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Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 3 de febrero de 2026
Jenkins v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia desestimó la apelación directa de un hombre contra la denegación de su solicitud de juicio rápido conforme a la ley, y resolvió que debía haber usado el procedimiento de apelación interlocutoria y que la corte carecía de jurisdicción para conocer el caso tal como fue presentado.
COLVIN, Justice. In this case, Appellant Roshoun Jacarri Jenkins appealed directly from the dismissal of his statutory speedy trial demand, which he made pursuant to OCGA § 17-7-171. Because the dismissal of a speedy trial demand does not fall within one of the categories of cases from which a direct appeal is authorized under OCGA § 5-6-34(a), Jenkins was...
In Hubbard v. State, 254 Ga. 694 (1985), we held that when a defendant files a speedy trial demand under OCGA § 17-7-170, which governs speedy trial demands in noncapital cases, and later moves to dismiss the indictment against him under that statute, he may appeal directly from the denial of such motion without following the interlocutory appellate...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 16 de junio de 2026
Price v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia anuló parte del fallo contra un hombre del condado de Fulton condenado por asesinato, al encontrar que el juez de primera instancia cometió errores legales al rechazar su reclamo de que se le negó un juicio rápido, y devolvió el caso para un análisis adecuado.
2 OCGA § 17-7-171(a) provides: Any person accused of a capital offense may enter a demand for speedy trial at the term of court at which the indictment is found or at the next succeeding regular term thereafter; or, by special permission of the court, the defendant may at any sub- sequent term thereafter demand a speedy trial. The demand for speedy trial...
If the trial court significantly misapplies the law or clearly errs in a material factual finding, we will af- firm the trial court’s exercise of discretion only if we can conclude that, had the trial court used the cor- rect facts and legal analysis, it would have had no discretion to reach a different judgment. But if the trial court would still have...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 9 de septiembre de 2026
Kitchens 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 Bibb tras determinar que no hubo violación constitucional del derecho a un juicio rápido, que las pruebas de delitos de pandillas fueron suficientes, que no hubo violación de las reglas de divulgación de pruebas y que no hubo asistencia letrada inefectiva por parte de su abogado de juicio.
The State’s gang expert testified that Kitchens and Car- swell were members of GDM, which had about 50 to 60 members, “deal[t] mostly in drugs,” and was affiliated with the Gangster Disciples. He explained that both GDM and the Gangster Disci- ples used a “Star of David” and a “pitchfork” as “signs.” He also testified that gangs typically operate in a...
In the first appeal of this case, we held that a presumption of prejudice arose under the first part of the Barker framework, but we concluded that the trial court misapplied the law and made a clearly erroneous finding of fact in its analysis of the sec- ond part of the framework. Specifically, we concluded that as to the length-of-the-delay factor, the...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 2 de junio de 2026
Sheffield 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 Coffee por la muerte a tiros de su esposa, pero devolvió su reclamo de juicio rápido al tribunal de primera instancia porque el juez calculó mal la demora y no asignó adecuadamente la responsabilidad por ella.
But there are important differences between the evidence presented in Carter and the evidence presented in this case. Ste- phens’s testimony that she maintained contact with Sheffield— including sharing two phone calls the week of the murder—is ev- idence that Stephens and Sheffield were in contact mere days be- fore the crimes, whereas the appellant and...
On October 21, 2021 (one day before a scheduled hearing on pretrial motions and four days before trial started), Sheffield filed a motion to dismiss on the ground that his constitutional right to a speedy trial had been violated. No hearing was held on the motion, and no written order was issued on the motion before trial. However, at the hearing on...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 9 de septiembre de 2026
Johnson v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas de 2000 por asesinato y robo de un hombre del condado de Burke, rechazando alegatos de pruebas insuficientes, defensa ineficaz y mala conducta fiscal, a pesar de una demora de décadas en resolver sus mociones posteriores al juicio.
