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  • AMG, LLC v. Georgia Department of Transportation

    Publication Date: 2024-08-05
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Advertising
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Tifverman, (Robert T. Tifverman, LLC), Savannah, Esther Rogers, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Helen O’Leary, Amy Patterson, (Georgia Department of Transportation), Atlanta, Denise Weiner, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0376

    Court affirms DOT's denial of AMG's application for a permit to convert an existing billboard into a multiple message sign, which sign was prohibited by OCGA § 32-6-75 (c) (1) (C)

  • Richardson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean Lowe, (Assistant Public Defender), Ringgold, Jonathan Hamrick, (Cox Byington Twyman LLP), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Elisabeth Giuliani, (Floyd County District Attorney’s Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0602

    Court affirms conviction in family violence assault case, rejecting defendant's claims of hearsay and best evidence rule violations

  • Calvert v. Calvert

    Publication Date: 2024-08-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Onyema Farrey, (Anene Farrey & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerome Calvert, (Pro-Se), Powder Springs, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0353

    Court affirms trial court's custody and child support modifications over mother's multiple challenges to those modifications

  • Vourvoulias et al. v. Cash

    Publication Date: 2024-08-05
    Practice Area: Damages | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Halsey Knapp, Christopher Adams, (Krevolin Horst, Inc.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warner Hodges, Cumming, for appellee; John Neville, (Neville Law, LLC), Cumming, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0285

    Court affirms denial of attorney fees in property dispute case where petitioner sought equitable relief but nor money damages, clarifying the application of OCGA § 9-11-68

  • Beckett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Donnelly, Benjamin Pearlman, (Western Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Athens, Kaitlyn Beck, (Office of the Public Defender, Western Cir.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Wilson, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0491

    Court reverses conviction for felony fleeing due to insufficient evidence

  • Finch v. Walden

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Long, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Overstreet, Katherine Williams, (Klosinski Overstreet, LLP), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0269

    Court affirms temporary custody order in favor of father, rejecting due process and habeas corpus challenges by mother

  • The State v. McElroy

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Williams, Matthew Rollins, (Paulding Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Theo Sereebutra, (H & S Law, LLC), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0420

    Court reverses and vacates parts of a trial court's evidence suppression order in a matter involving a search warrant for child abuse evidence on a phone and remands for further proceedings

  • Page v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Padgett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, Kayci Timmons, (J. Scott Key, LLC), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Racine, (Douglas County District Attorney), Douglasville, Aimee Sobhani, (DeKalb County Government-Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0427

    Court affirms convictions for rape and other crimes over defendant's claims of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Wierson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Rubin, (Peters, Rubin & Sheffield), Decatur, Kristen Novay, (Garland, Samuel and Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Thomas Williams, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee; Justin Moore, (Aequitas Legal Services, LLC), Atlanta, Amanda Walker, (Office of the Public Defender, Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0241

    Court affirms ruling allowing insanity defense and reverses an order allowing evidence of compliance with prescription medication in a vehicular homicide case

  • Grigg v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay Kim, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Kraft, Jared Williams, Dre’Kevius Huff, (District Attorney’s Office - Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0108

    Court reverses probation revocation due to due process violation and improper admission of hearsay evidence