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Hannah Renee Payne v. The State
·Supreme Court of Georgia·US-STATESuspensionprovisional
The Supreme Court of Georgia on 2026-05-05 vacated and remanded the trial-court order, barred the prosecutor from appearing for six months, and ordered twelve CLE hours in Hannah Renee Payne v. The State. The prosecutor and trial court filed an opposition with two fabricated case citations and two mischaracterized case citations.
- Court
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Date
- 2026-05-05
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- ADA Leslie used artificial intelligence software in trial and appellate filings and a proposed order, leading to fake or misattributed authorities in the order, trial briefs, and appellate briefing. The court suspended her privilege to practice before it.
- Outcome
- Suspension
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Provisional — written by the court-decisions pipeline, awaiting the editor
- Last checked
- 2026-09-08
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Hannah Renee Payne v. The State”, safelegalai.com/tracker/hannah-renee-payne-v-the-state (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.