On January 28, 2022, the trial court issued an order deny- ing Johnson’s motion for new trial, as amended. Johnson filed a notice of appeal on February 21, 2022, and the case was docketed to this Court on April 27, 2022 (S22A0964). The Court ultimately remanded the case for the trial court “to dismiss Johnson’s motion for out-of-time motion for new trial...
when there is no evidence to the contrary,” and these claims could be “addressed based on the record.” The court also determined that the delay did not prevent Johnson’s appellate counsel from “pursuing his appeal or adequately arguing an enumeration of er- ror.” Finally, the court noted that Johnson had failed to show that he was “harmed or prejudiced in...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 12 de marzo de 2026
GINES v. THE STATE (Three Cases)
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas por asesinato de tres hombres en la muerte por disparo de Kadarius Medlock, rechazando reclamos sobre restricciones en las piernas, instrucciones al jurado, evidencia faltante y representación legal ineficaz.
8 As we reminded trial courts in Merritt, “a defendant’s Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment due process rights prohibit the use of physical restraints absent a trial court determination that they are justified by a state 4. The Appellants next argue that they were denied their right to a speedy appeal due to the nearly six-year delay between the filing of their...
Gines and Dawson also argue that they were prejudiced by the delay because they are unable to support their claims of ineffective assistance related to their trial counsels’ decision not to call G.A., one of Medlock’s neighbors, to testify at trial. In support of this argument, they point to G.A.’s testimony at the motion for new trial hearing regarding...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 16 de junio de 2026
CLARK v. LEIGH (And Vice Versa)
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que el veredicto por muerte injusta y dolor y sufrimiento de un jurado del condado de Bibb a favor de April Clark no puede reducirse mediante el límite de $350,000 de Georgia para daños no económicos por negligencia médica, porque ese límite no puede separarse de los daños que protege el derecho a un juicio con jurado. La corte devolvió el caso para procedimientos adicionales.
1. Right to Trial by Jury Georgia’s guarantee of the right to trial by jury first appeared in our state constitution in 1777. See Ga. Const. of 1777, Art. LXI (“Freedom of the press, and trial by jury, to remain inviolate forever.”). The provision remained in similar language in the 1789 Constitution. See Ga. Const. of 1789, Art. IV, Sec. III (“Freedom of...
of trial by jury, except where it is otherwise provided in this constitution, shall remain inviolate.”). The 1868 Constitution was the first Constitution to refer to “[t]he right of trial by jury.” Id. (emphasis added). The provision has been carried forward in materially identical form into every Constitution since, including in our current Constitution....
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 13 de agosto de 2026
Kelly 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 Cobb a pesar de una demora de diez años en resolver su moción de nuevo juicio, al determinar que no demostró que la demora realmente perjudicara su apelación.
the inexcusable delay in post-conviction proceedings violated his due process right to appeal. See Chat- man v. Mancill, 280 Ga. 253 (2006). Further, that Mr. Kelly’s motion for new trial has remained pend- ing since his conviction while his co-defendant’s case was litigated and affirmed in 2018, see Blackwell v. State, 302 Ga. 820 (2018), deprived Mr....
In response, Rodgers agreed that the State’s legal analysis was correct but that he was “making a good faith[ ]argument to try and attack some of the required prejudice aspect of this.” He also noted that Kelly’s co-defendant, Blackwell – who was “tried at the same time [and] convicted at the same time” as Kelly – “had his case litigated, appealed and...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 13 de agosto de 2026
Coleman 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 Fulton, al determinar que la evidencia del juicio fue suficiente, que el desempeño de su abogado no fue constitucionalmente deficiente, y que sus demás reclamos fueron renunciados o no estuvieron respaldados por el expediente.
Coleman also argues that counsel should have filed a speedy trial demand, and this argument fails for a similar reason. Because a delay in bringing a case to trial may work to a defendant’s advantage, a defendant must show that trial counsel’s failure to file a speedy trial demand was objectively unreasonable. See Lee v. State, 323 Ga. 327, 334–35 (2025)....
(b) Unsupported claims Coleman also argues that he was denied the right to counsel during the plea and arraignment phase when “counsel came in one month after the plea and arraignment.” This claim is not supported by the record. The record shows that Coleman was represented by counsel soon after his arrest, as counsel filed a request for bond in March 2019,...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 30 de junio de 2026
Mosley v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato en la modalidad de delito grave (felony murder) de un recluso de la Prisión Estatal de Georgia por matar a su compañero de celda, rechazando reclamos sobre la evidencia, las instrucciones al jurado, la revocación por parte de un juez de una orden de nuevo juicio, y una transcripción del juicio entregada con retraso.
