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  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Morgan, (Attorney at Law), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Elisabeth Giuliani, (Floyd County District Attorney’s Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0849

    Court affirms conditions of probation for driver convicted of homicide by vehicle under First Offender Act

  • Coffman et al v. Barnsley Consulting Group et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-28
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Padgett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Newton, (Steven N. Newton, LLC), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Debra Chambers, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Maya Marshall, Brookhaven, Sarah Snipes, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Amy Urban, (Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0740

    Court affirms dismissal of appeal in a Workers' Compensation death benefit matter because appeal was filed more than 20 days after applicant received electronic notice of denial of benefits

  • Leaphart v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Bullard, Audra Murphey, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, Anna Fowler, (District Attorney, NEJC of Ga Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1123

    Court affirms conviction for aggravated child molestation over defendant's contention that he was denied a Faretta hearing for self-representation and challenge to admission of evidence

  • The State v. Roundtree

    Publication Date: 2024-08-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Fitzner, (Middle Judicial Circuit), Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brandi Payne, (Middle Circuit Public Defenders Office), Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1322

    Court vacates probated sentence for drug trafficking and remands for resentencing because statutory scheme did not allow for probating, and defendant was sentenced as a recidivist

  • Bass v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Yurachek, (The Law Offices of Mark Allen Yurachek & Associate), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Thomas Williams, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0927

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated assault, family violence battery, and firearm possession over defendant's claims of insufficient and abuse of discretion

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  • William J. Weathers, II et al. v. Robert L. Weathers, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-26
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael King, (Greenberg Traurig, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerald Davidson, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville; Warren Wills, (Law Offices of Warren W. Wills, Jr.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0608

    Court affirms vacatur of arbitration award in an inheritance dispute due to arbitrator's imperfect execution of authority in resolving issues over the inheritance

  • Brown v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Taylor, (Public Defender’s Office of Columbia Judicial Circuit), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bobby Christine, Kevin Majeska, (Columbia Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1029

    Court reverses convictions for child molestation and related charges due to trial court's improper removal and replacement of a hold-out juror

  • Crookshanks v. Crookshanks

    Publication Date: 2024-08-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chris Crookshanks, Lewisburg, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barbara Claridge, (Claridge Law Firm), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1069

    Court vacates and remands modified child custody and support order due to trial court's failure to provide statutorily-required findings of fact and conclusions of law

  • Be Our Guest Investments, LLC v. Piedmont Park Conservancy, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-23
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary Hulsey, Jeffrey Morgan, Sydnie Zachary, (Barnes & Thornburg LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason McLarry, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Brett Tarver, (Insley and Race, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0618

    Court reverses summary judgment order and remands in a breach of contract action because trial court misapplied the new business rule to exclude evidence of lost profits

  • Tibbetts v. Worth County School District et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-21
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cox, (Charles E. Cox, Jr., LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Grant McBride, William White, Matthew Collum, (Smith, Welch, Webb, & White), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1542

    Court vacates its prior opinion and adopts Supreme Court ruling that a former teacher's breach of contract action was barred by sovereign immunity because a valid contract had not been formed