• Westbrook v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Smith, (The Smith Group, Attorneys at Law), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Seterria Brodnex, Gregory Edwards, (Dougherty County District Attorney's Office), Albany, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0579

    Court affirms defendant's armed robbery and other convictions over his challenge to trial court's admission of evidence of his guilty plea to a prior armed robbery

  • Ghali et al. v. Miles et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Marsh, Donovan Potter, (Swift Currie McGhee & Heirs LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerry Lumley, (Lumley and Harper, LLC.), Macon, for appellee. Marc Avidano, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A0429

    Court rules that parents of an adult child were entitled to summary judgment in a lawsuit for emotional distress because they owed no duty to the plaintiff over the child's actions

  • Hopper v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-30
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Earl Hopper, (Coffee Correctional Facility), Nicholls, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, (District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0538

    Trial Court Erred by Denying Defendant's Motion for an Out-of-Time Appeal, as Pro Se Defendant Was Not Responsible for His Failure to File a Timely Notice of Appeal

  • Daniels v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cauble, (The Law Office of Charles Hudson Cauble, P.C.), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Mooradian, John Cranford, (Coweta County Da's Office), Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0454

    Court affirms denial of defendant's plea in bar in a subsequent prosecution for armed robbery following his acquittal of an earlier unconnected armed robbery

  • The State v. Jenkins

    Publication Date: 2020-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A19A2413

    Court affirms a grant of pretrial immunity as to an aggravated assault charge against one victim but reverses as to a second victim

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  • Chisholm v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Walker, (GPDC - Appellate Division), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, (District Attorney), Savannah, Jennifer Parker, (Assistant District Attorney), Port Wentworth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0312

    Court affirms declaration of mistrial due to violation of Rape Shield Statute and affirms denial of defendant's motion for a plea in former jeopardy

  • Department of Transportation v. Szenczi et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Keilani Parker, Mary Volkert, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Warren Power, (Power & Jaugstetter, P.C.), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Grant McBride, William White, Warren Tillery, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1905

    Trial Court Erred by Granting Motion to Set Aside Final Judgment; Property Owner in Condemnation Proceeding Waived Issue of Proper Service

  • Andriola v. Mounts

    Publication Date: 2020-05-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacqueline Fortier, (Garnett Harrison, P.C.), Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark McManus, (McManus SE GA Law), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0726

    Trial Court Erred in Awarding Attorney Fees Incurred in Defending Contempt Action Without Specifying Statutory Basis or Stating Factual Findings

  • Star Residential, LLC et al. v. Hernandez

    Publication Date: 2020-05-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie Ellis, Warner Fox, Elliott Ream, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sidney Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Warren Smith, William Smith, (W. Calvin Smith, II, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee. Jacob Daly, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A19A2267

    Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act Applies to Personal Injury Negligence Per Se Claim Against Property Owner and Operator

  • Fayette County Board of Tax Assessors v. Walmart Stores, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-12
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick Stough, (McNally, Fox, Grant & Davenport, P.C.), Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lisa Stuckey, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, Herbert Gray, (Ragsdale, Beals, Hooper & Seigler LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2238

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Determining That Freeport Exemption Applied to Property Owned by WalMart Stores