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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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Richardson v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Fulton County man's murder conviction, ruling his trial lawyer was not ineffective for questioning a police investigator about why he charged murder instead of voluntary manslaughter.
SANOH v. METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY
The Supreme Court of Georgia declined to review a Court of Appeals ruling that MARTA cannot be sued for injuries suffered by a passenger still looking for a seat when a bus abruptly braked, over a dissent from four Justices.
Simmons v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed a Gwinnett County man's murder and aggravated assault convictions, ruling that his intent to shoot one victim transferred to the woman he actually killed and that he waived his other trial objections.
Twum-Baah v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld the dismissal of a man's pretrial habeas petition, ruling that his arguments about a judge's refusal to recuse did not address the actual reason his case was dismissed.
Williams v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Gwinnett County man's murder conviction, rejecting his claims that self-defense should have shielded him, that his lawyer botched a phone investigation, and that a text log was wrongly admitted.
Dorsey v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a DeKalb County man's felony murder conviction, ruling that photos and video showing him with guns were properly admitted and that his lawyer's failure to press for identification jury instructions did not change the trial's outcome.
Charles v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia dismissed a man's attempt to appeal his 1997 guilty plea to murder because he never filed the discretionary application required for guilty plea appeals, even though a trial court had let him file a late notice of appeal.
Coleman v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed a Fulton County man's murder conviction, finding the trial evidence sufficient, his lawyer's performance not constitutionally deficient, and his other claims either waived or unsupported by the record.
Bentley v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed Kevin Bentley's malice murder conviction, ruling he never objected to the trial judge's comments at his self-representation hearing and that his trial lawyer's choice not to object was reasonable strategy.
Godfrey v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia dismissed a man's appeal from his re-sentencing after his 2000 guilty plea sentence was vacated, ruling he needed prior court permission to appeal because it counted as a direct appeal from a guilty plea.
Browne v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a DeKalb County man's felony murder conviction, ruling that two flawed jury instructions and the trial court's refusal to instruct on voluntary manslaughter did not likely change the trial's outcome.
Clifton v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld the murder convictions of Morio Clifton and Christopher Woody in the 2015 shooting death of Warren Roseberry, rejecting challenges to the evidence, jury instructions, and their lawyers' performance.
Allen v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed Daniel Lee Allen's murder conviction for the killing of Dwayne Louder, rejecting his challenges to evidence about his drug use, his arrest in New York, and a mid-trial change of lawyers.
Dryden v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Hall County man's murder conviction, ruling that admitting a 911 call at trial did not violate his right to confront witnesses because the call was not used to prove the truth of what the caller said.
Edwards v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Rockdale County man's felony murder and related convictions, ruling that an accomplice's testimony was sufficiently backed up by other evidence and that his ineffective-counsel claim was never properly raised below.
In the Matter of Shanina Nashae Lank
The Supreme Court of Georgia reinstated attorney Shanina Nashae Lank to practice law after she showed she had met the conditions the court had set for her return to the bar.
Kelly v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Cobb County man's murder conviction despite a ten-year delay in resolving his motion for new trial, ruling that he failed to show the delay actually hurt his appeal.
Lafargue v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Fulton County man's murder conviction, rejecting his claim that his lawyer's failure to request a self-defense-of-others jury instruction cost him a fair trial.
Lenon v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Angelo Lenon's murder convictions, ruling his trial lawyer was not ineffective for failing to challenge cell phone search warrants he argued were too broad.
Mansfield v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a DeKalb County man's murder conviction, rejecting claims that his police interview, crime-scene photos, and a jury instruction the judge briefly stumbled over required a new trial.
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