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  • Speckhals et al. v. Golf & Tennis Pro Shop, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2025-01-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contracts
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24C0848

    Court denies certiorari in breach of contract case, but raises concerns about trial court's statutory interpretation of OCGA § 9-11-6 (e)

  • Hollis et al. v. City of Lagrange

    Publication Date: 2024-12-31
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Public Utilities | Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24A0963

    Court vacates dismissal of complaint challenging city's utility charges as unconstitutional taxes and remands with direction for further review

  • Garcia v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel J. Sliger, (McDonald & Cody, LLC), Alto, Charles Madden Cork, III, (Law Offices of Charles M. Cork, III), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bradford Lee Rigby, Lauren Warbington Fletcher, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Cordele,, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A1161

    Court Dismisses Appeal Based on a Constitutional Due Process Challenge to Statutory Service of Process Provisions in a Civil Forfeiture Case Because Defendant Had Been Otherwise Served

  • Pounds v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
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    Case Number: S24A0884

    Court Affirms Malice Murder Conviction Despite Defendant's Challenges to Evidence and contentions of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

  • Capote v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon A. Bullard, Audra Murphey, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Bruce Steven Harvey, (Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, John Williams, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S23G1127

    Court affirms Georgia's deferential "any evidence" standard for trial court findings in criminal appeals

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  • Wipfel v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ahmad R. Crews, (The Law Office of Ahmad R. Crews, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hillm, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Patrick Bibler, Anita Reynolds Howard, Neil Alan Halvorson, Cynthia Trimboli Adams, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0835

    Court affirms murder conviction, holding that trial court did not err when it did not give a jury instruction for a lesser offense when that instruction was not requested in writing

  • Campbell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Shalena Cook Jones, Lyle Burnham, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, Gabriel Adam Justus, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0578

    Court affirms multiple gang-related murder convictions despite errors in admissible evidence, deeming the errors to be harmless in view of overwhelming evidence of the defendants' guilt

  • Moore v. White, Warden et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Julian Daniel, (Law Offices of Robert DanieL, LLC), Atlanta, Rodney Alan Williams, (Law Office of Rodney A. Williams), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Whitener Hamilton, (Plunkett, Hamilton, Manton & Graves, LLP), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1326

    Court reverses denial of a habeas petition, finding that petitioner had received ineffective assistance of counsel, and vacates burglary conviction and remands for appropriate relief

  • Hasan Al-Bari et al. v. Craig Pigg et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-25
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Paul Tyson, (The Election Law Group/Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Bryan Francis Jacoutot, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth T. Young, Charlene Swartz McGowan, Bryan Keith Webb, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Manoj Sam Varghese, Kayla Polonsky, Jane D. Vincent, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S25A0177

    Court affirms disqualification of electors for independent presidential candidates for failure to file petitions in their own names as required by OCGA § 21-2-132

  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Russell Willingham, (Willingham Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Faith Donnell Worley, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0333

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes relating to the death of a three-year old disabled child