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  • Sumter County et al. v. Morris et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-16
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raleigh Willis Rollins, H. Thomas Shaw, (Alexander & Vann, LLP), Thomasville, Hayden Hooks Hooks, (Arnold & Hooks LLC), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ralph F. Simpson, (Simpson Mediation Services), Cobb, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G0169

    Court clarifies county's obligation in road maintenance, emphasizing the need for county authority to accept the dedication of a road for public use before the county is obligated to maintain it

  • Wilson et al. v. Inthachak et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ranse Murphy Partin, William Kent Owens, Jr., James Thomas Cox, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, James D. Hudson, (James D. Hudson, P.C.), Douglas, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Richard Dekle, Sr., Sandra E. Vinueza Foster, Wiley A. Wasden, III, (Brennan & Wasden LLP), Savannah, for appellee; Jarome Gautreaux, (Gautreaux Law, LLC), Macon, for Amicus Appellant; Gregory Gaines Sewell, (Bouhan Falligant, LLP), Savannah, Pamela Newsom Lee, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Freeman Mathis & GARY, LLP), Atlanta, Patrick N. Silloway, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, Philip C. Thompson, (Duane Morris LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1095

    Court returns case to appellate court, which was divided equally on the application of a particular issue, due to lack of equal division jurisdiction

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara S Becker, (Sara Stewart Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Thomas L. Williams, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0948

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes, finding that defendant's contentions that the trial court erred by refusing to give a self-defense instruction was harmless error

  • Hardy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0443

    Court confirms malice murder conviction over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Rooks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Henry Frier, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0783

    Evidence Supported Convictions For Gang-Related Malice Murder And Other Crimes

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  • Kimbro v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Allen Hoort, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0678

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and rape over defendant's multiple contentions of insufficient evidence, error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Prodigies Child Care Management, LLC, d/b/a University Childcare Center v. Cotton

    Publication Date: 2023-11-03
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Glenn Moffett, Matthew Ryan Del Campo, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Blaine Alexander Norris, John R Autry, (Blaine A. Norris, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22G0914

    Court rules that there is no special circumstances exception to the doctrine of respondeat superior and that a basic analysis applies in all instances

  • Priester v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Allen Hoort, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anthony Brett Williams, Matthew Wayne Rollins, (Paulding County District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0728

    Trial Court Did Not Err by Failing to Instruct Jury on Justification and Witness Perjury

  • Reese v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0550

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and drug charges over defendant's contentions of trial court jury instruction error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Moulder v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0508

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel