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  • Goodwin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie J. Cardin, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Saint Simons Island, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Faith Donnell Worley, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Charles Keith Higgins, Nigel Robin Lush, Benjamin E. Gephardt, (Brunswick Circuit District Attorney's Office), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0518

    Court affirms denial of motion to withdraw guilty plea where defendant could not demonstrate ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Redding v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kennon Peebles, Jr., Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, Grace Guthrie Griffith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Frederick Lewis, Sadhana Pandey Dailey, Stacey Sherrard Jackson, (Chatahoochee Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0834

    Court affirms defendant's convictions for felony murder and aggravated assault, and trial court's denial of his speedy trial claim in a case involving impeachment with prior convictions

  • Robinson v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2024-10-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Greenfield, (Jack F. Witcher), Bremen, Candace Rader, (Attorney at Law), Carrollton, Nathaniel Wheelwright, (Attorney at Law), Breman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Desiree Duke, Timothy Heath, (The Duke Law Firm, LLC.), Carrollton, for appellee; Timothy MacMillan, (The Law Office of Timothy J. MaCmillan), Carrollton, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0786

    Court reverses denial of new trial motion in a child custody dispute case due to the trial court's ruling on the motion without holding a hearing

  • Kelley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Chappell, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, (District Attorney), Rome, Leah Mayo, (Rome District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0950

    Court affirms animal cruelty convictions and rejects defendant's arguments on insufficient evidence, failure to merge counts, and failure to apply rule of lenity

  • Clay et al v. Morgan County et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-29
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Manufacturing | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Christy, Scott Peters, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrea Gray, (Andrea P. Gray, LLC), Monroe, Kirk Fjelstul, Kathryn Zickert, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLC), Atlanta, Harold Melton, Charles Palmer, Charles Peeler, Elizabeth Waldbeser, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Mills, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1013

    Court dismisses suit challenging Rivian project, finding it duplicative under Public Lawsuits Act

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  • Warren v. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP (Delaware)

    Publication Date: 2024-10-28
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Greason, (Attorney at Law), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garret Meader, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), St. Simons Island, Lauren Smith, St. Simons Island, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0815

    Court affirms dismissal of premises liability suit due to plaintiff's failure to timely participate and respond to discovery

  • The State v. Haynes

    Publication Date: 2024-10-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David White, (District Attorney), Hartwell, Jeffrey Lee, (Elbert County District Attorney's Office), Elberton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Rothman, (Daniels & Rothman, P.C.), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0923

    Court reverses exclusion of blood-test evidence in vehicular homicide case, finding that a warrant for the evidence was supported by probable cause

  • Turney v. Turney

    Publication Date: 2024-10-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole Turney, Murrayville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Aron Turney, Dawsonville, for appellee; M. Young, (Attorney t Law), Gainesville, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0932

    Court vacates child support and attorney fees awards in child custody case due to incorrect child support calculations and lack of notice of attorney fee award

  • In the Interest of M. R. S., a Child (Mother)

    Publication Date: 2024-10-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Forrest Shealy, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Sanders Deen, Bryan Webb, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee; Cathy Lerow, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0990

    Court affirms denial of mother's motion to set aside termination of parental rights

  • The West Firm, P. C. v. Central United Methodist Church of Atlanta, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-25
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven West, (Days & West, P. C.), Atlanta, Lisa West, (The West Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald Freeman, Chelsea Freeman Dease, (Johnson & Freeman, LLC), Union City, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0750

    Court partially reverses summary judgment in a contract payment dispute due to issues of material fact as to date or tendered payment, but affirms judgment on interference and conspiracy