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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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In the Matter of Chadrick A. Mance
The Supreme Court of Georgia accepted a Fulton-area attorney's petition for a public reprimand after he attached a mock order bearing a cut-and-pasted image of a judge's signature to a court filing.
In the Matter of Christopher Tyson
The Supreme Court of Georgia accepted a two-year suspension for a Louisiana-based attorney who mishandled a client's personal injury settlement money, after previously rejecting his request for only a six-month suspension.
Oskouei v. Matthews
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a defamation plaintiff does not need to prove the strict 'actual malice' standard from New York Times v. Sullivan to defeat a conditional privilege defense under Georgia law, unless the case involves a public figure or a matter of public concern.
Render v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Columbus man's felony murder conviction but threw out his other convictions, ruling prosecutors relied only on an uncorroborated accomplice's testimony to prove he took part in a stolen-car theft and a shootout in a park.
Smith v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Fulton County man's murder conviction for shooting his victim in the back, rejecting claims that his lawyer was ineffective and that the state used false testimony about his brother's criminal history.
State v. Flowers
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a trial judge's decision to keep evidence of five prior violent incidents involving a Dodge County murder defendant out of his upcoming trial, finding the exclusion was not an abuse of discretion.
State v. Gates
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a DeKalb County judge's decision to give a man immunity from murder charges after he shot a man who had struck him and threatened to rob him, finding enough evidence to support the trial judge's self-defense finding.
State v. Islam
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that when a trial judge grants a motion to return property seized in a search, the property is automatically excluded from trial by law, even if the order never uses the word 'exclude.'
State v. Leverette
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a GBI agent's statements telling a murder suspect officers wanted to hold the actual shooter accountable, not him, did not amount to an improper promise of leniency, so a trial court wrongly suppressed his confession.
Tucker v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Deangelo Tucker's murder conviction for a gang-related shooting, rejecting challenges to the evidence and jury instructions, but sent the case back for correction of a sentencing mix-up.
Washington v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed a Dougherty County man's murder and related convictions, rejecting claims that the evidence was insufficient, that the trial judge improperly commented on a witness's credibility, and that his trial lawyer was constitutionally ineffective.
Watkins v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Roderick Watkins's murder and feticide convictions in the shooting death of Ashley Clark, but reversed his drug convictions because a lab analyst who never tested the cocaine improperly testified about another analyst's findings.
4918 Covington Hwy, LLC v. Dekalb County Tax Assessors
The Supreme Court of Georgia dismissed a certiorari appeal between a property owner and DeKalb County's tax assessors after the parties reached an unconditional settlement, and it wiped out the Court of Appeals' earlier ruling in the case.
Brundage v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia reversed a DeKalb County man's felony murder and firearm possession convictions because his lawyer failed to object when the prosecutor wrongly told jurors that self-defense could never excuse a felon caught with a gun.
Burke v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Dontarious Burke's murder and armed robbery convictions, rejecting his claims that his rights to confront witnesses were violated and that his trial lawyer performed inadequately.
Chambers v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia reversed a Savannah man's felony murder convictions from a deadly high-speed chase, ruling prosecutors never proved the pursuing officers wore uniforms with badges prominently displayed as the fleeing statute requires.
Garcia-Solis v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld the murder conviction and life-without-parole sentence of a man who shot and killed a Hall County deputy during a crime spree, rejecting his claims about insufficient evidence, trial venue, and his age at the time of the crimes.
Holloway v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Malcolm Holloway's felony murder conviction for a botched armed robbery in LaGrange, finding enough evidence that he organized the robbery and that his accomplice's fatal shooting was a foreseeable result.
Holloway v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Cobb County man's murder conviction, rejecting his claims that the shooting was self-defense and that his trial was tainted by remote testimony and interpreter mistakes.
Mitchell v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Kenyatta Mitchell's murder conviction, ruling that surveillance video with an inaccurate time stamp was still admissible and that a friend's identification of him in blurry footage was proper.
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