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  • Tidwell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Alane Penn, Sandra Ann Partridge, (Forsyth County District Attorney's Office), Cumming, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0739

    Evidence of Brutal and Unprovoked Beating of Victim by Several Assailants Precluded Mutual Combat Instruction

  • Mahdi v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mustafa Mahdi, (Rutledge State Prison), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, (Fayette County District Attorney's Office), Fayetteville, Daniel A. Hiatt, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Fayetteville, Marie Greene Broder, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0740

    Failure to Raise Attorney Ineffectiveness Claim in Motion For New Trial Precluded Raising Issue on Direct Appeal

  • Dunn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra G. Dawson, (The Law Office of Sandra Dawson, LLC), Marietta, Sylvia Goldman, (Goldman & Donnelly Law Firm), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Leslie Anna Coots, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorne General), Atlanta, Michael Scott Carlson, (Georgia Bureau of Investigation), Decatur, Jesse David Evans, (Paulding County District Attorney's Office), Kennesaw, Flynn Duncan Broady, Amelia Greeson Pray, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0761

    Defendant Not Prejudiced by Admission of YouTube Gangster-Rap Video Used by Gang as Recruitment Tool

  • Roberts v. Unison Behavioral Health

    Publication Date: 2021-10-14
    Practice Area: Damages | Government | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mylee McKinney O’Connor, Graham Franklin Floyd, (JohnsonFloyd LLP), Baxley, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathleen M. Pacious, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope, William Knight Scott, Angela Ellen Cusimano, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1518

    Ante Litem Notice to State Entity Adequately Described Nature and Extent of Claimant's Loss Following Vehicle Accident

  • Crawford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erica Cori Matos, (Axiom Global), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Burke Olivia Doherty, Richard Benjamin Caplan, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0638

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Support Finding Defendant Was At Least Party to Charged Crimes

  • Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. McCall

    Publication Date: 2021-10-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Scott Anulewicz, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, Eric D. Ruben, Douglas E. Horelick, (Clyde & Co US, LLP), Miami, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cale Howard Conley, Scott A. Farrow, William Kent Owens, Jr., (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; David Christopher Hanson, (Weathington LLC), Atlanta, Jeffrey S. Ward, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, Brandon Ryan Keel, (King & Spalding), Atlanta, William V. Custer, IV, Christian James Bromley, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Rocco Eugene Testani, (Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP), Atlanta,; Darren Wade Penn, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Larry Coben, (Anapol Weiss), Scottsdale, Joseph M. Colwell, (Butler Wooten & Peak LLP), Columbus, Lyle Griffin Warshauer, (Warshauer Law Group, PC), Atlanta, James E. Butler, Jr., Joel O. Wooten, Jr., Tedra L. Cannella, Ramsey B. Prather, Rory A. Weeks, (Butler, Wooten & Peak LLP), Atlanta, Robert Henry Snyder, Jr., (Schreeder, Wheeler, & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1368

    Georgia Courts Have General Personal Jurisdiction Over Corporations Registered To Do Business in Georgia

  • CL SNF, LLC et al. v. Fountain

    Publication Date: 2021-10-11
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Dispute Resolution | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Emmett Quirk, Kellie Turner Holt, (Quirk & Quirk, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Brian Terry, Jennifer Lauren Peterson, (Bondurant, Mixson, & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Bethany Lynn Schneider, (Schneider Injury Law), Atlanta, Katherine G. Hughes, Gretchen Holt Wagner, (Wagner Hughes LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Jason Edward Bring, William Jerad Rissler, Kara Gordon Silverman, (Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S20G1292

    Court-Appointed Guardian of Adult Ward Had Authority to Enter Into Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreement on Ward's Behalf

  • In the Matter of Carl S. Von Mehren.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-22
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, 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; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Catherine Koura, (Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Y1097

    Six-Month Suspension Appropriate Discipline For Trust Account Violation and For Representation Failure in Real Estate Case

  • Mobuary v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Darius Mobuary, (Johnson State Prison), Wrightsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard, Jr., Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Marc A. Mallon, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21G0167

    Certiorari Grant Appropriate To Demonstrate Tolling Effect of Statewide Judicial Covid Emergency Orders

  • In the Matter of William Leslie Kirby III.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    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: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Thomas E. Cauthorn, (Cauthorn Nohr & Owen), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Y1075

    Voluntary Request for Six-Month Suspension Granted Following Denial of Three Previous Requests for Lesser Suspension Periods