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  • Harned v. Piedmont Healthcare Foundation, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Irving Harned, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jesse Broocker, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Paul Weathington, David Hanson, (Weathington Smith, P. C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0901

    Court dismisses pro se plaintiff's notice of appeal due to lack of jurisdiction because no timely notice of appeal as pending

  • Phillips et al. v. Harris et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-09
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amelia Phillips, (Phillips Law, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Ney, (William Brent Ney, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1367

    Attorney's Failure to Properly Argue Damages Exemption Issue Proximately Caused Jury's Wrongful Liability Determination

  • American Reliable Insurance Company v. Lancaster, et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-02
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth Kirby, Jessica Samford, (Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Hollomon, (Attorney at Law), Warner Robins, for appellee. Macie Yawn, Cochran, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A0869

    Court reverses denial of insurer's summary judgment motion, finding that an agent had no authority to accept premiums and that no policy was in effect to cover a loss

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Anderson, (Atlanta Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barbara Sosebee, (District Attorney), Blue Ridge, Elizabeth Mackey, (Appalachian Circuit District Attorney's Office), Jasper, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0831

    Court affirms convictions for armed robbery and other crimes over defendant's contention of ineffective assistance of counsel and insufficient evidence

  • State v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2020-10-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lenny Krick, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anne Long, (Assistant Conflict Defender), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1204

    Court affirms order suppressing evidence seized in an illegal search and seizure when police were not legally present on a defendant's property at the time of his arrest

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  • Westbrook v. Eidys

    Publication Date: 2020-10-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garnett Harrison, (Garnett Harrison P.C.), Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Ashmore, (The Law Office of Lee S. Ashmore), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0963

    Court vacates and remands legitimation and joint custody order for the trial court to determine if those actions are in the best interest of a child

  • Crews v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt Worthington, (Fleming & Nelson, LLP), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Natalie Paine, Henry Syms, (Office of the District Attorney), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1426

    Defendant Was Properly Informed That Rejecting Plea Offer Could Result in Lengthy Mandatory Prison Term

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kalki Yalamanchili, (Y'Chili Law, LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Deborah Wellborn, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1356

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Failing to Define 'Willfully Deprives' in Its Jury Charges When Instructing Jury as to Crime of First Degree Cruelty to Children

  • Moreland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford Kurlander, (Piedmont Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, (Henry County District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0917

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Admitting 'Scientific and Specialized' Testimony From a Lay Witness as to Sodomy Victim's Mental Age and Capacity

  • Swearngin v. Rowell

    Publication Date: 2020-08-12
    Practice Area: Evidence | Privacy
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candace Rader, (Attorney at Law), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Pryor, (Michael P. Pryor, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0236

    Court affirms extension of a protective order against a stalker who challenged evidence admission of certain evidence and claimed trial court's abuse of discretion