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Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 10 de junio de 2025
State v. Embert
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que el juicio por asesinato de 2019 de una mujer del condado de Dougherty no era automáticamente nulo solo porque un jurado resultó ser un delincuente convicto inelegible, revirtiendo la decisión del tribunal de primera instancia de desestimar su caso por motivos de juicio rápido.
In its dismissal order, the trial court first determined that the service of an ineligible juror not only rendered her sentence void, entitling her to a new trial, but also rendered the December 2019 trial void, finding that “there was no jury trial in this case that satisfied Embert’s constitutional right to a speedy trial.” Therefore, the trial court...
(ii) Reasons for the delay: The trial court found that Embert was largely responsible for the delay for the period from February 2015 to August 2018 (three-and-one-half years) because her trial counsel filed multiple motions seeking additional time to file other motions and sought a continuance for personal medical reasons during this period. The trial...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 1 de julio de 2025
Kitchens v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia devolvió el caso de asesinato de un hombre del condado de Bibb al tribunal de primera instancia tras determinar que el juez calculó mal hechos clave y aplicó mal la ley al rechazar su reclamo de que el estado violó su derecho a un juicio rápido.
WARREN, Presiding Justice. Appellant Deonte Kitchens was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Alveno Culver. 1 Kitchens filed a motion for new trial claiming, among other 1 Culver was killed on October 29, 2011. In November 2015, a Bibb County grand jury indicted Kitchens and Kelvin Carswell for various crimes...
1. We begin with the legal principles underpinning the analysis of a speedy-trial claim. The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees criminal defendants “the right to a speedy . . . trial,” among other things. A defendant’s claim that the State violated this constitutional right is analyzed under January 2025. Kitchens filed a timely...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 6 de mayo de 2025
Nelson v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia anuló un fallo que negaba la moción de un acusado de asesinato del condado de Fulton para desestimar su acusación por motivos de juicio rápido, al encontrar que el tribunal de primera instancia cometió errores de hecho y aplicó mal la ley al ponderar la demora.
On July 10, 2023, Appellant filed a motion for permission to file an out-of-time statutory demand for speedy trial under OCGA § 17- 7-171 (a). In the motion, Appellant also said that he was making a demand for a speedy trial “[p]ursuant to the Georgia Constitution.” The trial court held a hearing on the motion on August 31, 2023. During the hearing, the...
On October 24, 2023, three years and four months after Appellant’s arrest, Appellant moved to dismiss his indictment on constitutional speedy-trial grounds, invoking his right to a speedy trial under both the United States Constitution and the Georgia Constitution. The court scheduled a virtual hearing on the motion to dismiss for June 18, 2024, but...
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.
To prevail on these claims, Lee must show both deficient performance and resulting prejudice. See Strickland v. Washington, 466 US 668, 687 (1984). To show deficient performance, Lee “must demonstrate that counsel performed counsel’s duties in an objectively unreasonable way, considering all of the circumstances and in the light of prevailing professional...
“Whether to file a demand for speedy trial is usually a matter of trial tactics and strategy, as a delay in bringing the case to trial may work to a defendant’s advantage.” Jones v. State, 296 Ga. 561, 569 (2015); see also Smith v. State, 297 Ga. 214, 217 (2015), overruled on other grounds by Johnson v. State, 315 Ga. 876 (2023). And “[a]s with other...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 13 de mayo de 2025
McIver v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de Benjamin McIver en un homicidio en el condado de Chatham, pero revocó su condena por robo a mano armada porque la evidencia mostró que el arma se usó solo después de que ya se había tomado la tarjeta de débito de la víctima.
After the judgment of conviction was entered and a motion for new trial was filed, new appellate counsel filed both an amended motion for new trial and a motion for funds to obtain forensic expert testimony and a report on the DNA evidence. At the first hearing on McIver’s motion for new trial, trial counsel testified that, although about 50 percent of his...
321 Ga. 565 FINAL COPY S25A0299. MCIVER v. THE STATE.
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 4 de marzo de 2025
Byrd v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato con malicia de un hombre que disparó a otro hombre que lo abofeteó en una fiesta de adolescentes, rechazando alegatos sobre pruebas insuficientes, una renuncia inválida al jurado y asistencia legal ineficaz.
4. Finally, Appellant claims that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel with respect to his trial counsel’s recommendation that he waive his right to a jury trial. To prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, Appellant must prove both that the attorney’s performance was professionally deficient and that the deficiency resulted in...
The reasonableness of trial counsel’s strategic decision to advise a defendant to waive his right to a jury trial should be “examined from counsel’s perspective at the time of trial and under the particular circumstances of the case.” Taylor v. State, 312 Ga. 1, 15 (860 SE2d 470) (2021) (cleaned up). Here, the record demonstrates that trial counsel’s advice...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 8 de abril de 2025
Cooper 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, y resolvió que reacusarlo después de 180 días no le quitó jurisdicción al tribunal de primera instancia porque la acusación original fue oportuna.
