Supreme Court of Georgia, 2019

Published opinions from 2019. The case name opens the case page.

2019 opinions

GeorgiaVasquez v. the State.

June 24, 2019830 S.E.2d 143

The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed Vasquez's convictions and sentences, holding that the evidence supported the child-cruelty and concealment convictions and that the statute of limitation was tolled while Vasquez was outside Georgia and unavailable for arrest.

GeorgiaElliott v. the State.

February 18, 2019824 S.E.2d 265

The Supreme Court of Georgia reaffirmed its Olevik holding that Paragraph XVI of the Georgia Constitution protects individuals from being compelled to perform incriminating acts, including submitting to a state-administered breath test, rejecting the State's request to overrule it.