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Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 1 de marzo de 2021
In the Matter of Willie George Davis, Jr
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia rechazó una suspensión propuesta de 18 meses para un abogado que manejó mal el patrimonio de su hermana y el dinero de su sobrino huérfano, al considerar que el castigo era demasiado débil dado cuánto tiempo podría mantenerlo efectivamente en el limbo.
Finally, while the State Bar had found that Davis’s failure to comply with his nephew’s attorney’s post-judgment discovery requests showed an indifference to making restitution, see ABA Standard 9.22 (j), the Special Master concluded that this did not necessarily justify a finding of this aggravating factor because of the undisputed mental health factors...
Among other things, the Special Master concluded that Davis did not maintain and had not provided any records of how much of his nephew’s funds he spent for the benefit of his nephew, such that the record showed only that the money was unaccounted for, not necessarily that Davis converted it and used it for his own purposes; and that, indeed, the State Bar...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 2 de noviembre de 2021
George v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que la policía no puede incautar objetos fuera del alcance de una orden de registro solo porque sean 'relevantes', sino que debe cumplir con la doctrina más estricta de la vista simple antes de tomar dicha evidencia.
In effect, the Court of Appeals concluded that the State need only show that evidence was “relevant” or “related” to the matter under investigation to justify the seizure of evidence outside the scope of a search warrant. But that conclusion was erroneous, as was the holding in Walsh, because the seizure of such evidence not subject to any other exception...
We therefore conclude that the Court of Appeals’ decision in Walsh is one of a line of that court’s cases that failed to apply the correct plain view standard to evidence seized outside the scope of a warrant. See, e.g., Brown v. State, 260 Ga. App. 627, 629 (1) (580 SE2d 348) (2003); Schwindler v. State, 254 Ga. App. 579, 582 (1) (563 SE2d 154) (2002),...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 21 de junio de 2021
Moon v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia revocó las condenas por asesinato de un hombre del condado de Chatham porque la jueza de primera instancia removió indebidamente a una jurado disidente durante las deliberaciones sin una base legal sólida para hacerlo.
To convict Moon of malice murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon during the commission of a crime, the State was not required to prove that Moon personally fired the shots that killed Pickels and Biancosino, only that he was a party to the crimes, which, in this case, meant that he intentionally aided or abetted in the commission of the...
(ii) Motive. To properly show motive, “the extrinsic evidence must be logically relevant and necessary to prove something other than the accused’s propensity to commit the crime charged.” (Citation and punctuation omitted.) Strong, 309 Ga. at 312 (2) (d) (2). The State argued that the evidence of Moon’s other violent acts was relevant to show that he...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 15 de marzo de 2021
Moss 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 Houston y su sentencia de cadena perpetua sin libertad condicional, al rechazar los reclamos de asistencia letrada inefectiva y determinar que el juez de primera instancia estableció correctamente que los delitos reflejaban una incorregibilidad permanente.
Moss’s crimes reflected irreparable corruption or permanent incorrigibility before entry of Moss’s original LWOP sentence. After Moss’s amended motion for new trial was filed, Moss and the State agreed that Moss was entitled to a new sentencing hearing for the trial court to make such a determination before Moss could be sentenced to LWOP for crimes...
(b) Moss also contends that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to demur to the aggravated battery count of the indictment, as well as the felony murder and firearm counts that were predicated on aggravated battery. Under OCGA § 16-5-24 (a): A person commits the offense of aggravated battery when he or she maliciously causes...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 14 de diciembre de 2021
Bates 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 Barrow por disparar a su vecino y al perro del vecino, rechazando las cuatro alegaciones de que sus abogados de juicio brindaron una representación constitucionalmente inadecuada.
PROSECUTOR: He told law enforcement that he did what he told the victim he was going to do when he said: I done what I told him. Would that be consistent or inconsistent with someone experiencing PTSD symptoms? DR. GAY: I would say that would be inconsistent. And that kind of goes back to premeditation and intent. Assuming without deciding that Dr. Gay...
Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur. Decided January 4, 2022. Murder. Barrow Superior Court. Before Judge Primm. Clark & Towne, Jessica R. Towne, for appellant. J. Bradley Smith, District Attorney, Patricia J. Brooks, Assistant District Attorney; Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K....
