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Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 20 de febrero de 2024
WOODS v. BARNES (Two Cases)
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia dictaminó que los maestros del condado de Fannin no pueden usar la Cláusula de Menoscabo del estado para impugnar la pérdida de protecciones laborales que ocurrió cuando su sistema escolar se convirtió en un sistema de escuelas concertadas, porque esas protecciones ya habían sido limitadas por una ley de 1993 mucho antes de la conversión.
of the 1993 Charter Schools Act, it clarified that charter schools were exempt from Title 20’s requirements, including any requirements that might otherwise be imposed on public schools by the FDA. Thus, even assuming that the FDA granted teachers who accepted a fourth consecutive school year contract from the same local board unqualified rights to the...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 20 de febrero de 2024
Floyd v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia revocó la condena por asesinato en función de un delito grave de un hombre del condado de Newton porque su abogado de juicio no informó al jurado que la ley de Georgia permite a un delincuente usar un arma en defensa propia, aunque tenga prohibido poseerla.
7 Appellant does not challenge the legal sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction for felony murder and does not challenge his other convictions. However, we address the sufficiency of the evidence of the conviction for felony murder predicated on felon-in-possession because this issue affects the ability of the State to retry him. See Heard v....
LAGRUA, Justice, concurring. I agree with the majority opinion that our prior cases on ineffective assistance of counsel and felony murder require reversal here, so I concur. Under OCGA § 16-11-138, Appellant indeed had an absolute defense to felony murder predicated on possession of a 16 We express no opinion as to whether the State may reindict Appellant...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 31 de octubre de 2024
WILLIAMS, CONGRESSWOMAN v. POWELL
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó una ley estatal que tipifica como delito perturbar las sesiones y reuniones de la Asamblea General, y rechazó los argumentos de que la ley es inconstitucionalmente vaga o tan amplia que abarca expresión protegida.
to the statute’s plainly legitimate sweep.’” Id. at 447 (quoting Broadrick, 413 U. S. at 615). See also Scott, 299 Ga. at 577 (3) (“Invalidation for overbreadth is strong medicine that is not to be casually employed.” (citation and punctuation omitted)). In Fielden, we concluded that “the literal language” of OCGA § 16-11-34 (a) criminalizes [a]ny...
10 See Fielden, 280 Ga. at 448 (“This Court may construe statutes to avoid absurd results and has the authority to narrow a statute to avoid unconstitutional infirmities. However, under our system of separation of powers this Court does not have the authority to rewrite statutes. . . . Curing the overbreadth in OCGA § 16-11-34 (a) would be less a matter of...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 20 de febrero de 2024
Blash v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas por asesinato de Demarcus Blash por las muertes de una pareja del condado de Dodge durante una invasión a su hogar, pero ordenó eliminar dos de sus sentencias porque debieron haberse fusionado con otras condenas.
(b) Nevertheless, Appellant cannot waive a voidness objection by failing to object at trial, so this Court will address Appellant’s arguments to the extent that he challenges the voidness of his sentences. See Marshall v. State, 309 Ga. 698, 702-703 (848 SE2d 389) (2020). Appellant’s sentences are not void because they fall within the statutory punishment...
Moreover, we possess inherent power to protect our own jurisdiction. See Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. VI, Sec. I, Par. I (providing that “[t]he judicial power of the state shall be vested” in this Court, among others); OCGA § 15-1-1 (stating that “[t]he judicial power is vested in such tribunals as are created by the Constitution of this state”). See also...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 16 de abril de 2024
Stroud v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas de Richard Stroud Jr. por asesinato durante la comisión de un delito grave y posesión de arma de fuego en la muerte por disparo de Frederick Cade, al determinar que la evidencia era suficiente para condenarlo, ya fuera como el tirador o como participante en el enfrentamiento fatal.
The medical examiner who performed the autopsy on Cade’s body testified that it appeared likely that a single bullet entered and exited his right arm, then re-entered his right torso where it struck a rib, his right lung, and ultimately his heart, resulting in massive hemorrhaging and death. However, the medical examiner did not rule out the possibility...
