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  • Department of Transportation v. Mixon

    Publication Date: 2021-10-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher M. Carr, Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope, Kathleen S. Turnipseed, Angela Ellen Cusimano, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kathleen M. Pacious, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Lamar Gibson, (Gibson & Associates, PC), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1410

    Sovereign Immunity Did Not Bar Landowner's Claim for Injunctive Relief Based on Alleged Flooding Following Road-Widening Project

  • Emmons, Warden v. Bryant

    Publication Date: 2021-10-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Kammer, (Mercer Law School), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0532

    Habeas Court Erred in Finding Ineffective Assistance of Appellate Counsel

  • Overstreet v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen Strang, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bradford Lee Rigby, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0712

    Evidence Supported Jury's Finding Gang Act Was Violated By Gang Member's Commission of Home Invasion and Robbery

  • Collins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    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, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joyette Marie Holmes, John Richard Edwards, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0627

    Provision of Accomplice-Corroboration Jury Instruction Did Not Preclude Instruction on Witness's Unknowing Participation

  • Schmitz v. Barron, Director et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Election and Political Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ray Stallings Smith, III, (Smith & Liss, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Michael Sibley, Terri René Simmons, (Dekalb County Superior Court), Decatur, Nancy Ladson Rowan, David Robert Lowman, Cheryl Melissa Ann Ringer, Ted Jackson, Kaye Woodard Burwell, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, Alex Benjamin Kaufman, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, Adam Martin Sparks, Joshua Ivan McLaurin, (Krevolin & Horst LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1131

    Plaintiff Did Not Exercise Diligence in Ensuring That Notice of Election Contest Was Properly Served Upon Defendant

  • McIntyre v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy W. Copeland, Rodney L. Lawton, (Copeland, Haugabrook & Walker), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, Patrick Warren, Bryce Alan Johnson, (Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, Larry Michael Johnson, Nashville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1146

    Evidence Supported Felony Murder Conviction; Trial Court Did Not Err in Failing to Charge Jury on Voluntary Manslaughter

  • Poole v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Titus Thomas Nichols, (Nichols Law, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1103

    Evidence Supported Defendant's Gang Act Conviction; State Showed Necessary Nexus Between Shooting and Intent to Further Gang Interests

  • Anglin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Irene Benjamin, Benjamin Alston Pearlman, (Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Patrick Alan Najjar, (Office of the District Attorney Piedmont Judicial Circuit), Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0845

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion That Defendant Was Guilty of Malice Murder in Shooting Death of Wife's Brother

  • Washington v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-18
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Michelle Kempter, (Kempter Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorne General), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Burke Olivia Doherty, Juliana Sleeper, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0829

    Defendant Not Prejudiced by Trial Counsel's Failure to Object to SurveillanceVideos and Police Opinion Testimony

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Eric Phillips, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorne General), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Ruth M. Pawlak, (Fulton County District Atorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0807

    Evidence of Crimes Committed Shortly Before Charged Crimes Was Admissible as Extrinsic Evidence