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  • In the Matter of Glen Roy Fagan.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glen Roy Fagan, (Southern Company), Atlanta, for appellee; Adam Marshall Hames, (The Hames Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0802

    Attorney Who Had Previously Resigned Was Formally Disbarred For Knowingly Misappropriating Client Funds

  • In the Matter of Daniel Kirkland McCall.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-02
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Constance Mcmanus, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0729

    Attorney Requesting Voluntary Discipline Failed to Show Why Suspension Should be Imposed Nunc Pro Tunc

  • Holland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-08-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Kenner, Jr., (Law Offices of Robert Kenner, Jr.), Stone Mountain Carey Renard Johnson, (Law Offices of Carey R. Johnson), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Juliana Sleeper, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0468

    Defendant's Video-Recorded Statements Regarding Other Crimes Were Admissible For Impeachment Purposes

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2022-08-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Michael Johnson, Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Chase Landon Studstill, (Alapaha Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Nashville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0603

    Witness's Reluctance to Answer Questions Previously Asked of Her by Police Was Proper Ground For Hostile Witness Ruling

  • Sams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-08-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anita Reynolds Howard, Neil Alan Halvorson, Daniel Patrick Bibler, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0305

    Evidence Established Defendant Shared Criminal Intent With Others to Commit Shooting That Led to Death and Injury

  • Patterson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-08-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nyonnohweah Snami Seekie, (Seekie Law Firm), Macon for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Patrick Bibler, Anita Reynolds Howard, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0413

    Defendant Failed to Show His Trial Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance in Any of Multiple Claimed Ways

  • Slosberg v. Giller, et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Skip Sugarman, Matthew Greer Hawk, (Sugarman Law, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tyler Charles Dixon, (Raiford & Dixon, LLC), Atlanta, Leah Ward Sears, Sasha Nina Greenberg, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Timothy Kyle King, (Hodges, McEachern & King), Peachtree City, Nikola R. Djuric, (Djuric Spratt P.A.), Atlanta for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S21G1226

    No-Contest Clause Did Not Bar Undue-Influence Claim Against Trust Instrument

  • Talley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Virginia Lee Davis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0242

    Court Did Not Err by Admitting Hearsay Statements Murder Victim Had Made Regarding Incidents Involving Defendant Litigation: Yes

  • McIver v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer, Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb P.C.), Atlanta, Bruce Steven Harvey, (Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ruth M. Pawlak, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Leslie Anna Coots, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0093

    Evidence Supported Instruction on Misdemeanor Unlawful-Manner Involuntary Manslaughter in Case Involving Firearm

  • Garay v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Tristan Wade Gillespie, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, Leslie Anna Coots, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0073

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of the evidence