OCGA § 16-2-20 (a) provides that “[e]very person concerned in the commission of a crime is a party thereto and may be charged with and convicted of commission of the crime.” To obtain a conviction of a person as a party to the crime, the State must prove “that he intentionally aided or abetted in the commission of the crimes or intentionally advised,...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 16 de abril de 2024
Milton 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 Wilkes, al dictaminar que el jurado escuchó suficiente evidencia para declararlo culpable, ya sea como el tirador o como participante en una golpiza mortal.
the crimes of which he was convicted.” Kirkland v. State, 318 Ga. 639, 659 (8) (898 SE2d 536) (2024). See also Jackson, 443 U.S. at 319 (III) (B); Fitts v. State, 312 Ga. 134, 141 (3) (859 SE2d 79) (2021). “This limited review leaves to the jury the resolution of conflicts in the evidence, the weight of the evidence, the credibility of witnesses, and...
Moreover, “[e]very person concerned in the commission of a crime is a party thereto and may be charged with and convicted of commission of the crime.” OCGA § 16-2-20 (a). To obtain a conviction of a person as a party to the crime, the State must prove “that he intentionally aided or abetted in the commission of the crimes or intentionally advised,...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 31 de octubre de 2024
Miller v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de Bryan Miller, dictaminando que la evidencia de dos incidentes violentos anteriores con su esposa se usó correctamente para mostrar un patrón en su relación, a pesar de la afirmación de Miller de que le disparó en defensa propia.
Ladies and gentlemen, with respect to the following testimony, sometimes evidence is admitted for a limited purpose. Such evidence may be considered by the jury for the sole issue or purpose for which the evidence is limited and not for any other purpose. In order to prove its case, the State may prove motive. To do so, the State has offered evidence of...
Regarding this incident, Miller testified at trial that he and Gracie had been “having an argument” and “kind of fussing,” and that ultimately his wife threw a cup of bleach in his face. He testified that a friend of his called the police on his behalf, over his objection, to report the bleach attack. But when police arrived, they took Miller into custody,...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 22 de octubre de 2024
MOORE v. WHITE, WARDEN
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia revocó la negación de reparación de habeas a un hombre condenado por robo agravado de primer grado, coincidiendo con el estado en que su abogado de apelación debió impugnar la acusación por no alegar que entró a una vivienda.
A person commits the offense of burglary in the first degree when, without authority and with the intent to commit a felony or theft therein, he or she enters or remains within an occupied, unoccupied, or vacant dwelling house of another or any building, vehicle, railroad car, watercraft, aircraft, or other such structure designed for use as the dwelling of...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 22 de octubre de 2024
CAMPBELL v. THE STATE (Four Cases)
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas por asesinato y pandillerismo de cuatro hombres del condado de Chatham, al determinar que, aunque el tribunal de primera instancia cometió un par de errores al admitir pruebas e instruir al jurado, esos errores no afectaron los veredictos.
29 “A person commits the offense of murder when he unlawfully and with malice aforethought, either express or implied, causes the death of another human being.” OCGA § 16-5-1 (a). 30 “A person commits the offense of conspiracy to commit a crime when he together with one or more persons conspires to commit any crime and any one or more of such persons does...
In the final jury instructions, the trial court explained to the jury that “[i]n jury trials, the lawyers of the parties submit their requests to charge. And they’re required to do that by a Uniform Superior Court Rule. And all of them did so.” The court also explained: “An affirmative defense is a defense that admits the doing of the act charged, but seeks...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 11 de junio de 2024
Tatum v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia resolvió que los tribunales que apliquen la doctrina de la fuente independiente deben decidir si la policía decidió solicitar una orden de registro debido a un registro ilegal anterior, y no solo si la solicitud de la orden tenía suficiente evidencia por sí sola.
1 The incident occurred late at night on July 15, 2018, and Appellant was arrested either on July 15, 2018, or very early in the morning on July 16, 2018. On October 17, 2018, Appellant was indicted by a Madison County grand jury for a “peeping Tom” violation pursuant to OCGA § 16-11-61 (Count 1), invasion of privacy in violation of OCGA § 16-11-62 (Count...
