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  • Mayo v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Jeffrey Langley, Kelly Renae Holloway, (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Blairsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0094

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes and rejects defendant's challenge to alleged inconsistency of jury instructions and jury form, and contentions of procedural error

  • Cobb County v. Floam et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-07
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh William Rowling, Jr., Lauren Smith Bruce, Elizabeth Ahern Monyak, (Cobb County Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ray Stallings Smith, III, (Smith & Liss, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Logan B. Winkles, Jonathan David Loegel, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, Justin Thomas Golart, Zachary Mullinax, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Walter White, (Haynie, Litchfield,Crane & White, P.C.), Marietta, William A. Pinto, Jr., (Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S24A0599

    Court reverses order granting declaratory relief to residents who challenged a county boundary redistricting, finding that they could not show a need for guidance for future conduct

  • Alexander v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Jones, (Leslie Spornberger Jones LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White, Branden Pollett, (Northern Judicial Cicruit District Attorney’s Office), Hartwell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0596

    Court affirms revocation of defendant's probation based on evidence of violations of drug-related changes but reverses as to gang-related and conspiracy charges due to lack of evidence

  • Ebersole v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole Baker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Acworth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Gainesville, Patrick Shuler, (Hall County District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0518

    Court affirms convictions in an attempted rape and aggravated assault case over defendant's challenges to admission of evidence and allegations of cumulative error

  • Pham et al. v. Buckhead Walk Association, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-06-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Barash, (Law Office of Jonathan A. Barash), Atlanta, William Cromwell, (Carter Cromwell Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori Christman, Louis Levenson, (Levenson & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0370

    Court vacates summary judgment order that had been in favor of a landlord in a dispossessory action for failure to hold an oral argument, notwithstanding withdrawal of request for argument

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  • Garrison v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jad Johnson, Victor Aloisio, (Office of the Public Defender, Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clayton Fuller, John Franklin, (Lookout Mountain Circuit District Attorney’s Office), LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0010

    Court affirms convictions for drug possession and trafficking and rejected defendant's claims of improper exclusion of evidence and ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • Crawford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Bradley, (Ocmulgee Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Eatonton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0217

    Court affirms child molestation convictions and rejects ineffective counsel claim over his trial counsel's decision not to strike and remove a juror for cause

  • State v. Mrozowski

    Publication Date: 2024-06-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Fitzner, Aaron Palmer, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Swainsboro, Jamey Sherrod, (Office of the District Attorney For Middle Judicial Circuit of Georgia), Lyons, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brandi Payne, (Middle Circuit Public Defenders Office), Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0331

    Court affirms suppression of evidence in police encounter lacking probable cause for a stop and the subsequent escalation of the encounter to a second tier

  • PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. v. Gibson

    Publication Date: 2024-06-03
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Tucker, (Tucker Long, P.C.), Augusta, Christopher Kanne, (Duane Morris, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, John Gibson, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0268

    Court reverses order denying attorney fees and mandating document production, and affirms dismissal of defamation claim on the basis of Georgia's anti-SLAPP statute

  • The Radiology Group, LLC v. Marks

    Publication Date: 2024-05-31
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angelo Merolla, (Merolla & Gold, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Craig Allen, (Spears Moore Rebman & Williams), Chattanooga, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0139

    Court reverses default judgment against defendant due to plaintiff's late filing of service proof, which delay extended defendant's response time