Case In the Matter of Leonard Richard Medley, III Court Supreme Court of Georgia Judge Per Curiam Date Decided April
Case Kelly v. State Court Supreme Court of Georgia Judge PETERSON (Nathan Deal, 2016) Date Decided April 21, 2026 Docket
Case Larkins v. The State Court Supreme Court of Georgia Judge LAGRUA (Brian Kemp, 2020) Date Decided April 21, 2026
Case Deqaveon Malcolm v. The State of Georgia Court Supreme Court of Georgia Judge MCMILLIAN (Brian Kemp, 2020) Date Decided
Case Travis McFarland v. The State Court Supreme Court of Georgia Judge ELLINGTON (elected 2018) Date Decided April 21, 2026
Case Jonathan Allen Miller v. The State of Georgia Court Supreme Court of Georgia Judge MCMILLIAN (Brian Kemp, 2020) Date
Case Tonya Monroe v. The State Court Supreme Court of Georgia Judge LAND (Brian Kemp, 2025) Date Decided April 21,
Case Nuckles v. State, Supreme Court of Georgia, No. S26A0321 Court Supreme Court of Georgia Judge Shawn LaGrua (Brian Kemp,
Case Gregory Painter v. The State Court Supreme Court of Georgia Judge BETHEL (Nathan Deal, 2018) Date Decided April 21,
Case Sheldon Ragland v. The State of Georgia Court Supreme Court of Georgia Judge PETERSON (Nathan Deal, 2016) Date Decided
Case I’Kenyo Shine v. The State Court Supreme Court of Georgia Judge LAND (Brian Kemp, 2025) Date Decided April 21,
Case Alex Khalil Smith v. The State Court Supreme Court of Georgia Judge LAND (Brian Kemp, 2025) Date Decided April
Case Sneed v. The State Court Supreme Court of Georgia Judge LAGRUA (Brian Kemp, 2020) Date Decided April 21, 2026
Case Morris Charles Spann v. The State Court Supreme Court of Georgia Judge PINSON (Brian Kemp, 2022) Date Decided April
Case Willie Hobby v. Commissioner of Correction Court Connecticut Appellate Court Judge SUAREZ (Ned Lamont, 2020); Westbrook (Ned Lamont, 2023)
Case State of Connecticut v. Edwin Franqui Court Connecticut Supreme Court Judge McDonald (Dannel P. Malloy, 2013) Date Decided April
Case Miguel Vega v. Commissioner of Correction Court Connecticut Supreme Court Judge D’AURIA (Dannel P. Malloy, 2017) Date Decided April
Sixth District reverses dismissal of multiple criminal cases under Penal Code section 1001.36 mental health diversion, holding that a defendant who commits several dozen new crimes during diversion has not substantially performed the diversion requirements regardless of progress made afterward.
Case State of Washington v. Harlan W. Blackburn Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division One Judge COBURN (elected 2020) Date
Case The State of Washington v. Samuel Leon Dugan Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division One Judge BOWMAN (Jay Inslee,
Case State of Minnesota v. Joseph William Finfrock Court Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge Schmidt (Tim Walz, 2023) Date Decided
The California Supreme Court affirms the convictions and Bertsch’s death sentence in this 1985 kidnap-rape-murder case but reverses Hronis’s death sentence because of post-trial changes in the law governing a defendant’s mental competency to represent himself.
Case State of Iowa v. Dillon Michael Heiller Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge McDonald (Kim Reynolds, 2019) Date Decided April
First District holds that trial counsel’s failure to request a free court reporter for an antipsychotic medication renewal hearing constituted ineffective assistance of counsel and reverses the order authorizing involuntary medication, remanding for a new hearing.