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 21 de junio de 2021
Taylor v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas de Micayla Taylor por asesinato mientras cometía un delito grave y agresión agravada derivadas de un tiroteo en el condado de Newton, rechazando reclamos sobre pruebas insuficientes, una moción de supresión mal manejada, una violación al derecho a un juicio rápido, una instrucción al jurado y asistencia letrada ineficaz.
A suspect who asks for a lawyer at any time during a custodial interrogation may not be subjected to further questioning by law enforcement until an attorney has been made available or until the suspect reinitiates the conversation. If the police persist in questioning a suspect who has requested that counsel be present, any resulting statements made by the...
3 Officers never recovered the handgun used in the shootings. Appellant at trial. Yates could not identify anyone in the photographs presented to him, but at trial, he identified Appellant as the woman who asked him where she could sell marijuana, had a gun in her possession, and was riding in the silver car. Appellant was arrested on February 5 and...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 23 de noviembre de 2021
State v. Houston
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la decisión de un tribunal de habeas corpus de anular las tres declaraciones de culpabilidad por conducir en estado de ebriedad (menor cuantía) de un hombre porque nunca se le informó en su audiencia de declaración de culpabilidad que tenía derecho a un abogado allí.
PETERSON, Justice. The State is appealing a grant of habeas relief to Aaron Saunders Houston, who pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor DUI counts. The habeas court vacated the convictions entered on those pleas on the basis that the pleas were tendered without the assistance of counsel and without Houston being advised of his right to counsel, and that...
defender in the courtroom on the day that he entered his guilty plea, although the solicitor could not recall which public defender was on duty that day.2 In a one-page order, the habeas court granted Houston’s petition and vacated his convictions, concluding that “the evidence establishes that [Houston] tendered a plea without the assistance of counsel and...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 15 de febrero de 2021
Lofton v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de Hakim Lofton, al dictaminar que la evidencia circunstancial, incluidos los registros telefónicos y de torres celulares, fue suficiente y que la confianza de la policía en la ley entonces vigente para obtener sus registros celulares sin orden judicial no requería descartar la evidencia.
“There must be at least slight evidence produced at trial to authorize a jury instruction, and whether the evidence presented is sufficient to authorize a charge is a question of law.” Rammage v. State, 307 Ga. 763, 767 (4) (838 SE2d 249) (2020) (citation and punctuation omitted). See also Barron v. State, 297 Ga. 706, 708 (2) (777 SE2d 435) (2015) (“A...
In this case, we have concluded that the detective’s communications with MetroPCS supported a good faith belief that the company’s voluntary disclosure of the requested records was authorized under the SCA, 18 USC § 2702 (c) (4). We further conclude that it was objectively reasonable for a law enforcement officer in good faith to rely on this statutory...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 24 de agosto de 2021
SMITH v. LONG COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATION
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó el resultado de una elección para juez de sucesiones del condado de Long, al dictaminar que un candidato perdedor no logró demostrar suficientes votos ilegales o irregulares para superar el margen de victoria de nueve votos.
. . . shall deny the application by writing the reason for rejection in the proper space on the application and shall promptly notify the applicant in writing of the ground of ineligibility . . . . However, an absentee ballot application shall not be rejected due to an apparent mismatch between the signature of the elector on the application and the...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 14 de diciembre de 2021
Bell v. Hargrove
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que un juez de sucesiones no puede negar una licencia para portar armas solo porque un informe de antecedentes penales deja poco claro el resultado de un arresto antiguo. El juez debe tener prueba real de una condena que descalifique, no mera especulación.
COLVIN, Justice. Georgia law generally requires a person to apply for and receive a valid weapons carry license from a probate judge before carrying a handgun or other weapon in public. 1 The General Assembly has identified specific categories of people to whom “[n]o weapons carry license shall be issued,” including people with certain criminal convictions....
1 “No person shall carry a weapon without a valid weapons carry license unless he or she meets one of the exceptions to having such license as provided in subsections (a) through (g) of this Code section.” OCGA § 16-11-126 (h) (1). See also OCGA § 16-11-125.1 (5) (defining “weapon” as including handguns). Under the enumerated exceptions, if certain...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 15 de marzo de 2021
Duke v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que Ryan Duke, el hombre acusado del asesinato de Tara Grinstead en 2005, sigue siendo indigente aunque sus abogados trabajen gratis, y que la ley estatal permite que abogados pro bono contraten con agencias públicas de defensa para obtener expertos e investigadores financiados por el estado.
