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  • Turner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Cribbs, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Mallard, Keith McIntyre, Daphne Totten, (Assistant District Attorney), Statesboro, Russell Jones, (Office of the Public Defender), Springfield, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1625

    Court remands case to trial court for application of recent precedent on ineffective assistance of counsel regarding a plea deal.

  • Capital Floors, LLC et al. v. Furman et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-30
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A Soofian, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Lefkoff, (Lefkoff Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1418

    Court Affirms Trial Court's Award of Damages to Plaintiffs Who Successfully Obtained Default Judgment as Sanction for Defendants' Failure to Comply with Discovery Obligations, Approving of Trial Court's Conclusion That Defendants Waived Right to Jury Trial on Damages, While Vacating Its Award of Attorney's Fees Where Trial Court Failed to Identify Basis of Authority for Awarding Fees

  • Oni v. Oni

    Publication Date: 2019-08-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tamar Faulhaber, (Faulhaber Family Law, LLC), Alpharetta, David Webster, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jean Kutner, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Lila Bradley, (Claiborne Fox Bradley LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Tori White, (White Law Office, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0711

    Trial Court Impermissibly Relied Upon Equity Jurisdiction In Granting Custody to Parent Who Had Previously Surrendered Parental Rights

  • Oconee Federal Savings and Loan Association v. Brown et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: S. Malone, Gregory Taube, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarbrough, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Webb, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, Orion Webb, Miranda Hanley, (Smith Welch Webb & White, LLC), Stockbridge, for appellee. James Hurt, (Hurt Stolz, P.C.), Watkinsville, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0040

    Earlier Appellate Court Opinion Established Bank's Right to Payment on Home Equity Line of Credit Debt

  • Smith v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2019-08-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerimy Howard, (Attorney at Law), Villa Rica, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jennifer Smith, Kennesaw, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0320

    Protective order reversed because hearing was not conducted in a timely manner

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  • Montgomery v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keegan Gary, (Paulding County Public Defender), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Donovan, Anthony Williams, (Assistant District Attorney), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1353

    Court Affirms Convictions for Assault and False Imprisonment Over Various Evidentiary Challenges Arising from The States Use of Character Evidence At Trial

  • Gresham v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Scarborough, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Luke Martin, (Floyd County District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0754

    Court Dismisses Appeal by Defendant Facing Retrial Where Defendant Failed to Use Interlocutory Review Procedures

  • Guerrero-Moya v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Coker, (District Attorney), Thomaston, Elizabeth Kendrick, (Griffin Circuit Superior Court), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0601

    Drug Defendant Failed to Show He Was Prejudiced by Counsel's Failure to Request Instruction On Presumption of Ownership

  • Barber v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Genevieve Holmes, Cara Clark, (GPDC Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Kevin Armstrong, (Office of the District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1182

    Court Rejects Challenge to Sentence Enhancement by Recidivist Who Failed to Challenge Prior Convictions in Previous Proceedings

  • Brown v. Dickerson

    Publication Date: 2019-06-07
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Scarbrough, Rachel Reed, (Mabry & McClelland, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Rice, Andrew Brandt, (James A. Rice, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1016

    Court grants summary judgment in property owner's favor and against a licensee who was injured on his property