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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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State v. Stephens
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that prosecutors cannot use a photograph showing a murder suspect's girlfriend holding a gun, with the suspect nearby holding what looks like a gun magazine, at his upcoming retrial for murder.
State v. Wheeler
The Supreme Court of Georgia dismissed the State's appeal in a Fulton County murder case because prosecutors filed a required certification more than four months after the deadline, meaning the court never reached the underlying evidence dispute.
AULD v. FORBES (Two Cases)
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that Belize's one-year time limit, not Georgia's two-year limit, governs a wrongful death lawsuit over a Cobb County student's drowning on a school trip in Belize.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF LOWNDES COUNTY v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VALDOSTA
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that Lowndes County can sue Georgia state officials individually for allegedly enforcing state sanctions without legal authority, reversing a Court of Appeals decision that had blocked the suit on sovereign immunity grounds.
Bridgewater v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Andre Bridgewater's murder conviction, ruling that the evidence was sufficient despite being circumstantial and that a witness's earlier statements to a detective and an intermediary were properly admitted at trial.
Edvalson v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a Gwinnett County man convicted on 11 separate counts of possessing child pornography images should have received only one conviction, since simultaneous possession of multiple images counts as a single crime under the statute.
Eggleston v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Stewart County man's felony murder conviction for killing his neighbor, finding that direct testimony and forensic evidence gave the jury enough to convict him beyond a reasonable doubt.
Gray v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a man's murder conviction, rejecting his claims that he was too mentally impaired to stand trial and that his lawyer failed to investigate that impairment.
Griffin v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Forsyth County man's felony murder conviction, ruling that his lawyer's decision to use evidence of his racism as part of a self-defense strategy was reasonable and that his drunken confession to police was voluntary.
In the Matter of Pamela Studivant Stephenson
The Supreme Court of Georgia accepted a Rockdale-area attorney's request to give up her law license rather than face formal disciplinary charges, a step the court treats as equivalent to disbarment.
In the Matter of Timothy Walter Boyd
The Supreme Court of Georgia rejected an attorney's third attempt to settle disciplinary charges with a suspension of six to 18 months, finding his repeated dishonesty toward a client and history of prior discipline warranted harsher scrutiny.
LUMPKIN v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld the murder and robbery convictions of two men involved in a fatal Gwinnett County home invasion, rejecting challenges to a traffic stop, excluded evidence, and the sufficiency of the evidence.
Love v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a 16-year-old's murder conviction and life-without-parole sentence, finding his confession to police was voluntary and that the trial court properly determined he was irreparably corrupt.
MASSEY v. DUKE BUILDERS, INC
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a contractor's materialmen's lien against a homeowner's property cannot include profits the contractor expected to earn on unfinished work, but that including such profits only voids the improper portion, not the entire lien.
MENDEZ v. MOATS
The Supreme Court of Georgia dismissed its own review of a Polk County car-accident lawsuit, deciding the case was not a good vehicle to resolve confusion over how injury claims against county sheriffs must be filed.
Meheux v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia vacated a ruling on a murder defendant's motion for new trial because his original pro se motion was legally invalid and the later amended motion was filed far too late.
NORMAN v. XYTEX CORPORATION
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a couple who bought sperm from a sperm bank cannot sue over the mere existence of their son, but can pursue fraud and consumer-protection claims tied to specific harms caused by the donor's concealed history.
Satterfield v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Muscogee County man's felony murder conviction, finding the evidence sufficient and rejecting his claims that his trial lawyer was ineffective.
Welch v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Todd Welch's murder and aggravated assault convictions from a 2014 Clayton County shooting, but ordered two of his sentences vacated because the trial court had failed to merge them correctly.
Barton-Smith v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Rockdale County man's murder conviction, ruling that the trial judge was right to refuse a voluntary manslaughter instruction and did not improperly interfere with cross-examination of a key witness.
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