Andrew Fleischman

Andrew Fleischman has spent his career taking seemingly hopeless cases from conviction to acquittal. As an appeals expert, Andrew is known for both his thorough knowledge of Georgia law and his ability to concisely explain it. He has handled over 60 appeals – challenging Georgia’s laws and winning reversals for many of his clients.

Case History

• THE STATE v. JONATHAN ADAM SMITH (2014) (Successful motion to dismiss State’s appeal)
• REGINALD DAVIS v. THE STATE (2014) (reduced sentence from life without to life with parole)
• THE STATE v. JENNIFER LEIGH ALLEN (defended successful motion to suppress)
• MATTHEW JACKSON v. THE STATE
• SANDRA STREETER v. THE STATE (reversed on count of credit card fraud on sufficiency)
• FELICIA DICE v. THE STATE
• THE STATE v. JEFFERY PAUL HUDSON et al. (successful motion to dismiss State’s appeal)
  JEREMIAH ODEN v. THE STATE
• SHELDON MUSE v. THE STATE
  DOMINIQUE GILBERT v. THE STATE
• TOMMY STROZIER v. THE STATE
• BERNAL GERSON-VILLAFAN v. THE STATE
• JEFFERY LEONARD JOHNSON v. THE STATE
• RONALD LEVON MCDOUGLER v. THE STATE
• DIGNO MEJIA v. THE STATE
• JOHN PAUL SHIRLEY v. THE STATE (Got a remand and secured an acquittal as a matter of law)
• JAMES HYNES v. THE STATE
• CHARLES WHITE v. THE STATE (Lost at the COA on rape shield issue, got cert to SCOG, SCOG agreed that the State could not use rape shield evidence at trial)
• ERNEST COOPER v. THE STATE
• CHAD PHILLIP HOLLAND v. THE STATE
• ANTHONY BAGGETT v. THE STATE (Trial court reversed on denial of statute of limitations argument)
• DORIS WILLIAMS v. JUANITA DURDEN (Trial court reversed on statute of limitations argument in civil case)
• CHRISTOPHER ANTOINE GLENN v. THE STATE (Wrote amicus brief that Judge McFadden drew from in his dissent. SCOG granted cert, trial court reversed)
  LEONARD AGUILAR v. THE STATE
• ROBERT HOLZHEUSER v. THE STATE
• NYDIA TISDALE v. THE STATE
• ANGELIA COUNTRYMAN v. THE STATE (Lost on statute of limitations argument, but the COA had to reverse a lot of case law to get there)
• JENNY CAROLINE JUDY HANKS v. THE STATE
• NORRIS GIBBS v. THE STATE
• JAVARICE BROADWATER v. THE STATE
• KEVIN HITCHCOCK v. THE STATE
• ERIC ESTRADA v. THE STATE
• RUBEN ALVARADO v. THE STATE
• MICHAEL BRAHAN LOVELL v. THE STATE (sentence vacated)
• HENRY ARNOLD v. THE STATE
  NATHAN ACOSTA v. THE STATE
• DONALD DELOATCH v. THE STATE
• MARTA SONIA CORVI v. THE STATE (Conviction reversed for cruelty to children on sufficiency grounds)
  JESSICA SHAH v. THE STATE (conviction reversed on murder on jury instructional issue)
• THE STATE v. ELGERIE MARY CASH et al (New trial in murder conviction affirmed)
• BENJAMIN FINNEY v. THE STATE (Denial of motion to suppress reversed in murder case)
• NICHOLAS WILSON v. THE STATE
• AVERY L. BRYANT v. THE STATE (Murder conviction reversed because of problem with search warrant)
• JERMAINE DEON WARE v. THE STATE
• LEROY WILLIS v. THE STATE (SCOG ruled that murder conviction would have been reversed if not for recent change in “super plain error” rule)
• DAMIEN SIMPKINS v. THE STATE
• LARRION DICKERSON v. CLAY TATUM, WARDEN (New appeal granted. Reduced life without parole sentence to time served on remand).
• LERENZO GASTON v. THE STATE
• JERMONTAE MOSS v. THE STATE
• ROBERT MILLER v. THE STATE
• SARA WALKER v. THE STATE (Wrote amicus brief which SCOG drew from in its opinion for the defendant)
• ANTONIO LAFONTA WILLIAMS v. THE STATE
• ANTHONY TYRONE RUCKER, JR. v. THE STATE
• CHAD L. HAUFLER v. THE STATE

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