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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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Cooper v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a DeKalb County teen's murder conviction, ruling that reindicting him after 180 days did not strip the trial court of jurisdiction because the original indictment was timely.
Kingdom v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Devin Kingdom's murder conviction in a Fulton County shooting, ruling that even if a detective's testimony about a dead witness's identification broke confrontation and hearsay rules, the mistake was harmless given overwhelming other evidence.
Long v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Coweta County man's murder conviction, ruling the trial judge was right to reject the jury's initial verdict finding him guilty of both voluntary manslaughter and felony murder for the same shooting.
Pinckney v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Chatham County man's guilty plea to malice murder, ruling his lawyer was not ineffective for failing to tell him he could appeal the trial court's refusal to instruct the jury on voluntary manslaughter.
State v. Brantley
The Supreme Court of Georgia reversed a trial court order that had blocked prosecutors from using a murder defendant's recorded jail phone calls, ruling he had no privacy right in those calls and no equal protection violation occurred.
State v. Williams
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld an order granting Jalontaye Cleveland and Courtney Williams new trials, ruling that the judge's jury instructions naming three witnesses as accomplices amounted to an improper comment on the defendants' guilt.
Williams v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Michael Williams's murder conviction for shooting Tomas Gooden at a house party, finding that a flawed jury instruction on self-defense and his lawyer's alleged missteps did not change the trial's outcome.
Arnold v. Alexander
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled it lacks 'original jurisdiction' to directly hear a mandamus petition from an indigent pro se litigant challenging the Fulton County Clerk's filing policies, and sent the case to the Court of Appeals instead.
In the Matter of Henry Lamar Willis
The Supreme Court of Georgia certified Henry Lamar Willis, a former lawyer disbarred in 2013 for mishandling client funds, as fit to practice law again after finding he proved his rehabilitation.
Rosenau v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Frederick Rosenau's felony murder and gang activity convictions, rejecting his claims about insufficient evidence, a mistrial motion, and his lawyer's performance at trial.
State v. Hylton
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a trial court's decision granting a homeless Stone Mountain man pretrial immunity from murder charges, ruling the brief order was enough to review and the shooting was justified self-defense.
State v. Dias
The Supreme Court of Georgia vacated a Fulton County ruling that struck down part of the state's DUI implied consent law, finding the trial judge relied on the wrong legal precedent to exclude evidence that a driver refused a blood test.
Berry v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Richmond County man's murder conviction, ruling that a co-defendant's statements did not need independent corroboration because the jury could find he was not an accomplice, and rejecting an ineffective-assistance claim as waived.
Byrd v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a man's malice murder conviction for shooting a man who slapped him at a teen party, rejecting claims about insufficient evidence, an invalid jury waiver, and ineffective counsel.
Callaway v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Mikeal Callaway's murder and aggravated assault convictions from a shooting spree across Fulton and DeKalb counties, rejecting his challenges to the evidence, jury instructions, and his lawyer's performance.
Clements v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Cherokee County man's felony murder conviction for beating his girlfriend to death, rejecting his argument that her drug use, not the beating, may have caused her fatal brain bleed.
Collins v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Quame Lamar Collins's convictions for the armed robbery and murder of two men in Burke County, rejecting his claims that the evidence was too weak and that hearsay testimony was wrongly admitted.
Dillard v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed the murder and armed robbery convictions of a man who fatally shot a 15-year-old during a staged marijuana deal, rejecting his arguments that the evidence at trial was too weak.
Harris v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia reversed Emmanuel Harris's murder conviction, ruling that graphic evidence of his 2017 domestic violence against a former girlfriend was improperly used to paint him as a violent person rather than to prove a specific reason for killing Jordan Gooch.
Hill v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Terrance Hill's murder conviction, finding that although the trial judge probably erred by not telling jurors that a convicted felon can still claim self-defense while holding a gun, that error was not clear enough to overturn the verdict.
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