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  • Frisby v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher D. Frisby, (Coffee Correctional Facility), Nicholls, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Sieger Barker, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of The District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0777

    Court Rejects Untimely Appeal of Murder Conviction

  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Reuven Melnick, (Jonathan R. Melnick PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, Tracy Graham Lawson, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office) Jonesboro, Jeffrey Matthew Gore, A.D.A., (Douglas County District) Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0826

    Court Affirms Core of Judgment of Conviction of Home-Invasion Murderer

  • Kennedy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Christopher Locke (Locke Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, F. McDonald Wakeford, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office) Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0845

    Court Rejects Ineffective Assistance Claim by Convicted Murderer

  • Hall v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Robert Lovell (John Lovell, Esq., PC.), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John H. Cranford, Jr., (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office) Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0827

    Court Dismisses Second Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction and Orders New Trial or Dismissal of Indictment be Granted

  • Hawkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wiley Devin Franklin (Fulton County Public Defender's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Cheveda McCamy, (Office of The District Attorney), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr. , Marc A. Mallon, Senior A.D.A. (Fulton County District Attorney's Office) Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0886

    Court Rejects Appeal of Murder Conviction by Night Club Drive-by Shooter

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    Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments

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  • Patterson et al. v. Kevon, LLC d/b/a Big Kev's Barbecue

    Publication Date: 2018-09-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blakely Holloway Frye, Travis M. Cashbaugh, (Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Pamela Newsom Lee, David Anthony Smith, (Swift, Currie, Mcghee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. John David Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Allison Elmore Thornton (Georgia Trial Lawyers Association), Atlanta, for amicus appellant.
    Case Number: S17G1957

    No heightened summary judgment standard for plaintiffs in food poisoning cases

  • McCullough v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teri Lynn Doepke (The Doepke Law Firm, LLC), Covington, Joseph Blum, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Layla Hinton Zon, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office) Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0855

    Court Rejects Challenge to Conviction by Man Who Murdered Father and Great-Aunt but Remands for Resentencing

  • Parks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Allen Yurachek, (Yurachek & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Michael Scott Carlson, Deputy Chief. A.D.A., Grady A. Moore, A.D.A., Amelia Greeson Pray, A.D.A., D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0949

    Gang Expert's Testimony Properly Admitted to Show Defendant's Participation in Criminal Gang Activity

  • Mercer v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2018-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Hines
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S18A0748

    Court Reverses Denial of Habeas Petition to Challenge Kidnapping Charges

  • Schoicket v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca Dawn Schoicket, (Lee Arrendale State Prison), Alto, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Layla Hinton Zon, Walter Cliff Howard, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, Walter Cliff Howard, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0632

    Indigent criminal defendant has no right to free trial transcripts for proceedings collateral to appeal