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  • In The Matter Of Gregory Reece Barton.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-15
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Reece Barton (Gregory R. Barton P.C.), Douglasville, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta; Adam Marshall Hames (The Hames Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18Y0601

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney in connection with two clients' matters, in which the attorney failed to properly communicate and failed to appear at hearings.

  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chauntilia Khelice Adaway (Tifton Circuit Public Defender's Office), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Aimee F. Sobhani (Department of Law), Atlanta; Clifford Paul Bowden, Jennifer Dawn Hart (Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0429

    Defense Counsel Not Ineffective for Failing to Call Witnesses Who Could Testify as to Contentious Relationship Between Defendant and Victim

  • Soto v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Waring Gibert (El Gallo Legal), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; John Richard Edwards, D. Victor Reynolds, Michael Scott Carlson (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0346

    Record Supported Trial Court's Refusal to Charge Aggravated Assault as Lesser Offenses of Reckless Conduct or Terrorist Act

  • Stephens v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Alexander Miller (Steven A. Miller Law), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague (Department of Law), Atlanta; Stewart David Bratcher, Rosemary M. Greene (Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0421

    Evidence Supported Conclusion Infant Ingested Cocaine After Finding It Where Parent Stored It For Sale

  • Mitchell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Converse Bright, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Meyerhoefer, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Jessica Whittington Clark, Bradfield M. Shealy (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0193

    Extensive Evidence Supported Defendant's Conviction for Murder, Assault, and Firearm Possession

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  • Rhoden v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Hines
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ivars Lacis (Lacis Law LLC), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien (Department of Law), Atlanta; Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Arthur C. Walton (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0116

    Batson Did Not Apply to Prosecutor's Mere Non-Exercise of Peremptory Strike

  • Russell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa Lynn Doepke (Alcovy Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder (Department of Law), Atlanta; Layla Hinton Zon, Candice Leigh Branche (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0091

    Defendant Who Shot Victim After Playful Scuffle Turned Violent Was Not Entitled to Mutual Combat Instruction

  • Snelson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Snelson, Pelham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; D. Victor Reynolds, Michael Scott Carlson (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0272

    Appellant's Claims That He Was Denied His Right to Competent and Conflict-Free Counsel Could Not Be Resolved on Existing Record

  • New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC et al. v. Georgia Department Of Revenue et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-11
    Practice Area: Communications and Media | Tax
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Anthony Vroon (Law Offices of Bryan A. Vroon LLC), Atlanta; Margaret C. Wilson (Wilson Law Group LLC), Somerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Wright Banks Jr., Alex Fredrick Sponseller, Christopher M. Carr, Nancy M. Gallagher (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17G1256

    The Supreme Court partially reversed and partially vacated the Court of Appeals' decision affirming the dismissal of a suit AT&T filed against the Georgia Department of Revenue to challenge the denial of a request for a tax refund.

  • Meadows v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Andrew Barnes, Macon; James W. Davis (James W. Davis & Associates), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Karl David Cooke Jr., John Allen Regan, Dorothy Vinson Hull (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0314

    Trial Court Declared Mistrial Without Sufficient Factual Support and Without Considering Less Drastic Alternatives