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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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In the Matter of Neil Richard Flit
The Supreme Court of Georgia accepted an Atlanta-area attorney's request to give up his law license after he admitted holding onto client settlement funds for years without paying them out or explaining what happened to the money.
Davenport v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Brian Colby Davenport's murder conviction in the death of Debora Lynn Abney, finding the evidence sufficient and any evidentiary errors harmless, while also announcing it will stop automatically reviewing evidence sufficiency in non-death penalty murder appeals.
Calmer v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Monroe County man's murder conviction for killing a sheriff's deputy, finding no error in the jury instructions given or refused and no basis for pretrial immunity from prosecution.
Lofton v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a teenager's felony murder conviction in the killing of a pizza delivery driver, ruling that trial errors and even the prosecutor's improper appeals to jury sympathy did not outweigh the strong evidence of guilt.
Middleton v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a man convicted of both hijacking a car and receiving that same stolen car cannot legally hold both convictions, because the two verdicts contradict each other. The court also held he did not need to object at trial to raise the problem later.
Pounds v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia dismissed a murder appeal because the trial court never validly ruled on the defendant's motion for new trial, and in doing so overruled prior cases that had allowed such invalid rulings to stand.
BOWDEN v. THE MEDICAL CENTER (And Vice Versa)
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a class action against a Georgia hospital over its billing rates could not proceed, and that uninsured patients could not sue for fraud, negligent misrepresentation, or racketeering just because the hospital charged its standard rate.
Barboza v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Cobb County man's murder and armed robbery convictions, rejecting his claims that the trial judge improperly commented on a co-defendant's plea deal and that evidence of his prior crimes was wrongly admitted.
Burney v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Terrence Burney's malice murder conviction in the death of a 76-year-old Jones County man, rejecting claims about jury instructions, a delayed trial, and a juror who looked up legal terms online.
Dunbar v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Savannah woman's murder conviction, rejecting her self-defense claim and finding no error in admitting an AK-47 found in her home or testimony about withdrawn consent to search.
FRAZEN v. DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF ATLANTA
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a trial court's approval of up to $1.25 billion in revenue bonds to help finance The Gulch redevelopment project in downtown Atlanta, rejecting citizens' challenges to the process and the funding structure.
Frazier v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Damon Frazier's malice murder conviction for the shooting of Corey Echols, rejecting his claims that the evidence was too thin, that prior-crime evidence was wrongly admitted, and that his lawyer was ineffective.
In the Matter of Don Smart
The Supreme Court of Georgia accepted a Savannah attorney's request to permanently surrender his law license after he pleaded guilty to stealing more than $500,000 from an estate he was handling.
Nelson v. Wilkey
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a habeas court's decision to void a Bartow County man's guilty plea, ruling his lawyer's failure to tell him he could still withdraw the plea before sentencing amounted to ineffective assistance of counsel.
PRIESTER v. THE STATE (And Vice Versa)
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Vernon Priester's murder conviction and ruled that testimony about his drug dealing was properly admitted, while also siding with the State on how his sentence should be calculated for shooting Heyward's parents.
REID v. MORRIS
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that Georgia's punitive damages law does not automatically limit uncapped punitive damages to only the drunk driver in a car crash case, opening the door to punitive damages against the man who lent his car.
Raines v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a judge, not a jury, can decide whether a person who committed murder as a teenager is so 'irreparably corrupt' that he can be sentenced to life without parole.
STEPP-McCOMMONS v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a man's felony murder conviction for a fatal shooting during a botched cell phone robbery, rejecting his arguments about missing jury instructions and his lawyer's performance.
Smith v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a woman's felony murder conviction for shooting her husband, ruling that even if the trial court wrongly blocked some hearsay testimony about past abuse, the error was harmless given other evidence already before the jury.
Strong v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia reversed Aaron Strong's murder and assault convictions, ruling the trial court wrongly let jurors hear years of unrelated violent acts he allegedly committed, evidence that was too prejudicial and not properly relevant to the stabbing case.
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