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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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Wells v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Tyrecquiss Wells's felony murder and armed robbery convictions in a Muscogee County shooting, rejecting claims about his police statement, an accomplice's testimony, and his lawyer's trial strategy.
Williams v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Allen Deverna Williams' malice murder conviction, rejecting his claims that the evidence was insufficient, his post-trial lawyer was ineffective, and a conflict of interest tainted his trial.
Williams v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a Gwinnett County man charged with 48 counts of possessing child pornography could not get most of those counts thrown out before trial, even though he claimed the charges were duplicative.
Bankston v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a man who pleaded guilty to five murders in 1988 could not use a 2019 motion to undo his convictions or withdraw his guilty pleas, because decades had passed since his sentencing.
Chavez v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Fulton County man's murder and gang convictions but reversed his conviction for possessing a firearm as a first-offender probationer because his probation had already expired when the shooting occurred.
Davis v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Carlton Davis's felony murder conviction, rejecting his claims about a coerced statement, an improperly admitted letter, and a 14-year delay in deciding his new trial motion.
Doyle v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia reversed a man's murder conviction because the trial judge never told the jury it needed extra proof beyond a possible accomplice's word before convicting him.
Driver v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Rome man's felony murder conviction, ruling that his admission to shooting Randy Diamond was properly used against him because he reinitiated the conversation with police after asking for a lawyer.
Flowers v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Bibb County man's murder conviction for killing his ex-wife, ruling that evidence of an earlier beating and an autopsy photo of her brain were properly admitted at trial.
Floyd v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld the murder convictions of Louis Floyd, Jr. and Tara Lee Harrell in the stabbing death of William Jackson, rejecting claims about trial severance, jury instructions, and ineffective legal help.
Gaston v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Spalding County man's felony murder conviction, rejecting his claim that his trial lawyer's strategic choices amounted to ineffective assistance.
Harris v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Cobb County man's murder conviction, finding no plain error in admitting his pre-trial statements to police and no ineffective assistance in his lawyer's handling of his decision to speak with detectives.
In the Matter of David Godley Rigdon
The Supreme Court of Georgia rejected an attorney's request to serve a suspension rather than disbarment after he pleaded guilty to eight drug felonies, saying the record lacked enough facts to judge whether that punishment fit the misconduct.
In the Matter of Richard M. Colbert
The Supreme Court of Georgia accepted a Florida-convicted lawyer's request to give up his Georgia law license, a move the court treats as equivalent to disbarment.
Perdomo v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld Hamlet Perdomo's convictions for felony murder and fourteen other crimes from a 2010 crime spree, rejecting his claim that the evidence against him was insufficient.
State v. STEPHENS
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a dead eyewitness's police statement cannot be used against multiple murder defendants because they never had a chance to cross-examine him, upholding the trial court's exclusion of the statement.
Swims v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Walker County man's murder conviction, ruling that a witness's brief mention of his out-of-state jail time did not require a mistrial.
White v. State
The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld the murder conviction and life without parole sentence of a Houston County teenager who confessed to killing a friend as part of a suicide pact, finding no error in admitting his statements or in the sentencing standard used.
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