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Georgia Case Law. The Georgia state court system is divided into three levels. The highest court in Georgia is the Georgia Supreme Court, which consists of nine judges. The Supreme Court reviews appeals of decisions by the Georgia Court of Appeals that have great public importance.
Nine justices serve on the Georgia Supreme Court, which expanded from seven justices in 2017. Under the Georgia Constitution, the Court has exclusive jurisdiction over appeals involving issues of constitutional law or cases contesting elections.
PRENITA ALIMCHANDANI. The opinions published on Justia State Caselaw are sourced from individual state court sites. These court opinions may not be the official published versions, and you should check your local court rules before citing to them.
Date: November 2, 2021. Docket Number: S21A0767. Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Lil’Che Stafford was found guilty by jury of felony murder and first-degree burglary in connection with the death of Jose Greer. On appeal, Appellant argued: (1) evidence of an earlier burglary and armed….
Justia Opinion Summary: Patricko Davis was convicted of felony murder and other crimes in connection with the July 2014 shooting death of Takeenan Williams. On appeal Davis argued: (1) he was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial;…. Moore v. Georgia. Date: December 20, 2022.
Supreme Court of Georgia Decisions 2020. Guzman-Perez v. Georgia. Date: December 21, 2020. Docket Number: S20A1102. Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant Fernando Guzman-Perez was convicted by jury of malice murder and concealing the death of another in connection with the death of his wife, Yamilet Rodriguez.
Justia Opinion Summary: In the Supreme Court of Georgia, Raymond Chambliss was convicted of felony murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Tonia Herring, during an argument. On appeal, Chambliss raised several claims.
On appeal, the Georgia Supreme Court addressed: (1) whether a person has a common-law right to attempt to escape from the detention resulting from an unlawful arrest; and (2) if so, whether a person may damage government property in such an attempt.
WALKER v. THE STATE. BOGGS, Presiding Justice. We granted certiorari in this case to decide whether a trial court’s order dismissing a criminal case for want of prosecution, which does not say that it is with prejudice to refiling, nevertheless constitutes an impermissible dismissal with prejudice if the applicable statute of limitation has run.
Georgia v. Rosenbaum. In one of first impression for the Georgia Supreme Court, the issue this case presented centered on the effect of the State’s delay in obtaining search warrants for data contained in electronic devices when those devices were originally seized in a warrantless, but lawful, manner by police.