Evidence from Deputy Townsend’s testimony, his body-worn camera, and the parties’ stipulations was largely consistent and shows the following. On July 15, 2018, at 10:34 p.m.,5 the Madison County 911 call center received a call regarding an unknown 5 The parties jointly stipulated that the call was received at 10:34 p.m., but the warrant affidavit states...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 5 de marzo de 2024
Jennings v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de Savanna Jennings por ayudar a orquestar la muerte de su abuelo, rechazando sus reclamos sobre pruebas indebidas y defensa legal ineficaz.
The evidence presented at trial showed that William Peterson shot Perrin, and Jennings was a party to the crime because she intentionally aided or abetted Peterson in the shooting or she intentionally advised, encouraged, hired, counseled, or procured Peterson to commit the crime. See OCGA § 16-2-20 (b) (3) and (4). Jennings and her brother lived in...
318 Ga. 579 FINAL COPY S24A0095. JENNINGS v. THE STATE.
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 30 de abril de 2024
Hooks v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato mientras cometía un delito grave de un hombre del condado de Ware, dictaminando que la evidencia circunstancial, incluido el hecho de que la víctima moribunda nombrara el apodo de su tirador, fue suficiente para que el jurado lo condenara.
(a) We review the constitutional sufficiency of the evidence by reviewing the evidence at trial in the light most favorable to the ver- dicts to determine whether a rational trier of fact could have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, without weighing the evidence or resolving conflicts in testimony. See Weems v. State, 318 Ga. 98, 101 (2)...
Foster told McCorkel that “Buddha” shot him. McCorkel knew Hooks as “Buddha.” She did not know anyone else who went by the nickname “Buddha,” although she said she had “heard of other peo- ple in town with that nickname.” When Lieutenant Kylie Carter ar- rived at the scene, Foster was lying on the ground between McCor- kel’s apartment and Building 90 and...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 27 de junio de 2024
White v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas de Erica White por asesinato y RICO por la muerte por envenenamiento con codeína de su hijo de dos años con discapacidad, rechazando reclamos sobre pruebas indebidas, falta de separación de cargos, defectos en la acusación, asistencia legal ineficaz y evidencia ocultada.
Here, Count 16 charged White with violating OCGA § 16-14-4 (c). The relevant subsections of OCGA § 16-14-4 provide: (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, through a pattern of racketeering activity[13] or proceeds derived 13 OCGA § 16-14-3 (4) defines “pattern of racketeering activity” as: (A) Engaging in at least two acts of racketeering activity in...
(B) Engaging in any one or more acts of domestic terrorism as described in paragraph (2) of Code Section 16-11-220 or any criminal attempt, criminal solicitation, or criminal conspiracy related thereto. “‘Racketeering activity’ means to commit, to attempt to commit, or to solicit, coerce, or intimidate another person to commit any crime which is chargeable...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 11 de junio de 2024
Harmon v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de Shanadore Harmon por matar a tiros a Brittany Trantham durante una discusión con Jermaz Lawson, rechazando sus alegatos de pruebas insuficientes y asistencia legal ineficaz.
4 The State introduced certified copies of Harmon’s three prior felony convictions, which were admitted into evidence during the bifurcated portion of the trial. To convict someone of aggravated assault (or deny them a di- rected verdict on that count), as relevant here, the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant used a deadly weapon...
7 A word about preserved hearsay objections to the admission of prior statements to police that were “consistent” with the speaker’s trial testimony but were not “prior consistent statements” within the meaning of the Evidence Code. We have evaluated whether admitting such statements was harmless error by disregarding both the inadmissible hearsay statement...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 29 de mayo de 2024
Allen v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia revocó la condena por asesinato de un hombre que golpeó a su primo hasta la muerte, al determinar que el juez de primera instancia debió permitir que el jurado considerara si actuó por una pasión súbita al descubrir la presunta infidelidad de su prometida.
1. The trial court properly refused to instruct the jury on voluntary manslaughter. (a) What the controlling law is OCGA § 16-5-2 (a) provides: A person commits the offense of voluntary manslaughter when he causes the death of another human being under circumstances which would otherwise be murder and if he acts solely as the result of a sudden, violent,...
