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Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 1 de febrero de 2022
Langley v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que los jueces de primera instancia sí tienen discreción para poner en libertad condicional parte de una condena por posesión de arma de fuego por un delincuente convicto, revocando una decisión de la Corte de Apelaciones que decía que la condena debía cumplirse por completo en reclusión.
2. Langley contends that the Court of Appeals erred in 3 OCGA § 16-13-30 (d) says: Except as otherwise provided, any person who violates subsection (b) of this Code section with respect to a controlled substance in Schedule I or Schedule II shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five...
Looking to the statutory text and context, there is no real question about what the phrase “shall be imprisoned” — standing alone — means in a penal statute. In ordinary English, the phrase “shall be imprisoned” means that a person convicted of an offense is to be “confined” for the period specified by the statute. See, e.g., Webster’s Third New...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 30 de junio de 2022
McIver v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia revocó la condena por asesinato en la muerte a tiros de la esposa de Tex McIver, dictaminando que el juez de primera instancia debió permitir que el jurado considerara un cargo menor de homicidio involuntario como delito menor.
A review of selected cases on involuntary manslaughter provides some guidance for determining whether there is slight evidence of the commission of a lawful act in an unlawful manner to support an instruction on OCGA § 16-5-3 (b). For example, if the uncontradicted evidence shows that the defendant was not in lawful possession of the weapon that caused the...
manslaughter, because even under his own version of the events, Snell conceded that his possession of a concealed weapon in the victim’s home at the time of the fatal shooting was a violation of the version of OCGA § 16-11-126 then in effect).41 Another question in determining whether an instruction on unlawful manner involuntary manslaughter is warranted...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 19 de enero de 2022
Jenkins v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas por asesinato y otros delitos de un hombre involucrado en una violenta invasión de un hogar en el condado de Gwinnett, rechazando sus impugnaciones sobre la evidencia de posesión de arma por un delincuente, el testimonio de huida y el desempeño de su abogado.
On appeal, Appellant claims that, because the stipulation did not specify that Appellant was a convicted felon on or before the home invasion on August 6, 2014, it was insufficient as a matter of law to establish that his felony conviction preceded the gun possession – a necessary element of OCGA § 16-11-131.4 Appellant claims that, because the stipulation...
313 Ga. 81 FINAL COPY S21A1127. JENKINS v. THE STATE.
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 4 de octubre de 2022
Beamon v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas por asesinato de Vernon Beamon por un doble homicidio de 2016 en el condado de DeKalb, al determinar que la evidencia circunstancial que lo vinculaba con los crímenes era suficiente para que el jurado lo condenara, y resolvió que sus dos condenas por armas de fuego no debían fusionarse.
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 Code Section 16-13-2, or who has been convicted of a felony by a court of this state or any other state; by a court of the United States including its territories,...
Any person who shall have on or within arm’s reach of his or her person a firearm . . . during the commission of, or the attempt to commit . . . [a]ny crime against or involving the person of another; . . . [t]he unlawful entry into a building or vehicle; . . . [a] theft from a building or theft of a vehicle; . . . [a]ny crime involving the possession,...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 20 de diciembre de 2022
Smith 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 Lamar por disparar a su vecino, rechazando alegatos de que el disparo fue accidental, de que se admitieron pruebas indebidamente y de que su abogado de juicio fue ineficaz.
5 See Jackson v. Denno, 378 U. S. 368 (84 SCt 1774, 12 LE2d 908) (1964). 6 Under the former Evidence Code, to preserve for appellate review a claim that the trial court improperly admitted or excluded evidence under a particular theory, a defendant was required to argue at trial that the evidence should be admitted or excluded under that particular theory....
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm while: (1) Under the influence of alcohol or any drug or any combination of alcohol and any drug to the extent that it is unsafe for the person to discharge such firearm except in the another, OCGA § 16-11-104.8 The trial court denied the request, noting that the defense failed to present slight...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 9 de agosto de 2022
Ellington v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato con malicia de Vincent Ellington en un tiroteo en Atlanta, rechazando sus alegatos de que la evidencia era insuficiente y que se limitó indebidamente su contrainterrogatorio de una testigo, pero devolvió el caso para corregir un error de sentencia.
