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  • Flood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Jennifer Leigh Parker, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0025

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Support Felony Murder Conviction; Verdict Form and Jury Charge Allowed for Jury's Proper Consideration of Murder Charges

  • Gatto et al. v. City of Statesboro et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Brian Terry, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Amanda Kay Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Gilbert H. Deitch, Andrew Timothy Rogers, Kara Elizabeth Phillips, William Michael D'Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers LLC), Atlanta, George Brian Spears, (G. Brian Spears, P.C.), Atlanta, Charles Edwin Johnson, (Foy & Associates), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Read Gignilliat, John Campbell Stivarius, Jr., Tracy Lynn Glanton, (Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP), Atlanta,; Craig T. Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Washington, Amicus Appellant; Seth Michael Friedman, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith), Atlanta, Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel, Emily Clare Hirst, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G0651

    Court affirms that a municipality has sovereign immunity from claims for nuisance liability when the municipality does not own or control property where injuries occurred

  • Kinslow v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sydney Rene Strickland, Leigh Ann Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel William Alan Peach, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1001

    Court reverses defendant's conviction for computer trespass, concluding that the evidence did not support a violation of the statutory language

  • Star Residential, LLC et al. v. Hernandez

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie C. Ellis, Jr., Warner S. Fox, Elliott Crawford Ream, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Robert B. Gilbreath, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Dallas, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Sidney Leighton Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Decatur, for Appellee; Warren Calvin Smith, (W. Calvin Smith, II, P.C.), Atlanta, for other party; Jacob Edward Daly, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Jeffrey S. Ward, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP), Brunswick, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, James Miachaell Williams, (Georgia Apartment Association), Atlanta, Barry Goheen, (Fisherbroyles, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S20G1214

    Court reverses denial of a property manager's motion to dismiss an injured party's cause of action for nuisance under the Street Gang Terrorism Act

  • Wilson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, Veronica M. O'Grady, (Clayton County Public Defender), Morrow, Christina Rupp Cribbs, (Georgia Innocence Project), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Allen Arnt, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, Megan Camille Gaither, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Ringgold, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1295

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation and other crimes over defendant's claims that prior act evidence was inadmissible

  • Seals v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence W. Daniel, (Lawrence W. Daniel, PC), Atlanta, James Kenneth Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Reese Leonard, Sarah Elizabeth Hilleren, Elizabeth Dalia Racine, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, Sean Alexander Garrett, (DeKalb County Department of Law), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20G0931

    No Direct Appeal Possible From Criminal Conviction After Unresolved Count Was Dead-Docketed

  • Tyler v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council -Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0553

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion Defendant Killed Guard In Order to Facilitate Stealing Guarded Property

  • Walker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert James Beckwith, (The Beckwith Law Firm), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Aslean Zachary Eaglin, Dustin Jeremiah Lee, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0424

    Evidence Did Not Support Instruction on Lesser Included Offense of Misdemeanor Marijuana Possession

  • In the Matter of Jenny Lindsay.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-25
    Practice Area: Legal Education
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny Lindsay, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Russell David Willard, Elizabeth T. Young, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Heidi Manroe Faenza, Rebecca S. Mick, (Office of Bar Admissions), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21Z0101

    Bar Applicant's Failure to Provide Official Law School Transcript Precluded Finding of Eligibility to take Georgia Bar Exam

  • Young v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josh David Moore, Thea Adele Delage, (Office of the Georgia Capital Defender), Atlanta, Brian Stull, (American Civil Liberties Union), Durham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Sabrina Dawn Graham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee. Andrew John King, (Fisherbroyles, LLP), Atlanta, Laurence Shtasel, Taylor Lake, Heidi Crikelair, (Blank Rome LLP), Philidelphia, for Amicus Appellant. Vanessa J. Carroll, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S21P0078

    Requiring Death Penalty Defendant to Prove Intellectual Disability Beyond Reasonable Doubt Not Unconstitutional