1. Appellant, who was 16 years old when the crimes occurred, was arrested on December 21, 2018. On April 18, 2019 — 118 days after Appellant’s arrest — a grand jury returned a true bill of indictment charging Appellant with murder. And on February 25, 2020 — 431 days after Appellant’s arrest — a grand jury returned a superseding true bill of indictment that...
In his motion for new trial, Appellant argued both that the trial court had erred in denying his plea in bar and that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to timely file the plea in bar. The superior court rejected both claims. As to Appellant’s challenge to the court’s denial of his plea in bar, the court concluded that, under the plain language of...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 28 de mayo de 2025
Docs of Ct, LLC v. Biotek Services, LLC
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia resolvió que una empresa que impugna un laudo arbitral por correos electrónicos indebidos entre bastidores debe demostrar que esos correos realmente cambiaron el resultado, no solo que ocurrieron.
time the term was added to our Arbitration Code, from Brady viola- tions, see Taylor v. State, 243 Ga. 222, 222-223 (1) (253 SE2d 191) (1979), and constitutional speedy trial claims, see State v. Madden, 242 Ga. 637, 637 (250 SE2d 484) (1978), to juror-bias claims, see Florence v. State, 243 Ga. 738, 740 (2) (256 SE2d 467) (1979), and claims of ineffective...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 6 de mayo de 2025
Jones 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 Polk por matar a su cuñado, rechazando su alegato de que la demora de cinco años de su abogado en solicitar una audiencia para un nuevo juicio equivalía a asistencia legal ineficaz.
Jones argues that counsel performed deficiently by failing to request a hearing on his motion for new trial in the five years between the motion’s filing in February 2015 and the trial court’s denial of the motion in March 2020. The judge who presided over Jones’s trial retired in October 2018, and a successor judge ruled on Jones’s motion for new trial....
3 Jones does not present a claim that the extraordinary delay constituted an abandonment by counsel or that such delay deprived him of any cognizable claim or due process of law. to have the trial judge preside over his motion for new trial hearing and noting that OCGA § 5-5-43 “clearly authorizes a judge who did not try a case to preside over and decide a...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 28 de enero de 2025
Chambers v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia revocó las condenas por asesinato en la comisión de un delito grave de un hombre de Savannah por una persecución mortal a alta velocidad, al determinar que los fiscales nunca probaron que los oficiales que perseguían llevaran uniformes con placas exhibidas de manera visible, como lo exige la ley sobre huir de la policía.
turned on their emergency lights and siren and observed Appellant’s SUV, which had its headlights and taillights turned off, turn into an apartment complex. The officers followed Appellant’s SUV, and tried to conduct a traffic stop, but Appellant did not stop. Instead, with Officers Sylvester and Brooner in pursuit, Appellant drove through the apartment...
BOGGS, Chief Justice. Appellant Jerry Chambers was convicted of three counts of felony murder, predicated on fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, following a high-speed chase and crash in downtown Savannah that resulted in the deaths of pedestrian Scott Waldrup and Appellant’s passengers, Spencer Stuckey and Gabriel Magulias.1 Appellant was also...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 16 de septiembre de 2025
Sprayberry v. Morris
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia revocó la decisión de un tribunal de habeas que había anulado la condena por asesinato de Edward Morris, dictaminando que sus abogados de juicio y de apelación no fueron inconstitucionalmente ineficaces en los reclamos que el tribunal de habeas consideró.
as to the federal claim, granting relief only based on the right under the Georgia Constitution. 4 Our analysis here is limited to the state right; the federal claim remains pending for the habeas court to resolve on remand. See, e.g., Turpin v. Lipham, 270 Ga. 208, 220 (1998) (“Until there is a decision in the habeas court, [the unresolved issues] are not...
Based on this evidence, the jury found Morris guilty on nine charges, and the trial court sentenced Morris to life in prison for the malice murder of Griffin in June 2007, ten years consecutive for the attempted armed robbery of Griffin in May 2007, 20 years concurrent for the aggravated assault of Griffin in May 2007, 20 years consecutive for the...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 12 de agosto de 2025
Reynolds v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato con malicia de Jeremy Reynolds por la muerte a tiros de Barry Bullard en 2008, al considerar que el testimonio de testigos oculares y otras pruebas eran más que suficientes para que un jurado lo condenara.
2 Reynolds does not contest the sufficiency of the evidence for his conviction for possession of cocaine. 3 We take this opportunity to note that with the 14-year delay between Reynolds’s sentencing and the docketing of his appeal in this Court, this appeal joins “a recent raft of cases with lengthy, unexplained, and unjustified delays between trial and...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 4 de marzo de 2025
State v. Riley
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia revocó la decisión de un juez de primera instancia de otorgar un nuevo juicio a Brendan Riley, dictaminando que su abogado no fue ineficaz por no impugnar un documento de acusación ambiguo que mezclaba lenguaje de indictment y de accusation.
