nesbit Jr. en un tiroteo en una gasolinera del condado de Cobb, rechazando sus reclamos de que su abogado de juicio fue constitucionalmente ineficaz.
We see no merit to Nesbit’s contention that his trial counsel was ineffective in this respect. OCGA § 16-3-23 provides that “[a] person is justified in threatening or using force against another when and to the extent that he or she reasonably believes that such threat or force is necessary to prevent or terminate such other’s unlawful entry into or attack...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 4 de noviembre de 2025
In the Matter of Destin Michelle Gillum
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia inhabilitó a la abogada Destin Michelle Gillum después de que abandonara a seis clientes, se quedara con sus honorarios y nunca respondiera a la investigación del Colegio de Abogados del Estado sobre su conducta.
The Special Master further determined that, in aggravation, Gillum demonstrated a pattern of misconduct by committing multiple offenses by violating multiple parts of eight separate Rules over six separate client matters, committing bad faith obstruction of the disciplinary proceedings by intentionally failing to comply with the rules or orders of the...
PER CURIAM. This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the report and recommendation of Special Master Christopher Samuel Brasher, who recommends that Destin Michelle Gillum (State Bar No. 683373) be disbarred for her conduct in connection with six client matters. Gillum is currently administratively suspended for failure to pay her license fees and...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 4 de marzo de 2025
Callaway v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas de Mikeal Callaway por asesinato y agresión agravada derivadas de una ola de disparos por los condados de Fulton y DeKalb, rechazando sus impugnaciones a la evidencia, las instrucciones al jurado y el desempeño de su abogado.
321 Ga. 186 FINAL COPY S24A1237. CALLAWAY v. THE STATE.
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