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  • Couch v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Nestrud, (Coweta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Franklin, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, Matthew Moore, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1034

    Court affirms denial of motion drug suppress evidence found in a hotel room because hotel guest lost a right to privacy after scheduled checkout time

  • Cupp et al. v. Archer et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert Myers, (AL Myers Law, LLC), Decatur, Richard Evins, (The Evins Law Firm LLC), Greenville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tammy Archer, Michael Cupp, Griffin, C. Fallon, (Fallon Law PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0983

    Court vacates default judgment in a residential construction dispute due to invalid service by publication

  • McQueen v. Long

    Publication Date: 2024-10-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie Patterson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clarence Long, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Reginald Winfrey, (The Criminal Defense Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1165

    Court vacates dismissal of lawsuit against former counsel, citing disqualification of defendant's counsel over conflict of interest

  • Little v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Little, (Wheeler Correctional Facility), Alamo, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bradford Rigby, (District Attorney’s Office of the Cordele Judicial), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1142

    Court affirms conviction for aggravated battery and child cruelty over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence, admission of evidence, and claim of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Estate of Butler v. Patterson et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-22
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Dean, (Morris & Dean), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mitchell Snyder, Azurae Orie, (The Minor Firm), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0986

    Court reverses summary judgment in a case alleging fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, finding genuine issues of material fact regarding undue influence

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  • In re Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-22
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Joycelyn Curry, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Shalen Nelson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Nelson, (Fleming & Nelson, LLP), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0995

    Court reverses criminal contempt order against State Department, which had been issued on account of the Department's delay in taking custody of a defendant deemed to be incompetent

  • Arlotta v. Arlotta

    Publication Date: 2024-10-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Trinity Hundredmark, Dana Lohrberg, (Andersen, Tate & Car, P.C.), Duluth, Robert Thomas, (Burr & Firman LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joann Sharp, Charlotte Ruble, (Meriwether & Tharp, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0961

    Court reverses partial denial of motion to enforce prenuptial agreement, which satisfied the framework of the Sherer test under Georgia law

  • In the Interest of N. C., a child.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: President Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea Herschberger, (Eastern Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Jones, Brittany Padgett, (District Attorney’s Office Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0796

    Court reverses delinquency adjudication, finding that probation order did not clearly impose a condition that the State alleged had been violated for interference with electronic monitoring device

  • Shumate v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Wilkes, (Tallapoosa Circuit Public Defender), Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Oliver Browning, Kayleigh Carter, (Polk County District Attorney’s Office), Cedartown, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0862

    Court reverses denial of motion to suppress drug evidence where officers did not have a reasonable suspicion to escalate an encounter and conduct a search of the defendant's vehicle

  • MacMillan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Christopher DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1167

    Court affirms convictions for armed robbery and aggravated assault over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and alleged jury instruction error