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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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Anderson v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Dexter Anderson's felony murder conviction for shooting his girlfriend, rejecting claims about a missing trial transcript, a missing jury instruction, and ineffective defense counsel.
Brooks v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Fulton County man's murder conviction but threw out one firearm charge because the state never proved his prior felony involved a gun, sending that count back for resentencing.
Campbell-Williams v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Gwinnett County woman's felony murder conviction for stabbing her boyfriend, finding no error in the jury instructions and no ineffective assistance by her trial lawyer.
Clay v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Gwinnett County man's murder conviction for shooting his neighbor through a motel door, rejecting his pro se claims of trial errors, perjured testimony, and appellate delay.
Harris v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Robert Harris's murder conviction and rejected his ineffective assistance and continuance claims, but ruled the trial court wrongly sentenced him separately for aggravated assault and aggravated battery against the same victim.
Hodges v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Coffee County man's murder conviction, rejecting his argument that the trial judge used the wrong legal standard in denying his motion for a new trial.
Kim v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Gwinnett County man's murder convictions for killing a couple who had rehired him, but ordered two aggravated battery sentences erased because they should have merged with the murder counts.
Perry v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Liberty County man's guilty plea to murder, rejecting his claim that he did not understand the law well enough for the plea to count as voluntary.
Reeves v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Kevin Reeves's murder conviction from a deadly house party shootout, rejecting his claims about being excluded from bench conferences, but found sentencing errors that should have merged some assault and robbery convictions.
Roberts v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a woman convicted in federal court for stealing medical-grade liquid silicone can still face state murder and battery charges over the same death, because the state and federal crimes required proof of different facts.
SYNOVUS BANK D/B/A FIRST COMMUNITY BANK OF TIFTON v. KELLEY
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a judgment creditor does not get a lien on a debtor's real property until the judgment is actually recorded in the county where the property sits, not when the judgment is first entered by a court.
Studivant v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Hall County man's murder conviction for shooting a man during a drug deal, rejecting challenges to the evidence, a vehicle search, and his lawyer's decision not to call an alibi witness.
Agee v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia reversed a Walton County murder conviction because the trial court wrongly let jurors hear a dead witness's police statements, ruling the defendant's marriage to that witness did not actually cause him to be unavailable at trial.
Arnold v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a man's murder conviction for shooting a Chevron gas station customer, rejecting his claim that his lawyer should have objected to parts of the prosecutor's closing argument.
Blackshear v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Baker County man's murder conviction, finding the evidence was enough despite his shifting accounts and that his lawyer's choice not to object to autopsy photos was reasonable strategy.
Brown v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a second-trial murder conviction from Athens-Clarke County, rejecting claims about a flawed jury instruction, prejudicial photographs of the victim, and ineffective legal help.
Clark v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Newton County man's murder conviction, rejecting his argument that circumstantial evidence pointing to an unknown intruder should have kept the jury from finding him guilty.
Clark v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Jennifer Clark's murder conviction, rejecting her claim that her trial lawyer should have asked for a special jury instruction about her co-defendant's criminal record.
Finnissee v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Lowndes County man's murder and arson convictions, finding the evidence of his mother's strangulation and the staged house fire was enough to convict and that his lawyer's trial strategy was not constitutionally deficient.
Gibbs v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Rodney Gibbs' felony murder and aggravated assault convictions from a shooting at a house party, ruling that the jury was entitled to reject his claim of self-defense and find the evidence sufficient.
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