In this case, Duke questions the constitutionality of the indigent defense statutes enacted by the General Assembly. Of course, the Georgia Constitution vests “[t]he legislative power of the state” in the General Assembly, Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. III, Sec. I, Par. I, and as we have explained, the lawmaking power of the General Assembly is “plenary.” Bryan...
Moreover, the General Assembly references attorneys representing indigent defendants in various parts of the IDA without limiting the meaning of those “attorneys” to either conflict counsel or capital defenders. See, e.g., with emphases supplied OCGA §§ 17-12-5 (b) (1); 17-12-6 (a) (3) (explaining that the GPDC may help in “[t]he promotion of and assistance...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 8 de septiembre de 2021
In the Matter of Barry Dean Carothers
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que un abogado admitido al Colegio de Abogados de Alabama mediante la transferencia de su puntaje del Examen Uniforme de Abogacía desde Carolina del Sur seguía estando 'admitido por examen', lo que le permite solicitar la admisión al Colegio de Abogados de Georgia sin presentar el examen de Georgia.
3. The Alabama Rules. Applicants may be admitted to the Alabama Bar without examination and by examination. As discussed below, under the Alabama Rules, Alabama’s bar examination consists of the UBE, and applicants may take the UBE in Alabama or take the examination in a different jurisdiction and transfer the score they receive. The Georgia Board argues...
(a) Admission to the Alabama Bar Without Examination. Rule III of the Alabama Rules covers “Persons Entitled to Admission Without Examination.” Applicants seeking admission under this rule must show, among other things, that they have been admitted to practice law in another state, territory, or the District of Columbia; that the jurisdiction where they...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 21 de junio de 2021
STAR RESIDENTIAL, LLC v. HERNANDEZ
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que una víctima de un tiroteo no podía demandar al propietario y operador de su complejo de apartamentos por daños triplicados bajo la ley estatal contra pandillas, porque esa ley solo permite a las víctimas demandar a los miembros de pandillas que realmente causaron sus lesiones.
1 There is no claim in this case that Star Residential was directly affiliated or involved with a street gang. Nor is there any allegation that Star Residential was involved in the shooting or engaged in criminal gang activity. 15-7 provides for a cause of action for treble damages to persons injured by reason of criminal gang activity if the factfinder...
With these principles in mind, our analysis begins with a consideration of the relevant language contained in OCGA § 16-15- 7 of the Gang Act, which states: (a) Any real property which is erected, established, maintained, owned, leased, or used by any criminal street gang for the purpose of conducting criminal gang activity shall constitute a public...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 5 de octubre de 2021
Emmons, Warden v. Bryant
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia revocó una orden de un tribunal de habeas corpus que había concedido un nuevo juicio a un hombre condenado por agresión sexual agravada, al determinar que su abogado de apelación no brindó una representación constitucionalmente inadecuada.
LAGRUA, Justice. This appeal arises from the grant of a petition for habeas corpus filed by Steven Bryant in connection with his 2015 conviction for aggravated sexual battery. In granting Bryant’s petition, the habeas court ruled that Bryant’s appellate counsel had rendered ineffective assistance by failing to properly assert several instances of trial...
Ordinarily, to show prejudice, a defendant must demonstrate “a reasonable probability[,] sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome[,] that, but for counsel’s alleged unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.” Miller v. State, 285 Ga. 285, 286 (676 SE2d 173) (2009) (citation and punctuation omitted). As related to...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 1 de junio de 2021
Lewis v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena de Jeffrey Lewis por asesinato con agravantes, dictaminando que su confesión grabada en la cárcel fue admitida correctamente porque no se le prometió ningún beneficio y nunca pidió claramente un abogado.
If a suspect asks for a lawyer during a custodial interrogation, law enforcement officers may not continue questioning the suspect “until an attorney has been made available or until the suspect reinitiates the conversation.” Driver v. State, 307 Ga. 644, 646 (837 SE2d 802) (2020) (citation and punctuation omitted). See also Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S....