Additionally, as a matter of Georgia statutory law, “[t]o 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 save that of the guilt of the accused,” OCGA § 24-14-6. “[I]t is principally for the jury to determine whether an...
To the extent Ellington challenges the sufficiency of the evidence related to counts that were merged for sentencing purposes or vacated by operation of law—felony murder, aggravated assault 5 Ellington’s challenge to this conviction on appeal is based solely on the alleged lack of evidence that he possessed a firearm. At trial, he stipulated that he was a...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 23 de agosto de 2022
Benton v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que la condena de 1990 de un hombre bajo la ley de primer delincuente no podía contar como delito grave previo para efectos de sentencia por reincidencia, porque la revocación de su libertad condicional nunca constituyó una adjudicación formal de culpabilidad.
7 It appears there may be some confusion stemming from prior decisions of this Court and the Court of Appeals, including Davis and Collins, that use the term “probation” to describe both any term of probation ordered by a court as part of a first-offender sentence under OCGA § 42-8-60 (a) and the “probationary” nature of first-offender status generally. For...
1. Background As recounted by the Court of Appeals, [v]iewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, the evidence shows that on July 4, 2017, Tyrone Ransom was working in a convenience store when Benton approached him and appeared to be irritated. Benton accused Ransom of stealing his weed whacker and demanded that he admit it; but Ransom...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 30 de junio de 2022
Talley v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de Mario Talley en un tiroteo mortal en un apartamento de Atlanta, y determinó que cualquier error al admitir testimonio sobre una disputa previa entre la víctima y Talley fue inofensivo y que las decisiones de su abogado de juicio no constituyeron asistencia ineficaz.
BETHEL, Justice. A Fulton County jury found Mario Talley guilty of the malice murder of Rodney Walker, the aggravated assault and attempted armed robbery of Isiah Knight, and other offenses. Talley appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, arguing that the trial court erred by admitting certain evidence at trial and that his trial counsel...
went to Talley’s mother’s house. Around 5:00 p.m. he drove her to the airport and then dropped off a rental car. Walker, Simon, and Williams followed him, and they picked Talley up and drove back to his mother’s house. They then took some music recording equipment to another apartment in the same complex as Knight’s apartment. Talley never went to Knight’s...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 17 de mayo de 2022
Smith v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato con delito grave de un hombre del condado de Dougherty por la muerte a golpes de Jerome Walden, rechazando argumentos sobre la acusación formal y múltiples reclamos de asistencia letrada ineficaz contra su abogado de juicio.
3 OCGA § 16-1-7 (a) provides: When the same conduct of an accused may establish the commission of more than one crime, the accused may be prosecuted for each crime. He may not, however, be convicted of more than one crime if: (1) One crime is included in the other; or (2) The crimes differ only in that one is defined to prohibit a designated kind of conduct...
If more than two regular terms of court are convened and adjourned after the term at which the demand for speedy trial is filed and the defendant is not given a trial, then the defendant shall be absolutely discharged and acquitted of the offense charged in the indictment, provided that at both terms there were juries impaneled and qualified to try the...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 9 de agosto de 2022
Walker 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 Richmond, rechazando su argumento de que las pruebas, incluida su propia declaración a la policía, no eran suficientes para probar que disparó y mató a su compañero de cuarto.
6 Testimony about Walker’s admissions is direct, not circumstantial, evidence of his guilt. See Harper v. State, 298 Ga. 158, 161 (780 SE2d 308) (2015); Evans v. State, 288 Ga. 571, 575-576 (6) (707 SE2d 353) (2011). when he possessed the murder weapon. (c) Finally, to the extent that Walker argues that the evidence was insufficient as a matter of...
1. Facts. Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdicts, the evidence presented at trial showed the following. In early September 2017, Walker and Ferguson were living together in a house that Ferguson had rented. Walker admitted that he and Ferguson had been arguing with each other over money. Ferguson’s landlord testified that Ferguson, who...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 19 de enero de 2022
Ellison 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 Walton, al dictaminar que el tribunal de primera instancia tenía derecho a no creer su afirmación de que disparó a la víctima en defensa propia.
