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  • Rivera v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katie Borodin, Eliot Abt, (The Abt Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Angela Mattozzi, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0299

    Court reverses sexual exploitation conviction and remands for a new trial due to defendant's improper waiver of right to counsel, which was not done knowingly and intelligently

  • Bellagio Pools, LLC v. Marino et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-22
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashley Hughes, (Oliver Hughes LLC), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Kolmel, (John B. Miller & Associates), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0220

    Court reverses and remands trial court's ruling against breach of contract claims in a pool construction dispute due to unsupported factual findings to support that ruling

  • Foreman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adrian Patrick, (Attorney at Law), Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cheryl Hightower, Louie Fraser, (Assistant District Attonrey Dublin Judicial Circuit), Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0411

    Court vacates trial court's orders denying motions to plea in bar and remands cases for proper analysis of speedy trial claims and statute of limitations defenses

  • Head v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Timothy Douds, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Grace Guthrie Griffith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0263

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other offenses over defendant's challenges based on Confrontation Clause issues and improper admission of expert testimony

  • The State v. Rahaman

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0311

    Court affirms trial court's jurisdiction to vacate and re-enter an order denying a new trial and affirms conviction for simple battery over defendant's challenge to jury charges and trial procedures

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  • Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. Harrison

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roosevelt Hamb, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Howard, (The Howard Law Firm), Tucker, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0090

    Court affirms denial of appellant's motion for JNOV or a new trial in a malicious prosecution case because appellant failed to provide a full record of the trial transcript

  • Gyllstrom et al. v. The Blue Stone Condominium Association, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Kimel, (Attorney at Law), Norcross, Julie Liberman, (Julie A. Liberman, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda Pollock, Joanna Eljazzar, (Lazega & Johanson), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0550

    Court reverses dismissal of complaint in a dispute over a condominium Board's actions, finding that the Board had waived dispute resolution procedures by its action in declaring the matter closed

  • The State v. Lopez-Cardona et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Greenwald, David Leroy Whitman, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, Richard Carter Armond, (The Armond Firm, LLC), Lawrenceville, Lyle Kilvington Porter, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0104

    Court vacates evidence suppression orders in a murder case due to insufficient findings on a Miranda waiver, and remands for further proceedings

  • Harmon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Dodd Roth, (Augusta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Eric Christopher Peters, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John M. Kraft, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0158

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, error in denying a directed verdict, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Hill v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Aaron Pope Carey, (Frost & Carey, LLC), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Amber Rae Bennett, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0156

    Court affirms conviction for malice murder over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, trial court error, and ineffective assistance of counsel