According to Tia, Allen then “let it go,” and she continued her affair with Smith. According to Tia, she first had sex with Smith in February 2017, and she claimed to have sex with him on two occasions. She said she would meet Smith when Allen was asleep or at work, and they would travel from Elberton to Atlanta to be together. On the evening of March 15,...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 16 de abril de 2024
Henderson 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 DeKalb que apuñaló hasta matar a su hermana de 15 años, dictaminando que la evidencia de un ataque previo con cuchillo contra otra hermana fue admitida correctamente y que no se justificaba una instrucción sobre homicidio voluntario.
In this case, in addition to malice murder, Henderson was charged in the indictment with committing an aggravated assault against Kiara by assaulting her and stabbing her with a knife, “an object which when used offensively against a person did result in serious bodily injury.” See OCGA § 16-5-21 (a) (2) (“A person commits the offense of aggravated assault...
2. Henderson contends the trial court erred in refusing to charge the jury on the offense of voluntary manslaughter. Voluntary manslaughter is the killing of another person under circumstances that would otherwise be murder when the killer “acts solely as the result of a sudden, violent, and irresistible passion resulting from serious provocation sufficient...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 20 de diciembre de 2024
Williams 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 Coffee, y resolvió que el juez no fue parcial, que el jurado fue instruido correctamente y que la estrategia de juicio de su abogado no constituyó asistencia ineficaz.
(b) Accident “To succeed on an affirmative defense of accident, the defendant must show that he acted without criminal intent, was not engaged in a criminal scheme, and was not criminally negligent, that is, he did not act in a manner showing an utter disregard for the safety of others who might reasonably be expected to be injured thereby.” Mills v. State,...
3. Lastly, Williams alleges that her trial counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance by withdrawing the request to charge the jury on defense of habitation because the evidence showed that she was defending her home when she accidentally shot Swinson.9 To prevail on her claim, Williams must show both that counsel’s performance was deficient...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 30 de abril de 2024
Huber 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 Laurens por una golpiza que terminó cuando su acompañante le disparó a la víctima, rechazando alegaciones de pruebas insuficientes, defensa ineficaz e instrucciones al jurado defectuosas.
OCGA § 16-2-20 (a) provides that “[e]very person concerned in the commission of a crime is a party thereto and may be charged with and convicted of commission of the crime.” To obtain a conviction of a person as a party to the crime, the State must prove “that he intentionally aided or abetted in the commission of the crimes or intentionally advised,...
To show plain error, Huber “must demonstrate that the instructional error was not affirmatively waived, was obvious beyond reasonable dispute, likely affected the outcome of the proceedings, and seriously affected the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings. Satisfying all four prongs of this standard is difficult, as it should...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 5 de noviembre de 2024
Pounds v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena de William Pounds por asesinato con malicia en el homicidio de Kendra Jackson, rechazando sus alegatos de que la evidencia era insuficiente, que cierto testimonio fue admitido incorrectamente y que su abogado defensor fue ineficaz.
The evidence at Pounds’s trial, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdicts, authorized the jury to find Pounds guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of malice murder. A person commits malice murder if “he unlawfully and with malice aforethought, either express or implied, causes the death of another human being.” OCGA § 16-5-1 (a). Among other things,...
1. The evidence presented at Pounds’s trial showed the following. Jackson and Pounds met in early 2000 and began a long- term relationship. In September 2005, Pounds met and became romantically involved with another woman, Vicinda Crawford. For the next ten years, Pounds maintained romantic relationships with both women. During that period, both women...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 5 de noviembre de 2024
In the Matter of David Carleton Head
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia inhabilitó al abogado de Atlanta David Carleton Head después de que fue condenado por hurto por conversión (delito menor) por apropiarse del título de una ambulancia perteneciente a un cliente anciano y vulnerable.
PER CURIAM. This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the report and recommendation of Special Master LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, which was issued after a show cause hearing pursuant to Rule 4-106 of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct (the “Rules”). The Special Master recommends that David Carleton Head (State Bar No. 341467), a member of the...
capacity is a felony . . . and involves moral turpitude.”). The Special Master then found that Head violated Rule 8.4 (a) (3) by virtue of his criminal conviction. The Special Master then looked to the American Bar Association’s Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions (“ABA Standards”) for guidance in determining the appropriate sanction to impose in this...
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