1 That subsection provides that in felony cases involving violations of the enumerated felonies, and The Georgia Code sets out certain requirements for accusations and indictments, including a requirement that the form of these charging documents substantially comply with prescribed statutory requirements. Under OCGA § 17-7-54, an indictment must charge an...
Georgia, charge and accuse (name of the accused) of the county and state aforesaid with the offense of _____; for that the said (name of the accused) (state with sufficient certainty the offense and the time and place of committing the same), contrary to the laws of said state, the good order, peace, and dignity thereof. (b) If there should be more than one...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 18 de febrero de 2025
State v. Islam
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que cuando un juez de primera instancia concede una moción para devolver bienes incautados en un registro, los bienes quedan excluidos automáticamente del juicio por ley, aunque la orden nunca use la palabra 'excluir.'
the seized property at issue is excluded by operation of law, and a trial court has no discretion to order otherwise. See Republic Claims Svc. Co. v. Hoyal, 264 Ga. 127, 128 (441 SE2d 755) (1994) (construing OCGA § 9-2-60 (b), which states that “[a]ny action . . . in which no written order is taken for a period of five years shall automatically stand...
321 Ga. 30 FINAL COPY S24G0707. THE STATE v. ISLAM.
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 4 de marzo de 2025
Riley v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de Yathomas Riley por matar a su esposa frente a su hijo bebé, rechazando sus alegatos, presentados sin abogado, sobre un testigo en la sala, pruebas falsas y asistencia legal ineficaz.
321 Ga. 112 FINAL COPY S24A1002. RILEY v. THE STATE.
are not reviewable, and, as to his claims concerning evidence presented at trial, Riley either failed to preserve them for appeal or failed to meet his burden of showing error. “[G]rand juries, unlike petit juries, are authorized to consider evidence without regard to its eventual admissibility at trial.” State v. Lampl, 296 Ga. 892, 898 (2) (770 SE2d 629)...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 21 de octubre de 2025
Smith 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 por una persecución policial fatal a alta velocidad, dictaminando que aun si permitir que el jurado escuchara sobre su licencia suspendida fue un error, resultó inofensivo dada la abrumadora evidencia en su contra.
1. The evidence presented at Smith’s trial showed the following. At around 8:00 p.m. on March 6, 2022, Georgia State Patrol Trooper Demarcus Thomas was conducting traffic- enforcement operations on an interstate in Gwinnett County. Trooper Thomas observed Smith, who was driving a silver sports car, “making improper lane changes” and “traveling well over 80...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 12 de agosto de 2025
In the Matter of Kathleen Strang
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia inhabilitó a la abogada Kathleen Strang tras abandonar a cuatro clientes indigentes en casos penales y no responder a la investigación del Colegio de Abogados del Estado, después de que incurriera en rebeldía en el proceso disciplinario.
In SDBD No. 7869, Strang was appointed to represent a client in defending against three felony charges. In January 2020, she entered an appearance on behalf of the client, and in February 2021 — over a year later — filed a waiver of arraignment and entered a not guilty plea. It does not appear from the record that Strang made any further filings in this...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 28 de mayo de 2025
Short v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de un hombre de Columbus, al dictaminar que su confesión ante los detectives no fue inducida indebidamente por promesas de indulgencia o amenazas, por lo que fue admitida correctamente en el juicio.
321 Ga. 613 FINAL COPY S25A0048. SHORT v. THE STATE.
including Taquawn Pollard and Madison Reese, even rode in the car with Short on this date as he and others attempted to sell Gamble’s car for drug money, committed thefts, and bought and used crack-cocaine. 8 Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U. S. 436 (86 SCt 1602, 16 LE2d 694) (1966). 9 Short also signed an advice and waiver of rights form during the November 29...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 26 de agosto de 2025
Foster 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 Wayne por la muerte de un niño de tres años, rechazando sus reclamos de que la evidencia era insuficiente y de que el juez de primera instancia negó indebidamente una solicitud de último momento para posponer el juicio y conseguir un nuevo abogado.
3. Foster also contends that the trial court wrongfully denied his motion for a continuance so that he could have a different lawyer appointed for trial. In a related claim of error, he contends that the trial court violated his constitutional right to be appointed the coun- sel of his choice. We address these contentions in turn. (a) On the first day of...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 18 de febrero de 2025
Watkins v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas de Roderick Watkins por asesinato y feticidio en la muerte por disparo de Ashley Clark, pero revocó sus condenas por drogas porque un analista de laboratorio que nunca analizó la cocaína declaró indebidamente sobre los hallazgos de otro analista.
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