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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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Merilien v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld the dismissal of a Rockdale County man's attempt, nearly 19 years after his murder conviction, to file a late appeal, ruling the trial court had no legal authority to consider it.
Minor v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a DeKalb County man's murder conviction, rejecting claims that a coworker's identification testimony, courtroom shackling, and his lawyer's performance entitled him to a new trial.
Sanders v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a DeKalb County man's murder conviction, rejecting his claims about jury instructions, a juror substitution, and his lawyer's performance at trial.
Somerville v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld the felony murder conviction of a man tied to a gang-related shooting, rejecting his claims that the evidence was too thin and that the trial had legal errors.
Choudhary v. Ogles et al.
The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed a Bibb County trial court's decision in a civil dispute without issuing a written explanation, using a court rule that lets it dispose of appeals without a full opinion.
Goodell v. Moulton
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a man being sued for allegedly giving his ex-girlfriend genital herpes has a state constitutional right to privacy in his medical records, but that right must be weighed against her need for the records, not tested under the strict scrutiny standard he wanted.
In Re: Formal Advisory Opinion 24-1
The Supreme Court of Georgia approved a State Bar advisory opinion holding that lawyers, including those hired by insurers, may use third-party vendors to request documents from non-parties as long as the lawyer keeps real supervisory control.
In the Matter of Kerry Eston Hand
The Supreme Court of Georgia disbarred attorney Kerry Easton Hand after finding he abandoned three clients' cases, lied to a court, and never responded to State Bar investigators or disciplinary proceedings.
In the Matter of Mandi Deyerle McDonough
The Supreme Court of Georgia disbarred attorney Mandi Deyerle McDonough after she abandoned five family-law clients, failed to refund fees, and defaulted on the State Bar's disciplinary charges against her.
In the Matter of Ramon David Sammons, Jr
The Supreme Court of Georgia suspended attorney Ramon David Sammons, Jr. for 24 months after he abandoned an elderly dementia patient's personal injury case, letting the statute of limitations expire without ever telling the client's daughter.
In the Matter of William Jason Rowland
The Supreme Court of Georgia accepted an attorney's request to voluntarily give up his law license after he pleaded guilty to felony aggravated assault, a step the court treats the same as disbarment.
MUHAMMAD v. CLAYTON COUNTY
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a pro se notice of appeal filed by a still-represented couple is not automatically void, even in a civil case, overturning a Court of Appeals decision that had dismissed their appeal.
McLamb v. Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah
The Supreme Court of Georgia reaffirmed the two-part test for when property owners are immune from lawsuits under the Recreational Property Act, but sent a Savannah tourist's sidewalk trip-and-fall case back because the lower court wrongly focused on what she personally was doing when she fell.
The LAMAR COMPANY, LLC v. NORTH FULTON OUTDOOR, LLC
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that the Court of Appeals wrongly dismissed Lamar Company's billboard appeal without first deciding whether the superior court's zoning ruling counted as an appealable interlocutory injunction.
In the Matter of Richard Linwood Parsons
The Supreme Court of Georgia disbarred attorney Richard Linwood Parsons after he pleaded guilty in New Jersey to a child endangerment offense involving sexual conversations with someone he believed was a 14-year-old.
Miller v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia vacated part of a DeKalb County man's murder conviction proceedings, ruling the trial judge used the wrong legal test when deciding whether police lied or recklessly misled magistrates in search warrant applications.
Brown v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Richmond County man's malice murder conviction for strangling a coworker, rejecting claims of insufficient evidence, jury instruction errors, and ineffective assistance of counsel.
Collins v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld the felony murder and hijacking convictions of two men involved in a Gwinnett County gas station shooting, rejecting challenges to trial evidence, jury instructions, a jailhouse confession, and the jury oath.
Bell v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed the murder convictions of Darryl Oliver and Cortez Bell for the shooting death of Daronald Wilkerson, rejecting arguments about self-defense, causation, prosecutorial misconduct, and ineffective counsel.
Mosley v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Georgia State Prison inmate's felony murder conviction for killing his cellmate, rejecting claims about the evidence, jury instructions, a judge's reversal of a new trial order, and a delayed trial transcript.
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