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  • In the Matter of Emily C. Williams.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-17
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily C. Williams, Jacksonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24Y0919

    Court accepts attorney's petition for 91-day suspension as voluntary reciprocal discipline following disciplinary proceedings against her in another state

  • In re: Formal Advisory Opinion No. 22-1.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-17
    Practice Area: Legal Operations
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, John Joseph Shiptenko, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24U0609

    Court approves advisory opinion enabling remote work by non-Georgia lawyers under specific defined conditions

  • Ford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucile Miller Ruiz, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ruth M. Pawlak, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0101

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contention of insufficient evidence, improper witness testimony, and erroneous admission of evidence

  • McCabe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Ann Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Sheila Ann Ross, (Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia), Morrow, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0293

    Court affirms felony murder convictions despite defendants' claims of insufficient evidence, juror misconduct, trial court error, and claims of ineffective assistance

  • In the Matter of Diana Y. McDonald.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-16
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S23Y1195

    Court dismisses attorney's petition to retire from legal practice and instead orders disbarment due to multiple ethical violations involving misuse of client funds

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    Florida Evidence and Procedure 2019

    Authors: Patrick S. Montoya, Ervin A. Gonzalez, Ervin A. Gonzalez, Ervin A. Gonzalez, Ervin A. Gonzalez

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  • Omstead v. BPG Inspection, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-15
    Practice Area: Contracts | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Darren Summerville, Kristopher Robert Alderman, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Lance D. Lourie, Stephen Roberts Chance, Andrew John King, (Lourie Chance Forlines Carter & King, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leah Ward Sears, Edward Davison Burch, Jr., Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Charles Samuel Conerly, (Smith Conerly, LLP), Carrollton, for appellee; Meagan Myers Hanson, (Georgians For Lawsuit Reform), Atlanta, Atlanta,, Kevin Bradford Sears, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee; Madeleine Norine Simmons, (Stewart Miller Simmons), Atlanta, Madeline Elizabeth McNeeley, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Brookhaven, Caleb Frank Walker, (The McArthur Law Firm), Macon, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G0771

    Court affirms enforceability of one-year contractual limitation for filing tort and contract suits against a contractor, holding that the limitation is not void as against public policy

  • Tatum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Jay McArthur, (McArthur & McArthur, P.A.), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Parks White, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Hartwell, Michael Martin Coveney, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Danielsville, Jeffrey Lee, (Office of the Elbert County District Attorney), Elberton for appellee; Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Virginia Natasha Perdew Silas, (Federal Defender Program Inc.), Decatur, Hunter Joseph Rodgers, Smyrna, Mazie Lynn Guertin, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Cory H. Isaacson, (Aclu Foundation of Georgia), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G0955

    Court vacates denial of motion to suppress evidence and remands for determination of whether the independent source doctrine applies in a case involving a warrantless search

  • Hostetler v. The State et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Greg Allen Willis, Jessica Jones, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leah Cristina Mayo, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0524

    Court vacates denial of habeas petition as not being moot, although defendant had completed her sentence, due to potential recidivist sentencing

  • In the Interest of I. P. et al. (children).

    Publication Date: 2024-07-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amber Walden, (The Fine Print Legal Consulting, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Gretchen Howard, (Jahn & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee; Marcea Flowers, Conyers, Bonnie Binkley, (Binkley Law GA), Atlanta, Sylvia Lester, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0162

    Court vacates juvenile court's dependency order due to failure to serve amended petition on the mother of the dependent children

  • Snellings v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Kenner, (Law Offices of Robert Kenner, Jr.), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alisha Johnson, Alicia Gant, (Rockdale County District Attorney's Office), Conyers, Nathan Stuckey, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0492

    Court reverses trial court's denial of a motion to suppress evidence because traffic stop was unreasonably prolonged in a DUI case