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  • In the Matter of Brian Walton Whiteside.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gene Chapman, (Gene Chapman LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0579

    Court accepts attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and imposes a three-month suspension of his law license in response to his multiple rule violations

  • In the Matter of Craig S. Bonnell.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Craig S. Bonnell, (Craig S.Bonnell, Attorney at Law), Rincon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0123

    Court rejects the State bar's petition for a public reprimand of an attorney because the record was unclear as to several matters involving the attorney's misconduct

  • Burley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Joseph Kenneth Mulholland, Banks Thomas Smith, Sr., Moruf O. Oseni, (South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0322

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's contention that the trial court erred by not instructing the jury on malice murder

  • Copeland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Lorraine Leslie, (The Leslie Group, LLC), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Aslean Zachary Eaglin, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0281

    Court affirms felony murder conviction and rejects defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and claims of self-defense

  • Florida Rock Industries, Inc. v. Clayton County Board of Commissioners et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-23
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, William Clay Massey, Shannon Nicole Vreeland, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amy Bryant Cowan, Dana Kristin Maine, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22C1102

    Court denies petition for certiorari filed by a mining company seeking review of the denial of two applications for conditional use permits.

  • Southern States Chemical, Inc. et al. v. Tampa Tank & Welding, Inc. f/k/a Tampa Tank Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-23
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Tucker Barr, Andrew Clay Stevens, Natalie Cascario, David Lee Hobson, Jeffrey Young Lewis, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, Edwin W. King, Jr., (Edwin W. King, Jr., P.C.), Savannah, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mike O’Neal Crawford, Swift S. Currie, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Cecily Joy McLeod, Kimberly Council Sheridan, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; LaTisha Dear Jackson, (DeKalb County Superior Court), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: S23A0273

    Court affirms dismissal of breach of warranty claims that were barred by the pre-amendment statute of repose

  • Perez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Christopher Mark DeNeve, Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0276

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and trial court error in denying motions to suppress evidence

  • Head v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Ann Brandenburg, (Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Burke Olivia Doherty, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0111

    Sufficient Evidence Was Presented at Trial to Corroborate Accomplice's Testimony of Defendant's Involvement in Crime

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Michelle Kempter, (Kempter Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elaine L. Thompson, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0166

    No Brady Violation From Delayed Disclosure of Crime Scene Technician's Failure to Find Fingerprints on Shell Casing

  • Knox et al. v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2023-06-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Education Law | Government
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Crane Canfield, Brian Charles Lea, Sharnell S. Simon, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Amanda K. Rice, (Jones Day), Detroit, for appellant.
    for defendant: Annette M. Cowart, Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, Bryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Sarah Brewerton-Palmer, Michael Adam Caplan, (Caplan Cobb LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23A0167

    Trial Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Adjudicate Challenge to Statute Permitting Firearm Possession on College Campuses