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Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 3 de noviembre de 2026
EAGER HOLDINGS, LLC v. PATEL
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia se negó a revisar una disputa entre una LLC y uno de sus miembros, pero un magistrado escribió que el tribunal inferior probablemente se equivocó y que quizá el caso ya no requiera una decisión porque el dinero en disputa fue devuelto.
Indeed, a legal entity seeking to clarify and settle the rela- tive rights of its members so that it can take certain actions going forward without risking liability or other legal risks strikes me as just the sort of thing that declaratory judgments are meant for. See, e.g., Republican Nat’l Comm. v. Eternal Vigilance Action, Inc., 321 Ga. 771, 791 (2025)...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 3 de noviembre de 2026
Trammell v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dijo que no se podía resolver la impugnación de un hombre del condado de Floyd, basada en la Segunda Enmienda, contra la ley que prohíbe a los delincuentes condenados tener armas, porque nunca notificó al Fiscal General. El fallo significa que la impugnación debe repetirse después de que el estado tenga la oportunidad de defender la ley.
ELLINGTON, Justice. In his sole claim of error, William Trammell, Jr., argues that OCGA § 16-11-131(b), 1 pertaining to the possession of 1 OCGA § 16-11-131(b) provides: Any person who is on probation as a felony first offender pursuant to Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 42, who is on probation and was sentenced for a felony under subsection (a) or (c) of...
a firearm, such person shall be imprisoned for a period of five years. 2 The Second Amendment provides that “[a] well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” US Const. Amend. II. 3 The grand jury returned an indictment charging Trammell with possession of...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 3 de febrero de 2026
Graham v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato criminal de un hombre del condado de Lowndes, y rechazó los reclamos de que su abogado de juicio fue ineficaz por no solicitar ciertas instrucciones al jurado sobre defensa propia y prueba de carácter.
Graham contends that an instruction under OCGA § 16-3-24 2 In full, OCGA § 16-3-24 provides: (a) A person is justified in threatening or using force against another when and to the extent that he reasonably believes that such threat or force is necessary to prevent or terminate such other’s trespass on or other tortious or criminal interference with real...
3 The record reflects that the trial court did fully instruct the jury on justification based on defense of self or others. The trial court also charged on the elements of the offense of criminal trespass, including that a person commits that offense if he remains on another person’s property after receiving notice to leave. justification defense—that...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 16 de junio de 2026
Buchalla v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia resolvió que un hombre condenado por agresión agravada en 2013 aún puede ser procesado por asesinato después de que su víctima muriera en 2015, porque el cargo de asesinato no existía al momento de su condena anterior.
Layered on top of these constitutional protections, Georgia law supplies statutory protections against double jeopardy. Some of these overlap with the constitutional protections. For instance, much like the constitutional prohibition against multiple punish- ments for the same offense, a defendant may not be convicted of (and thus punished for) more than...
bar this prosecution because Morgan’s murder was not “known” to the prosector at the time of his first trial (because that crime had not yet happened). See Maxwell, 311 Ga. at 678 (“[W]hen con- sidered together, OCGA §§ 16-1-7 (b) and 16-1-8 (b) prevent suc- cessive prosecutions for crimes: (1) subject to the jurisdiction of the same court; (2) known to the...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 30 de junio de 2026
Walker v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que una acusación por acecho agravado debe indicar específicamente que el contacto ocurrió en un lugar distinto de la residencia del propio acusado, y anuló la condena de un hombre del área de Gwinnett porque su acusación omitió eso.
1 In its entirety, OCGA § 16-5-91(a) reads as follows: A person commits the offense of aggravated stalking when such person, in violation of a bond to keep the peace posted pursuant to Code Section 17-6-110, temporary restraining order, temporary protective order, permanent restraining order, permanent protective order, preliminary injunction, good behavior...
