• Serdula v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, PC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emily Johnson, (District Attorney's Office Rome Judicial Circuit), Rome, John Melvin, (District Attorney), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0258

    Court affirms convictions for unlawful surveillance, aggravated sodomy, and other crimes over defendant's contentions of trial court error, insufficient evidence, and ineffective counsel

  • Gathers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard Anderson, (Law Office of Howard W. Anderson, III, LLC), Pendleton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Henry Syms, (Office of the District Attorney), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0097

    Court affirms defendant's conviction for child molestation and sentencing as a recidivist.

  • Countryman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah Pines, (Ross & Pines), Atlanta, Andrew Fleischman, (Ross & Pines), Sandy Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Noah Pines, Stephanie Adrean, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, John Melvin, (District Attorney), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0556

    Computer Theft Was First Discovered When Victim Compared Already-Existing Computer Records to Separate Document

  • Young v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (GPDC Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon, (District Attorney), Covington, Briana Carter, Conyers, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0612

    Defendant's Confession to Crime of Failing to Register as Sex Offender Required Corroborating Evidence

  • Sherrod v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Altman, Kelly Weathers, (Middle Judicial Circuit - District Attorney), Swainsboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0703

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Admitting Evidence of Prior Difficulties and Bad Character; Aggravated Assault, Reckless Conduct Convictions Affirmed

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  • Morris v. Real Estate Expert Advisors, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Discovery
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Rafi, (Rafi Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Arthur York, (Swift Currie Mcghee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Leland Kynes, (Kynes Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Barnes, (Barnes Firm LLP), Atlanta, Tyler Walker, (Fields Howell LLP), Atlanta, Adam Joffe, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Robert Noble, (Goodman McGuffey LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Lloyd Hedrick, (Hedrick Law LLC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A0038

    Court reverses summary judgment grant that was based on the defendants' responses to requests to admit, which responses were not binding on the plaintiff

  • Shields et al. v. RDM, LLC d/b/a Georgia All Stars

    Publication Date: 2020-07-07
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Costyn, Zachary Johnson, (Costyn Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wayne Melnick, Jason Kamp, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0465

    Sports Facility Immune From Liability For Injuries Suffered by Parent of Participant Parent in Cheerleader Demonstration/Show

  • Premier Eye Associates, P.C. v. MAG Mutual Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2020-07-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Douglass, (Sites & Harbison, PLLC), Atlanta, Willis Green, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Semra Kebede, (Law Offices of W. Bryant Green, III, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jay Barber, Janis Spillers, (Litchfield Cavo, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0373

    Insurance Company Did Not Waive Contractual Limitations Period For Filing Suit By Engaging in Misleading Conduct

  • Alexander v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas White, (Attorney at Law), Nicholas White, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Altman, Kelly Weathers, (Middle Judicial Circuit - District Attorney), Swainsboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0293

    Court affirms a convictions for felony fleeing over defendant's objections to sufficiency of evidence and trial court error in failing to act as a thirteenth juror

  • Brooks v. Hayden

    Publication Date: 2020-06-23
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vickie Poliard, (The Poliard Law Firm, LLC), Morrow, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Auld, (Attorney at Law), Snellville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0564

    Trial Court Erred in Failing to Provide a Statutory or Factual Basis for an Award of Attorneys' Fees; Award Is Remanded for Explanation of Underlying Basis