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  • Page v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Padgett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, Kayci Timmons, (J. Scott Key, LLC), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Racine, (Douglas County District Attorney), Douglasville, Aimee Sobhani, (DeKalb County Government-Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0427

    Court affirms convictions for rape and other crimes over defendant's claims of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Wierson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Rubin, (Peters, Rubin & Sheffield), Decatur, Kristen Novay, (Garland, Samuel and Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Thomas Williams, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee; Justin Moore, (Aequitas Legal Services, LLC), Atlanta, Amanda Walker, (Office of the Public Defender, Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0241

    Court affirms ruling allowing insanity defense and reverses an order allowing evidence of compliance with prescription medication in a vehicular homicide case

  • Grigg v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay Kim, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Kraft, Jared Williams, Dre’Kevius Huff, (District Attorney’s Office - Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0108

    Court reverses probation revocation due to due process violation and improper admission of hearsay evidence

  • Cotton v. Prodigies Child Care Management, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-01
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Autry, Blaine Norris, (Blaine A. Norris PC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: M. Heath, Matthew, (Cowsert & Avery, LLP), Athens, Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, John Schultz, (Wood Craig Miller, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1457

    Court affirms summary judgment for employer, finding no vicarious liability for employee's actions during lunch break

  • Clarke v. Dye-Master Group, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-01
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Carlisle, (Carlisle Law Firm), Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Chambers, (Chambers Chambers & Chambers), Atlanta, Charles Carson, (Charles R. Carson, P.C. dba Carson Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0093

    Court affirms $365,000 judgment for contractors in a breach of contract case, rejecting multiple procedural challenges posed by defendant

  • Cooper v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert Myers, (Albert A. Myers III PC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alisha Johnson, Alicia Gant, (Rockdale County District Attorney’s Office), Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0484

    Court affirms conviction for psssession of a firearm by a first offender probationer over defendant's claims of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Moten v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay Kim, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, John Kraft, Jared Williams, (District Attorney’s Office - Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0529

    Court reverses probation revocation due to due process violation regarding witness confrontation at a revocation hearing

  • Montiel v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, Sandra Partridge, (GA Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0600

    Court affirms burglary conviction and admissibility of custodial statement despite defendant's contentions of alleged Interference with right to counsel

  • Monterrey Mex, Inc. v. Collins

    Publication Date: 2024-07-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Atkinson, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Noah Caldwell, (Maynard Nexsen PC), New York, for appellant.
    for defendant: Phillip Cody, Douglas McDonald, (McDonald & Cody Law Offices), Cornelia, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Miguel Debon, (The Debon Law Group, PC), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Russell Davis, (Downey & Cleveland), Marietta, other party.
    Case Number: A24A0281

    Court affirms denial of summary judgment in dram shop liability case because of question of material fact over restaurant's constructive knowledge of patron's intent to drive

  • Wexler v. Bruce Thompson, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Labor

    Publication Date: 2024-07-30
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Radford, Zachary Panter, (Radford & Keebaugh), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jeffrey Babcock, (Chief Legal Services), Atlanta, Katherine Stoff, (State Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0144

    Court reverses denial of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance due to erroneous work stoppage and payment determinations made by a hearing officer