So read, the definition—“any public or private property occupied by the victim other than the residence of the defendant”—is very similar to other “exceptions” that we have held to be essential elements of an offense that the State must allege and prove. See, e.g., Rumph, 119 Ga. at 123 (holding that, in a prosecution based on a statute declaring it to be...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 16 de junio de 2026
Banks v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas por asesinato y robo con allanamiento de Jonathan Banks, uno de tres hombres declarados culpables en una invasión de hogar en el condado de Fulton que terminó con el homicidio a tiros de Pamela Williams.
medical examiner’s expert testimony concerning William’s contact gunshot wound that Banks had deliberately pressed the gun to her head and executed her after he discovered her crouched down, hiding in the closet. Further, based on the evidence presented, the jury could also infer that the burglary crew’s scheme was to verify that a home was empty before...
shall have on or within arm’s reach of his or her person a firearm or a knife 16-11-131(b). 5 Specifically, the evidence presented at trial— including Link’s testimony, Greer’s testimony about the robbing crew’s activities, and Banks’s admissions to the Hockadays about participating in the crimes—supports the conclusion that Banks, a convicted felon,6...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 5 de mayo de 2026
State v. Faison
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia devolvió un caso de homicidio del condado de Henry tras determinar que el juez de primera instancia nunca analizó si la conducta de un agente de recuperación de fianzas cumplía con algún estándar legal específico de justificación antes de declararlo inmune de procesamiento.
On or around April 15, 2025, the owner of a Florida bail bond agency commissioned Faison to recover Edward Atkins, who had absconded and was the subject of an outstanding bench war- rant in Hillsborough County, Florida. The agency owner hired Faison to recover Atkins based on her belief that Atkins was stay- ing with his girlfriend in an apartment complex...
Based on information provided by the Florida bond agency, Faison and Johnson identified the apartment complex in the city of Stockbridge in Henry County where Atkins’s girlfriend lived. On April 16, 2025, Johnson and Faison, along with Faison’s son Romello, 2 met near the apartment complex to begin “surveillance” to verify Atkins’s location. Faison did not,...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 30 de junio de 2026
WARNER v. ESPITIA
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que la ley estatal contra el crimen organizado puede aplicarse a disputas entre padres divorciados, rechazando la opinión de la Corte de Apelaciones de que las 'disputas domésticas comunes y corrientes' quedan excluidas automáticamente.
the claims in [Espitia’s] Petition were sub- stantially frivolous, substantially ground- less, and substantially vexatious. The [c]ourt [found] that the evidence showed the instant 1 The record does not indicate how the DHS notices were ultimately resolved. case was initiated with the intention to har- ass and intimidate [Warner]. [Espitia] testi- fied...
lated the RICO Act’s purpose and codified public pol- icy; (2) Warner did not incur any damages; and (3) Warner’s true cause of action, if any, was for abusive litigation, and she failed to satisfy the statutory pre- requisites to maintain such an action. Following a hearing, the trial court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss. Specifically, the trial...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 19 de mayo de 2026
Snow 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 Hall por apuñalar a su esposa 19 veces, rechazando sus reclamos sobre pruebas de oídas, una continuación denegada y pruebas de condena previa.
2. Snow contends that the trial court erred in admit- ting, under the residual hearsay exception, Agee’s testimony that Allen told her Snow had physically assaulted Allen, causing her to get stitches. More specifically, Snow argues that the trial court erred because: (1) the statement did not have sufficient guaran- tees of trustworthiness; (2) the...
3 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...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 27 de octubre de 2026
Howard v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de una mujer del condado de Fulton por disparar a un hombre al que dijo temer, al concluir que el jurado podía rechazar su alegato de defensa propia y que los alegatos de error en el juicio de su apelación carecían de respaldo o fracasaron.
Another resident of Howard’s apartment complex testified that Howard was angry with Peterson and that Howard had stated multiple times that if “[Peterson] came on the property or if he came around, she was going to kill him.” Another neighbor testified that she overheard Howard say that “she wanted to kill [Peterson]” and that “she always talked about it.”...
