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  • In The Matter Of Christopher Mark Miller.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Mark Miller (Coastal State Prison), Garden City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18Y0264

    The Supreme Court accepted attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his license to practice law following his convictions for multiple felonies.

  • In The Matter Of Larry Bush Hill.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher A. Townley (Townley & Lindsay, LLC), Rossville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18Y0256

    The Supreme Court accepted attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his license to practice law after he pleaded guilty to two felonies.

  • In The Matter Of Clarence R. Johnson, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Gary Spencer (R. Gary Spencer, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17Y1918

    The Supreme Court accepted attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and imposed a 6-month suspension based on his violation of several of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct.

  • Barnett et al. v. Caldwell

    Publication Date: 2018-02-27
    Practice Area: Government | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney Leighton Moore, III (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta; Shean DeCarlos Williams (The Cochran Firm Atlanta), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cheryl Lynn Haas, Halima Horton, Kurt Eric Lentz, (McGuire Woods LLP), Atlanta; Matthew Allen Fitzgerald (McGuire Woods LLP), Richmond; Phillip L. Hartley (Harben, Hartley & Hawkins, LLP), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17G0641

    A teacher was entitled to official immunity in a wrongful death suit brought by parents of a child who died in the teacher's classroom while the teacher was out of the room, because the complained-of actions were discretionary and plaintiffs did not present evidence of actual malice or intent to injure.

  • In The Matter Of Lorne Howard Cragg.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-26
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lorne Howard Cragg (Lorne H. Cragg), Clarkesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Winslow Hewett, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Y0269

    The Supreme Court accepted attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his license to practice law after he misappropriated funds in his trust account for his personal use and provided false and misleading information to the Office of General Counsel during its investigation of the matter.

  • In The Matter Of Robert Jutzi Howell.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-26
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Jutzi Howell (Poyner Spruill LLP), Raleigh, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18Y0142

    The Supreme Court accepted attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his license to practice law following his guilty pleas to felony and misdemeanor crimes in South Carolina.

  • In The Matter Of Ricky W. Morris, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-26
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dwayne Charles Singleton (Dwayne Singleton, LLC), Griffin, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S17Y1329

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney based on his violation of several of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct in connection with 11 underlying grievances.

  • Burke v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-02-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long Dai Vo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Anna Green Cross, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, Helen Virginia Peters (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1495

    Because there was no evidence to support a finding of voluntary manslaughter, the trial court did not err in limiting the jurys consideration of voluntary manslaughter to a lesser offense of only malice murder, both in its oral instructions and on the verdict form, so that the jury had no option to consider the lesser offense in relation to the felony murder charge.

  • The Mayor and Aldermen of Garden City v. Harris et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick T. O'Connor, David William Bobo Mullens, III, James Philip Gerard (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Dorian Britt (Karsman, McKenzie & Hart), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17G0692

    City was entitled to summary judgment in plaintiffs' suit to recover for injuries their daughter suffered at a City-owned and maintained football stadium because the Recreational Property Act provided immunity to City since the injured party was allowed to use City's property for recreational purposes free of charge.

  • Brown v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-02-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Tavis Winheim (Sumter County Public Defenders Office), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Aimee F. Sobhani (Department of Law), Atlanta; Plez Higdon Hardin (Southwestern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Americus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1755

    Although the evidence supported defendant's convictions for felony murder and robbery, the trial court erred in failing to merge the robbery conviction into the murder conviction, as it was the underlying predicate felony; accordingly, the Court vacated defendant's conviction and sentence on that charge.