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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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Sullivan v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Monique Sullivan's felony murder and aggravated assault convictions for a wrong-way highway crash that killed one driver and injured two others, finding the evidence showed intentional conduct despite a jury instruction error that was ultimately harmless.
Walker v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Columbus man's felony murder conviction for killing his girlfriend, rejecting his claims about jurisdiction, evidence rulings, and his lawyers' performance.
BARROW v. RAFFENSPERGER (Two Cases)
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger properly canceled the 2020 election for Justice Keith Blackwell's seat, because Blackwell's accepted resignation guarantees a vacancy that will erase the term voters would have been electing someone to fill.
Burley v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia sent a Harris County murder case back for a hearing after a man who pled guilty in 1992 said his lawyer wrongly told him he could not appeal a guilty plea conviction.
Carter v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Richmond County man's murder conviction, finding that any error in admitting a co-conspirator's hearsay statements was harmless and that he had no right to be present during a purely legal discussion of a jury question.
Clarke v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Gwinnett County man's murder conviction for killing his wife, rejecting claims about a hearsay statement, text messages sent to the jury room, and a missing jury instruction on confessions.
Collins v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Fulton County woman's murder conviction, rejecting claims that jurors improperly held her silence against her and that a juror should have been struck for bias.
Dawson v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Fulton County man's murder-related convictions, rejecting arguments about hearsay evidence, an allegedly induced confession, and a nine-year delay in deciding his appeal.
Evans v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld an Evans County man's murder convictions, ruling he never properly challenged his drug-influenced statements and consent to search before trial and that the evidence showed both were voluntary anyway.
Hill v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia reversed a Chattooga County man's murder conviction because the trial court forced him to sit before the jury in handcuffs, a waist chain, and leg irons without adequate justification or consideration of less restrictive alternatives.
In the Matter of Timothy Paul Healy
The Supreme Court of Georgia accepted a longtime attorney's request to give up his law license rather than face discipline for numerous ethics complaints, a step the court treats as equivalent to disbarment.
Oliver v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld an Albany man's guilty plea to felony murder, ruling the trial court had enough factual evidence to accept the plea and that he understood the rights he was giving up.
Rosser v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Fulton County man's murder conviction, rejecting arguments about insufficient evidence, a denied mistrial motion, admission of his police statement, and ineffective assistance of counsel.
Spencer v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld the murder convictions of a DeKalb County gang member, ruling that circumstantial evidence including fingerprints, cell phone records, and gunshot residue was enough to support the jury's verdict.
Styles v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Derrick Styles' murder and armed robbery convictions, ruling that a recorded phone call was properly admitted and that his lawyer was not ineffective for not objecting to a prosecutor's closing remark.
Whitehead v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Chatham County man's murder conviction, rejecting his self-defense claim and finding no error in admitting his police interview or in how a district attorney was handled during jury selection.
Collins v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Fulton County man's felony murder conviction for stabbing a 14-year-old to death, finding no error in a jury instruction telling jurors that revenge for a past wrong does not justify an attack.
Heyward v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Fulton County man's murder conviction, ruling that even if he deserved a voluntary manslaughter jury instruction, skipping it did not affect the verdict given the strength of the evidence against him.
Howard v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Richmond County man's murder conviction, ruling that a jury could reasonably find he killed a woman with malice even though he claimed he acted after being provoked.
In the Matter of D. Duston Tapley, Jr
The Supreme Court of Georgia rejected a special master's recommendation to remove an elderly Augusta-area attorney from practice for cognitive impairment, finding a psychologist's evaluation created a factual dispute that required a full hearing rather than summary judgment.
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