NOTICE: This opinion is subject to modification resulting from motions for reconsideration under Supreme Court Rule 27, the Court’s reconsideration, and editorial revisions by the Reporter of Decisions. The version of the opinion published in the Advance Sheets for the Georgia Reports, designated as the “Final Copy,” will replace any prior version on the...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 3 de marzo de 2026
In the Matter of Joseph William Cloud
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia inhabilitó permanentemente al abogado Joseph William Cloud después de que abandonara a dos clientes, manejara mal un pago fiduciario de $12,000 y no respondiera a ninguna parte del proceso disciplinario del Colegio de Abogados del Estado en su contra.
8 Rule 1.16(d) states that, upon terminating his or her representation, a lawyer “shall take steps to the extent reasonably practicable to protect a client’s interests,” such as “giving reasonable notice to the client, allowing time for employment of other counsel, surrendering papers and property to which the client is entitled and refunding any advance...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 16 de junio de 2026
Battle v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas de Casey Battle por asesinato durante la comisión de un delito grave por un robo en un estudio de grabación en el condado de Fulton, rechazando los reclamos de que su abogado debió haber solicitado ciertas instrucciones de defensa y que se negó indebidamente un nuevo juicio.
(b) Battle first contends that his trial counsel was ineffec- tive for failing to request a jury instruction on the affirmative de- fense of claim of right, as provided in OCGA § 16-8-10. Speaking generally, that Code Section provides an affirmative defense to certain theft-related offenses where the person prosecuted acted “under an honest claim” that he...
16-8-4 (theft by conversion); 16-8-5 (theft of services); 16-8-5.1 (avoiding pay- ment due to rental or lease or personal property); 16-8-5.2 (retail property fenc- ing); 16-8-6 (theft of lost or mislaid property); 16-8-7 (theft by receiving stolen property); 16-8-8 (theft by receiving property stolen in another state); 16-8-9 (theft by bringing stolen...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 17 de febrero de 2026
Owens v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia revocó las condenas por asesinato con delito grave de una mujer en la muerte de un bebé bajo su cuidado, dictaminando que el juez de primera instancia les dijo erróneamente a los jurados que no podían declararla culpable de un delito menor de negligencia junto con delitos de intención, pero dejó en pie su condena por crueldad infantil.
NOTICE: This opinion is subject to modification resulting from motions for reconsideration under Supreme Court Rule 27, the Court’s reconsideration, and editorial revisions by the Reporter of Decisions. The version of the opinion published in the Advance Sheets for the Georgia Reports, designated as the “Final Copy,” will replace any prior version on the...
But “convictions for both an offense requiring criminal intent and an offense requiring a lesser mens rea, based on the same act against the same victim, are not mutually exclusive.” Booth v. State, 311 Ga. 374, 376 (2021). As we held years before Owens’s retrial, proof of a more culpable mental state necessary for conviction of a greater offense does not...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 11 de agosto de 2026
In Re: Formal Advisory Opinion 24-1
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia aprobó un dictamen consultivo del Colegio de Abogados que sostiene que los abogados, incluidos los contratados por aseguradoras, pueden usar proveedores externos para solicitar documentos a terceros siempre que el abogado mantenga un control de supervisión real.
May a lawyer use a third-party vendor to request the production of documents from a non-party pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 9-11-34(c) and to follow up on and effectuate such a request to a non-party, and if so, what degree of autonomy may the lawyer allow the third-party vendor? SUMMARY ANSWER: Lawyers are authorized to use and rely on nonlawyer assistants to...
PER CURIAM. The State Bar of Georgia has requested discretionary review of Formal Advisory Opinion (FAO) No. 24-1, which addresses the question of whether lawyers working for an insurance company can use third party vendors hired by the insurance company to “request the production of documents from a non-party pursuant to OCGA § 9-11-34(c) and to follow up...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 13 de agosto de 2026
Dorsey 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 DeKalb, dictaminando que las fotos y el video que lo mostraban con armas fueron admitidos correctamente y que la falta de su abogado en exigir instrucciones al jurado sobre identificación no cambió el resultado del juicio.
1. The evidence presented at trial showed the following. In October 2021, 22-year-old Wilson—who was on leave from the military—met 16-year-old Salazar-Chavez. Soon thereafter, the pair began an exclusive romantic relationship. Most of their re- lationship was long-distance, as Wilson was stationed in South Korea or North Carolina while Salazar-Chavez...
Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 30 de junio de 2026
Owens v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas de Celeste Alexandria Owens por asesinato y crueldad infantil en la muerte de la hija de ocho años de su novia, dictaminando que la evidencia en video, los hallazgos médicos y el testimonio de una niña sobreviviente eran suficientes para respaldar el veredicto del jurado.
Here, the jury was presented with overwhelming evidence that Owens did much more than cover up the murder and that she either maliciously killed Amari herself or did so as a party to the crime with Hall. That evidence included that Owens and Hall, who were in a long-term coparenting relationship of over a decade, were Amari and her siblings’ sole caretakers...
Police officers asked if Hall and Owens would accompany them to police headquarters to be interviewed, and they agreed, bringing the children along. Once there, Owens gave a video-rec- orded interview that was played for the jury at trial. During Ow- ens’s interview, investigators checked with her sister, who said Owens did not visit her the night before...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 17 de febrero de 2026
Fournier 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 Bibb, al dictaminar que las fotos gráficas de la autopsia del cuello estrangulado de su novia fueron admitidas correctamente aunque él se ofreció a estipular la causa de la muerte.
NOTICE: This opinion is subject to modification resulting from motions for reconsideration under Supreme Court Rule 27, the Court’s reconsideration, and editorial revisions by the Reporter of Decisions. The version of the opinion published in the Advance Sheets for the Georgia Reports, designated as the “Final Copy,” will replace any prior version on the...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 3 de noviembre de 2026
Blackwell v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por homicidio en el curso de un delito grave de una mujer del área de Atlanta por un incendio mortal en una casa, y dictaminó que los comentarios del juez durante su contrainterrogatorio explicaban sus decisiones sobre las objeciones y no indicaban su opinión sobre la credibilidad de ella.
MCMILLIAN, Justice. Alice Blackwell appeals from her convictions for felony murder and other crimes in connection with the death of Carl Phillips. 1 Blackwell asserts that (1) the trial court violated OCGA 1 The crimes were committed on April 12, 2022. In January 2024, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Blackwell for malice murder (Count 1), fel- ony...
On or around April 11, 2022, Lovelace messaged Blackwell on Facebook offering to take her shopping for her birthday that day. They agreed to meet up in Jonesboro at his cousin’s home where Lovelace was staying at the time. Blackwell drove to the Jonesboro house in her white Volkswagen van to meet up with Lovelace. Lovelace and Blackwell then went shopping,...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 5 de mayo de 2026
Bryant v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas de Johnnie Bryant por asesinato y agresión agravada derivadas de un tiroteo por una disputa de tierras, rechazando alegatos de legítima defensa, asistencia letrada ineficaz y errores del juicio, mientras corrigió un error de sentencia.
RUBY: Every time I would talk to [law enforcement], they would tell me this — this Dylan’s [property] right here, this his. PROSECUTOR: Okay. RUBY: That — you know, like that. But I couldn’t never ex- plain to them that this was mine. PROSECUTOR: They wouldn’t let you explain? RUBY: No, no, no. PROSECUTOR: This — this made Mr. Bryant mad, right? He was...
At this point, the prosecutor asked Ruby a series of other questions covering about six pages of the transcript, but at the end of his cross-examina- tion, he returned to the subject of Bryant’s anger. The trial court has a duty to “exercise reasonable control over the mode ... of interrogating witnesses ... so as to [p]rotect witnesses from undue...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 17 de febrero de 2026
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 Jackson, dictaminando que la ley estatal no exigía una audiencia de competencia separada después de que un evaluador estatal lo encontrara apto para el juicio, y que sus abogados no fueron ineficaces por no presentar una declaración formal de incompetencia.
NOTICE: This opinion is subject to modification resulting from motions for reconsideration under Supreme Court Rule 27, the Court’s reconsideration, and editorial revisions by the Reporter of Decisions. The version of the opinion published in the Advance Sheets for the Georgia Reports, designated as the “Final Copy,” will replace any prior version on the...
Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.
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