Ellison argues that he met his burden of showing by a preponderance of the evidence that he was acting in defense of himself and his family when he shot Malcom and that the trial court thus erred in denying his motion for immunity pursuant to OCGA § 16-3-24.2. We conclude that the trial court did not err in denying the motion. With some exceptions, a person...
As the trial court’s ruling on a motion for immunity under OCGA § 16-3-24.2 must be based solely on the evidence presented at the pretrial hearing on the motion, our review of Ellison’s argument is limited to that evidence as well. See Sifuentes v. State, 293 Ga. 441, 444-445 (2) & n.3 (746 SE2d 127) (2013). The evidence at the pretrial hearing showed that...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 7 de septiembre de 2022
Garcia-Jarquin v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas de un hombre del condado de Cherokee por asesinato y agresión agravada, al dictaminar que los jurados podían determinar que amenazó a un testigo con un arma aunque nunca la apuntó directamente hacia él.
6 This conclusion that the death penalty can only be imposed in murder cases is also dubious. Prior to Neal, this Court recognized that the death penalty could be imposed for the offense of kidnapping with bodily injury under OCGA § 16-5-40 (b) where the bodily injury was the victim’s death and the defendant was not convicted of murder. See Sears v. State,...
I am unmoved by the analysis of the committee deliberations in the Neal concurrence. See id. The well-documented reasons to distrust legislative history apply, perhaps with even greater force, punishment available for the [crime] of hijacking an aircraft” even though OCGA § 16-5-44 (c) clearly provides for a sentence of death for that offense. It appears to...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 2 de noviembre de 2022
Winslow v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas de un hombre por posesión de pornografía infantil hallada en su computadora portátil, dictaminando que su consentimiento para el registro en Walmart se extendía a un examen forense realizado 14 meses después, pero devolvió el caso porque dos cargos debieron fusionarse para la sentencia.
However, even though there is no such distinction in OCGA § 16-12-100 (f) (1), the sentencing parameters are not grossly disproportionate to the crime of possession of child pornography, an offense we have long recognized a strong state interest in discouraging. See Scott v. State, 299 Ga. 568, 574 (3) (788 SE2d 468) (2016) (“It is evident beyond the need...
7 Although this Court has previously relied on the “evolving standard of decency” standard under the Eighth Amendment in reviewing a claim of cruel and unusual punishment under Paragraph XVII, see Fleming v. Zant, 259 Ga. 687, 689 (3) (386 SE2d 339) (1989), we decline to decide today whether Paragraph XVII is properly analyzed under the same lens as the...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 15 de febrero de 2022
Edible Ip, LLC v. Google, LLC
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que la propietaria de Edible Arrangements no puede demandar a Google por hurto, conversión o crimen organizado solo porque Google subasta su nombre comercial a anunciantes como término de búsqueda de palabras clave.
(i) Turning to the first question, we begin by defining several key terms. OCGA § 16-1-3 (13) broadly defines “property” as anything of value, including but not limited to real estate, tangible and intangible personal property, contract rights, services, choses in action, and other interests in or claims to wealth, admission or transportation tickets,...
is a part.”). See also Reis v. Ralls, 250 Ga. 721, 723 (1) (301 SE2d 40) (1983) (“[I]t appears clear that in addition to a trademark, a trade name, along with the goodwill it represents, may be the subject of an Article 9 security interest.”). Here, Edible IP specifically pleaded that it is the only entity entitled to license the use of the trade name...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 17 de mayo de 2022
Perkins v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas por asesinato y otros delitos de Andreas Perkins por una invasión de hogar fatal, rechazando cuestionamientos a la evidencia, la negativa de anular el juicio, las fotografías admitidas y el desempeño de su abogado.
Moreover, the jury was authorized to conclude that Perkins was part of the group of men who shot at or toward J. R. and Glover. To that end, the State presented evidence that Perkins and his co- defendants were discussing plans to commit a robbery hours before the crimes; that after the crimes, the same four men were seen running out of Glover’s apartment...
