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  • Swanson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Sassano, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, John Arthur Warr, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0360

    Court reverses felony murder conviction due to ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Milliken & Company v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2019-07-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stevan A. Miller, Lisa Renee Richardson, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, Matthew D. Friedlander, Laurie Webb Daniel, Phil George, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Howard Brewton, (Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier), Augusta, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, Hugh Brown McNatt, Brooke Walker Gram, Tyler P. Bishop, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, David A. Dial, Carol Patrick Michel, Thomas J. Strueber, (Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G0876

    Court vacates and remands decisions that had incorrectly applied the Georgia anti-indemnity statute.

  • Dozier v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Karl David Cooke, Jr., John Allen Regan, Shelley T. Milton, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, Jason Matthew Rea, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0095

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's multiple challenges

  • Carter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon A. Bullard, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0409

    Court Affirms in Part and Reverses in Part Convictions Where Evidence Was Sufficient to Support Murder Conviction but Did Not Support Financial-Transaction Card Fraud Conviction When Attempts to Use Victim's Debit Card Failed

  • Coley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Perry Waters, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Ross Warren Bergethon, Tina Michelle Piper, Paula Khristian Smith, Rebecca Jean Dobras, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gregory Albert Oberry, Timothy Grady Vaughn, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0457

    Court Rejects Appeal by Murderer Who Shot Pedestrian Despite No Apparent Motive Over Laundry List of Challenges to Conduct of Trial Court and Counsel

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  • Castillo-Velasquez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kalki Yalamanchili, (Y'Chili Law LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lee Darragh, Wanda Lynn Vance, (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney's Office), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0323

    Other-Act Evidence Was Admissible to Show Defendant's Intent to Commit Charged Crimes

  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. R. Charles Loudermilk, Sr. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-03
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Damages
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joyce Gist Lewis, (Krevolin Horst, LLC), Atlanta, Curtis J. Martin, II, (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, Michael P. Kohler, Charles B. Lee, Laura Elisabeth Ashby, (Miller & Martin PLLC), Atlanta, George P. Shingler, (The Shingler Law Firm LLC), Decatur, Ashley Elizabeth Wilson Clark, (Buckley Beal, LLP), Atlanta, Kathryn R. Norcross, James S. Watson, Colleen J. Boles, John Stuart Tonkinson, (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), Arlington, Ellis A. Sharp, (Stokes, Williams, Sharp & Davies), Knoxville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Richard Long, IV, Brian David Boone, Theodore J. Sawicki, Elizabeth Gingold Clark, Lauren Tapson Macon, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Q1233

    Georgia's Apportionment Statute Was Applicable to Tort Claims Against Bank Directors and Officers For Purely Pecuniary Losses

  • Yarn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford Alva Phillip Carlson, (Cliff Carlson Law, P.C.), Kathleen, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Patrick Bibler, George Herbert Hartwig, III, (Houston County District Attorney's Office), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1052

    Court rejects murder defendant's points of error and affirms his convictions

  • Tyner v. Matta-Troncoso et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Charles Kendall, Kimberly DeWitt Mowbray, (Kendall Law Group, LLC), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce Robert Millar, James Brian Sullivan, (Millar & Mixon, LLC), Jonesboro, for appellee. Michael D. Thornton, Lakeisha L. Thornton, Stockbridge, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S18G0364

    Negligence Claim Against Dog-Owner's Landlord For Dog-Bite Injury Required Showing That Landlord Was Aware of Dogs' Vicious Propensities

  • Ware v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Jason Matthew Rea, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1295

    Pattern Instruction on Felony Murder Adequately Addressed Relevant Principles of Proximate Causation