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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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Baker v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Kenneth Lee Baker's murder convictions for the deaths of his wife and stepdaughter, rejecting his claims that the evidence was too weak and that the trial judge should have given a special jury instruction and excluded certain photos and a notebook.
Gold v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a DeKalb County man's murder conviction, ruling the jury was properly instructed on excessive force in self-defense and that his lawyer was not ineffective for failing to raise certain objections at trial.
Harris v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld the denial of a Richmond County woman's request to withdraw her guilty plea to murdering her boyfriend, finding the trial court properly determined her plea was knowing and voluntary despite her mental-health diagnoses.
Howard v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a defendant whose first-offender status is revoked and who is then formally adjudicated guilty and resentenced can appeal directly, without first asking permission through a discretionary application.
In the Matter of Ephraim L. Michael
The Supreme Court of Georgia accepted a lawyer's request for a public reprimand after he admitted his assistant negotiated a settlement without proper client consent and he failed to supervise her or keep in touch with his client.
JOHN DA GROSA SMITH v. RYAN MILLSAP
The Supreme Court of Georgia declined to review a Court of Appeals ruling about disbursing disputed funds held by a trial court, with a concurring opinion explaining why the lower court's decision was too narrow to raise a serious legal question.
Jones v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a DeKalb County man's felony murder conviction in the beating death of a woman he had arranged to pay for sex, rejecting challenges to the evidence, his decision not to testify, and his life sentence.
SMITH v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a $1 million civil forfeiture case against a metal recycling family must go back for further review because the State's complaint did not properly spell out the crime of theft by taking.
Sturkey v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Ricardo Sturkey's murder conviction, rejecting claims about a judge's trial questions, polygraph testimony, and ineffective assistance of counsel, while flagging a nearly 13-year delay in the appeal process.
Tarver v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a McDuffie County man's murder conviction, finding that even if the trial court wrongly excluded some evidence supporting his self-defense claim, those errors did not affect the jury's verdict.
Thomas v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a trial court could reconsider and vacate a years-old order suppressing cell phone location evidence in a murder case, because a new trial had wiped out the earlier final judgment.
Worth County School District v. Tibbetts
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a Worth County teacher's contract offer was valid under state law, meaning his failure to sign it on time left him with no written contract and no basis to sue the school district.
Zayas v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Hall County man's murder conviction for shooting his girlfriend, rejecting his claim the gun fired accidentally and finding his lawyer was not ineffective for letting police interview statements into evidence.
Anderson v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Paulding County man's malice murder conviction for shooting his mother's fiance 16 times, rejecting claims of insufficient evidence, a missing manslaughter instruction, and ineffective counsel.
Feder v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Visheslav Feder's murder conviction, ruling that a jury's mixed verdicts on related shooting charges were merely inconsistent, not legally repugnant, and that his lawyer's decision to skip a suppression motion was reasonable.
Gray v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a DeKalb County man's felony murder conviction, ruling that even if the trial judge should have given a self-defense jury instruction, leaving it out did not affect the verdict.
In the Matter of James W. Davis, III
The Supreme Court of Georgia disbarred attorney James W. Davis III for knowingly using his trust account to help intercept and steal a $3 million insurance payment meant for a policyholder.
Isaac v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Kenneth Isaac's murder conviction, ruling that even if his lawyer wrongly refused to let him testify, there was no reasonable chance the trial would have ended differently.
Jackson v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Thomasville man's murder conviction, ruling that his lawyer's failure to object to a prosecutor's flawed closing argument did not likely change the trial's outcome.
Mayo v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a White County man's murder conviction for killing his girlfriend, ruling that a confusing verdict form and the judge's private response to a jury note were not reversible errors.
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