9. Finally, Mosley argues that the trial court erred in re- scinding the order granting him a new trial because the nearly 23 month delay in preparing the trial transcript violated due pro- cess, impaired Mosley’s ability to amend his motion for new trial, and denied him meaningful appellate review. We review a claim that a delayed appeal constituted a due...
MCMILLIAN, Justice. Shawn Mosley, an inmate at Georgia State Prison, appeals his convictions for felony murder and related crimes in connection with the stabbing death of fellow inmate Adrian White. 1 On ap- 1 The crimes were committed on December 3, 2019. In December 2020, a Tattnall County grand jury indicted Mosley for malice murder (Count 1), fel- ony...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 17 de febrero de 2026
Bradford v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas por asesinato y actividad de pandillas de un hombre del condado de Fulton, rechazando reclamos de evidencia insuficiente y asistencia legal ineficaz, pero criticó duramente la demora de 13 años en resolver sus mociones posteriores a la condena.
Bradford, through counsel (Dolly M. Fairclough), timely filed a motion for new trial in August 2012, but it took 13 years for the trial court to rule on that motion. No order allowing counsel to withdraw is in the record. Bradford filed several pro se pleadings over the years, making repeated requests for trial transcripts to pursue habeas corpus relief,...
This inordinate delay was unacceptable. We regrettably find it necessary to say, yet again, that “it is the duty of all those involved in the criminal justice system, including trial courts and prosecutors as well as defense counsel and defendants, to ensure that the appropriate post-conviction motions are filed, litigated, and decided without unnecessary...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 13 de agosto de 2026
Allen v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de Daniel Lee Allen por la muerte de Dwayne Louder, rechazando sus impugnaciones sobre la evidencia de su consumo de drogas, su arresto en Nueva York y un cambio de abogado a mitad del juicio.
PINSON, Justice. Daniel Lee Allen was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Dwayne Louder. 1 On 1 Louder was killed on January 2, 2010. On March 12, 2010, a Troup County grand jury indicted Allen and four co-defendants, Sade Davidson, Toray Porter, Kelly Stephens, and Arthur Barrett, for malice murder (Count...
Those claims of error fail. The evidence of Allen’s prior drug use was admissible under the old Evidence Code because it was rel- evant to his motive to commit the charged crimes. Any error in al- lowing evidence that Allen was arrested in New York was harmless because it is highly probable that it did not contribute to the verdict. And Allen’s...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 22 de septiembre de 2026
Gamble v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de Tamieka Gamble y dictaminó que ella no explicó por qué las pruebas en su contra eran insuficientes ni cómo el Estado no logró refutar su alegato de que actuó bajo coacción.
year term on Count 12, and a concurrent five-year term on Count 13. The remaining counts were either vacated by operation of law or merged for sentencing purposes. In August 2015, Gamble timely filed a motion for new trial. Gamble was appointed new counsel in June 2018. In November 2018, the State asked for a status conference since the trial transcripts...
1. The evidence presented at Gamble’s trial. The evidence presented at trial showed the following. Jowers was retired and lived in an apartment complex in Fulton County. On August 3, 2010, Jowers spoke to a neighbor, Kathy Wilson, and told her that he was expecting a visit from a friend named “Porsche,” whom they both knew. Wilson had previously taken...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 18 de agosto de 2026
Hensley 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 determinar que un informe pericial de último momento no requería posponer el juicio y que la estrategia de juicio de su abogado no fue deficiente conforme a la Constitución.
2. Hensley argues that the trial court abused its discretion by denying his motion for a continuance. (a) Hensley was arrested in December 2021 and indicted in December 2023. According to Hensley’s trial counsel, the State gave her the “majority of the discovery” on December 26, 2023, soon after Hensley was indicted. This discovery included a four- page...
After receiving this report, counsel requested a continu- ance to give her more time “to consult with and have the oppor- tunity to retain an expert … to understand and respond to” the report. The trial court denied the motion. Counsel later renewed her motion, explaining that she had received some assistance in understanding the recently disclosed report...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 2 de junio de 2026
Sims v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato malicioso de un hombre del condado de Fulton en un caso de robo con allanamiento que terminó en un tiroteo fatal, rechazando cuestionamientos sobre las pruebas, la selección del jurado, el juicio conjunto y el desempeño de su abogado.
Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdicts, After a joint jury trial that began on September 27, 2016, Sims was found guilty on all charges. The trial court sentenced Sims to life in prison with the possibility of parole for malice murder (Count 1); 20 years’ probation, consecutive to Count 1, for burglary (Count 6); and five years’...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 16 de junio de 2026
Calhoun v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena de James Calhoun por asesinato con malicia por el homicidio a tiros de Pamela Williams, rechazando sus reclamos sobre pruebas del juicio, procedimientos del jurado y el desempeño de su abogado, en gran parte porque no respaldó muchos de sus argumentos.
After a joint jury trial that began on September 27, 2016, Calhoun was found guilty on all charges. (The jury also returned guilty verdicts against Sims and Banks, both of whom filed separate appeals. See Sims v. State, ___Ga. ___, S26A0143 (June 2, 2026); Banks v. State, ___Ga. ___, S26A0144 (June __, 2026)). On December 15, 2016, the trial court sentenced...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 2 de junio de 2026
Clark v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): The Supreme Court of Georgia sent a 2000 murder-for-hire case back to Fulton County for a hearing on whether Cleveland Clark's trial lawyers were ineffective, because he has had no earlier chance to raise that claim. His other challenges failed.
In an ex parte session on May 4, 2009, the defense reported that, although some experts were being paid, those with pay concerns were asking Fulton County to guarantee payment. Additionally, because the trial was scheduled for May 28, many of the potential experts were telling the CDO that they did not have enough time to perform testing on Clark and...
The defense filed a motion for continuance two days later, on May 22, 2009, along with a “Notice of Intent of Defense to Raise Issue of Mental Retardation and Mental Incompetence.”6 The 3 On May 8, 2009, the director of the CDO e-mailed GPDSC to identify potential expert witnesses needed for Clark’s trial and the estimated costs of retaining them, which...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 21 de abril de 2026
Spann v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de Morris Charles Spann en la muerte a tiros de su madre, al determinar que la evidencia del juicio, incluyendo testimonios de testigos y residuos de disparo, era suficiente para que el jurado lo declarara culpable.
1. In the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence at trial showed the following. In the early morning hours of July 30, 2011, Ricks was sit- ting out in front of his house when he saw Annie, who lived across the street, get home from work. Annie started knocking on her court had not found that he was “irreparably corrupt” or “permanently incor-...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 21 de enero de 2026
Williams v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la declaración de culpabilidad de un hombre del condado de Gwinnett por asesinato con malicia, rechazando sus argumentos de que la declaración fue forzada y de que no había renunciado correctamente a sus derechos de juicio, pero ordenó anular dos de sus sentencias porque debían haberse combinado.
Williams and his plea counsel then had another off-the-record conversation, and when it concluded, the following exchange occurred: [PLEA COUNSEL]: Are you being forced to enter this plea? [WILLIAMS]: I’m good, Judge. [TRIAL JUDGE]: I’m sorry? [WILLIAMS]: I’m good. [PLEA COUNSEL]: Well, you haven’t answered the question. Are you being forced to enter the...
[TRIAL JUDGE]: So, Mr. Williams, we are here in trial. It’s now 12:40 on the third day of trial. The jury is still in the deliberation room, expecting to come back here and continue with the trial of the case, if that’s what you want. Do you understand what I just told you? [WILLIAMS]: Yes, your Honor. [TRIAL JUDGE]: And we’ve had some discussions. We’ve...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 13 de agosto de 2026
Clifton v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas por asesinato de Morio Clifton y Christopher Woody en la muerte por disparos de Warren Roseberry en 2015, rechazando impugnaciones a las pruebas, las instrucciones al jurado y el desempeño de sus abogados.
Clifton and Woody filed timely motions for new trial and amended their motions multiple times through new counsel. Clifton first moved for a new trial on January 4, 2018, and amended his motion on September 16, 2019, and February 1, 2021. Woody first moved for a new trial on August 18, 2017, and amended his motion on December 27, 2017, September 16, 2019,...
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