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Opinions of the Supreme Court of Georgia filed from 2020-01-13 through 2026-10-14: 1,778 opinions. Each opinion has its full text and a plain-language summary. Browse by year and case type, or search by case name.
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- Spanish translations of the summaries exist for 1,778 of the 1,778 opinions with summaries (`lang=es`); the text of an opinion, and every quote from it, stays in English.
Docs of Ct, LLC v. Biotek Services, LLC
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a company challenging an arbitration award over improper behind-the-scenes emails must show those emails actually changed the outcome, not just that they happened.
French v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Timothy French's murder conviction in the 2008 stabbing death of an elderly Lee County farmer, rejecting his challenges to jury selection, denial of expert funds, and two claims he failed to properly argue on appeal.
In the Matter of Johnbull Okechukwu Nwosu
The Supreme Court of Georgia disbarred an attorney who twice altered the date on a contract and filed the falsified document in court to defeat a statute of limitations defense.
In the Matter of Nathaniel Watson Cochran
The Supreme Court of Georgia suspended a Georgia lawyer for one year for abandoning a client who hired him to pursue a home construction dispute, rejecting a state disciplinary board's recommendation of only six months.
In the Matter of Stephanie Dianne Woodard
The Supreme Court of Georgia rejected a former Hall County solicitor-general's request for only a public reprimand over a misdemeanor conviction for misusing public funds, finding the misconduct warranted a suspension instead.
Jackson v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Carey Jackson's felony murder and gang crime convictions, ruling his trial lawyer was not ineffective for failing to object to the jury instruction on Georgia's Street Gang Act.
Pollard v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Baldwin County man's murder conviction, ruling that even if his lawyer should have objected to warrantless cell phone location evidence, the other evidence against him was strong enough that it made no difference.
Porter v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Bulloch County man's murder conviction, ruling that his confession to a friend plus phone and location evidence were enough for a jury to convict, and that the judge did not need to give a specific instruction on proving identity.
Short v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Columbus man's murder conviction, ruling that his confession to detectives was not improperly induced by promises of leniency or threats, and so was properly admitted at trial.
Sims v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld the murder convictions of two men involved in a shooting outside a Henry County nightclub, rejecting their arguments about insufficient evidence, trial errors, and ineffective lawyering.
State v. Wierson
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that evidence a woman stopped taking her psychiatric medications before a fatal crash cannot be used to strip away her insanity defense, and it overruled a 1982 precedent that had allowed exactly that.
Stephens v. State of Georgia
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Georgia's law barring most people under 21 from carrying handguns in public, rejecting a 20-year-old's argument that the state constitution's right to bear arms should be reinterpreted using federal legal tests.
BROWNPHIL, LLC v. CUDJOE
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that simply having a recorded deed to a property is not enough, by itself, to prove someone adversely possessed land under a defective title. Actual physical possession of at least part of the land is still required.
COX-OTT v. BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that the Court of Appeals used the wrong legal test, called judgmental immunity, to shield a lawyer from a malpractice suit, but it still upheld the result because the client's case failed for a separate reason.
Dougherty v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Robert Kyle Dougherty's felony murder conviction in the death of Trevorius Thomas, rejecting his arguments about insufficient evidence, improperly admitted text messages, and unfair sentencing.
In the Matter of Alan Christopher Norton
The Supreme Court of Georgia accepted the voluntary surrender of law license of an attorney who admitted forging a Tennessee judge's signature on court orders, a step treated as equivalent to disbarment.
JOSEPH, WARDEN v. INGRAM (And Vice Versa)
The Supreme Court of Georgia vacated a habeas court order that had granted a Fulton County inmate an out-of-time appeal, ruling the record failed to show his conviction was final before habeas review could even begin.
McIver v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Benjamin McIver's murder conviction in a Chatham County killing but reversed his armed robbery conviction because the evidence showed the gun was used only after the victim's debit card was already taken.
STATHAM v. QUANG
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a jury, not a judge, must decide whether two Georgia doctors can be held responsible for a medical student's alleged mistake during surgery that led to a patient's serious injury.
Weston v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Jaquan Dontae Weston's malice murder conviction for shooting his father, rejecting arguments that the evidence only supported voluntary manslaughter and that his trial lawyer was ineffective.
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