LEWIS’S SISTER: So, they ain’t trying to give you help in no type of way? ... DETECTIVE: That’s — it — it — the way I explained to him and what I explained to you is that he has a right to come down and talk to me and provide me with a statement and that he didn’t take that opportunity the first time. So, he reached out to me and this is his second...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 10 de agosto de 2021
Alston & Bird, LLP v. Hatcher Management Holdings, LLC
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia resolvió que la ley de reparto de culpa de Georgia permite a los jurados reducir los daños según la culpa de un tercero que no es parte solo cuando una demanda nombra a más de un demandado, y también resolvió que los reembolsos de gastos de litigio por mala fe pueden dividirse según la culpa.
Finally, A&B and amici argue that allowing apportionment of damages according to the percentage of fault allocated to nonparties in multiple-defendant cases but not in single-defendant cases would be arbitrary and not reflective of the General Assembly’s intent. But “[t]he best indicator of the General Assembly’s intent is the statutory text it actually...
The General Assembly chose to exclude single-defendant cases from apportionment among non-parties. A&B does not argue that such a choice was beyond the legislative power the Georgia Constitution vests in the General Assembly. And the judicial power we exercise today does not permit us to make a different choice. We affirm the Court of Appeals’s conclusion...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 21 de junio de 2021
Montanez v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas por asesinato de un hombre en un tiroteo mortal durante un trato de drogas en Sandy Springs, rechazando sus alegatos de que la evidencia era insuficiente y que su abogado arruinó el contrainterrogatorio de su cómplice.
(1) Any crime against or involving the person of another; (2) The unlawful entry into a building or vehicle; (3) A theft from a building or theft of a vehicle; (4) Any crime involving the possession, manufacture, delivery, distribution, dispensing, administering, selling, or possession with intent to distribute any controlled substance as provided in Code...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 1 de junio de 2021
Holmes v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de Dequan Holmes y su sentencia de cadena perpetua sin libertad condicional por un homicidio que cometió apenas días antes de cumplir 18 años, rechazando su alegato de legítima defensa y su impugnación bajo la Octava Enmienda.
The 2013 sentencing hearing was held after the United States Supreme Court’s 2012 decision in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (132 SCt 2455, 183 LE2d 407) (2012). The trial judge did not explicitly mention Holmes’s age or discuss the characteristics of youth during sentencing. In his order denying Holmes’s motion for new trial, however, the judge stated...
311 Ga. 698 FINAL COPY S21A0377. HOLMES v. THE STATE.
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 21 de junio de 2021
Wilson v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas de un padrastro por abusar sexualmente de su hijastra de 13 años, y determinó que la evidencia de que él había abusado de su media hermana menor décadas atrás, cuando él mismo era un niño, fue admitida correctamente en el juicio.
At common law[,] infancy is usually regarded as being divided into three distinct periods as to which distinct presumption for capacity or incapacity prevails. An infant under the age of seven (in Georgia changed by statute to ten years) is presumed to have no capacity to commit a crime, and such presumption is conclusive and unrebuttable. After fourteen...
10 Wilson argues that he would have been 12 years old for almost eight months of 1986, when the molestation of P. W. was alleged to have occurred in the State’s notice, and 13 years old for the last four months of 1986. Wilson was 13 years old or older when the prior offenses occurred, this argument fails. To the extent that Wilson was under the age of 13...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 24 de junio de 2021
Young v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por homicidio y la sentencia de muerte de Rodney Young, y rechazó su alegato de que la exigencia de Georgia de probar la discapacidad intelectual más allá de toda duda razonable es inconstitucional.
Since the death penalty for juveniles was outlawed by the 5-4 decision in Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551, 578 (125 SCt 1183, 161 LE2d 1) (2005), the clear trend line of the United States Supreme Court’s cases in this area (all decided by narrow margins) was to restrict the states’ authority to punish juveniles. In particular, the reasoning of the Court’s...
25. Young argues that requiring him to prove his intellectual disability beyond a reasonable doubt in order to be exempted from a death sentence was unconstitutional. Seeing no clear direction in the law to hold otherwise, we adhere to our prior decisions upholding Georgia’s standard of proof.
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