10 Count 12 of the indictment alleged, in relevant part, that Perkins and his co-defendants committed burglary in the first degree when they, “on the 26th day of January, 2014, did without authority and with intent to commit a theft therein, enter the dwelling house of Randy Jerome Menefee.” “living” in Glover’s apartment. And even though other evidence was...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 22 de junio de 2022
Harris v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia revocó las condenas de Justin Ross Harris por asesinato y crueldad infantil por dejar morir a su hijo pequeño Cooper en un vehículo caliente, y determinó que el tribunal de primera instancia permitió indebidamente que el jurado escuchara pruebas excesivas y altamente perjudiciales sobre su vida sexual extramarital.
68 See OCGA § 16-12-100.2 (e) (1) (“A person commits the offense of obscene Internet contact with a child if he or she has contact with . . . someone he or she believes to be a child via a computer wireless service or Internet service . . . and the contact involves any matter containing explicit verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexually explicit...
When exercising that discretion, the trial court must determine if severance of the charges would “promote a fair determination of the defendant’s guilt or innocence of each charge.” Harrell, 297 Ga. at 889 (citation and punctuation omitted). Counts should be severed “to prevent a defendant from being forced to proceed ‘at an unfair disadvantage, due to...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 1 de junio de 2022
In THE INTEREST OF T.B., a Child
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que los menores acusados de delincuencia por actos que serían delitos si los cometiera un adulto pueden alegar una defensa de locura o compulsión delirante en el tribunal de menores, revocando a un tribunal inferior que había prohibido por completo esas defensas.
COLVIN, Justice. This case requires us to determine whether a child charged with delinquency based on an alleged violation of Georgia’s Criminal Code may assert an affirmative defense of insanity or delusional compulsion, under OCGA § 16-3-2 or 16-3-3, in a juvenile-court proceeding. The Juvenile Code does not expressly state whether affirmative defenses...
Second, the Juvenile Code’s codified preamble indicates that a child’s conduct should not be adjudicated “delinquent” if the child can establish an affirmative defense of insanity or delusional compulsion. Specifically, the Code states that a “purpose” of delinquency proceedings is “to hold a child committing delinquent acts accountable for his or her...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 29 de noviembre de 2022
Young v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena de Tia Young por asesinato en la modalidad de delito grave (felony murder) en la muerte a tiros de su esposo, al considerar suficiente la prueba circunstancial y rechazar sus reclamos sobre un juicio conjunto y las instrucciones al jurado.
Here, the jury was presented with sufficient circumstantial evidence against Tia, which included the following. Tia was home at the time of the shooting, which happened as George was opening the front door, and the position of his body after the shooting indicated that he was shot from within the house. Tia and Lee were having an affair and lied about it to...
A trial court has the discretion to try jointly or separately defendants that have been jointly indicted for a felony where the death penalty is not sought. See OCGA § 17-8-4 (a). “The relevant factors in ruling on a motion to sever are: (1) the likelihood of confusion of the evidence and law; (2) the possibility that evidence against one defendant may be...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 17 de mayo de 2022
Goodman v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas de Jemerius Goodman por asesinato con circunstancias agravantes y agresión agravada por un tiroteo en el condado de Baldwin, pero devolvió el caso para corregir una sentencia ilegal en un cargo de manipulación de pruebas.
(c) The sentence as to Count 12 is illegal. Count 12 of the indictment charged Goodman with tampering with evidence with the intent of obstructing his own prosecution for felony murder, in violation of OCGA § 16-10-94. Goodman was convicted of this charge and sentenced to ten years, to be served concurrently with his sentence on Count 4. Goodman does not...
Judgment affirmed in part and vacated in part, and case remanded for resentencing. All the Justices concur. Decided May 17, 2022. Murder. Baldwin Superior Court. Before Judge Burleson. Crawford & Boyle, Eric C. Crawford, for appellant. T. Wright Barksdale, District Attorney, D. Brent Cochran, Assistant District Attorney; Christopher M. Carr, Attorney...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 25 de octubre de 2022
Simmons 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 Troy Simmons en un homicidio relacionado con una disputa de pandillas por metanfetamina, rechazando reclamos sobre instrucciones al jurado y asistencia letrada ineficaz.
7 Bowden testified at trial that in December 2013, he talked to Simmons who told him he would be meeting with Lee when he was in Wayne County. Bowden further testified that when he called Simmons the morning after Lee was shot, Simmons told Bowden that he did not meet up with Lee the previous night. (III) (B) (99 SCt 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979) (emphasis in...
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