Filter This View

  • Quynn v. Hulsey et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-21
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S19G1612

    Court determines that Georgia's apportionment statute abrogated the common law respondeat superior rule, making an employer liable for an employee's negligence

  • Merritt v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Mark Shelnutt, (The Law Offices of J. Mark Shelnutt), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Frederick Lewis, Wesley Allen Lambertus, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1190

    No Error in Trial Court's Refusal to Instruct on Voluntary Manslaughter and Duty to Retreat

  • Wilcox v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Carter Smith, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, Michelle Chapman McIntire, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1173

    Evidence Sufficient to Show Defendant Was At Least Party to All Conviction Crimes

  • Morris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-17
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Walter Donnelly, (Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Brian Vance Patterson, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1218

    Evidence Did Not Support Defendant's Claim He Repeatedly Shot Victim With Assault Rifle in Self-Defense

  • Bonner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Veronica Evette Brinson, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1146

    Trial Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Deny on Merits Untimely Filed Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea

  • Casey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S20A1105

    Trial Court Failed to Exercise its "Thirteenth-Juror" Discretion to Review General Grounds In Deciding Whether to Grant New Trial

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Alexander Miller, (Steven A. Miller Law), Summerville, Christina Rupp Cribbs, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Allen Arnt, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr., Kevin Jameson Baugh, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1081

    Any Error in Admission of Statement Implicating Co-Conspirator Was Harmless

  • The State v. Copeland

    Publication Date: 2020-12-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S20A0820

    Trial Court's Grant of Immunity to Police Officers Was Based on Factual Findings Not Consistent With Legal Conclusions

  • Henderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Kleinrock, (Law Office of Lynn M. Kleinrock), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: s20a0986

    State Did Not Violate Defendant's Right to a Speedy Trial; Defendant Consented to State's Continuance and its Resulting Delay

  • Sharpe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Mack Taylor, (T. Mack Taylor, LLC), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Samuel H. Altman, John Alexander Fitzner, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1399

    Felony Murder Defendant's Trial Counsel Was Not Ineffective for Failing to Request a Poll of the Jury