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  • Apple Pie Ridge Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Andrews et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-04
    Practice Area: Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Wagner, (Lueder Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: P. Freed, Brian Goldberg, (Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0244

    Court affirms summary judgment favoring property owners in covenant dispute, deeming lots exempt from homeowners association's declaration

  • Shropshire v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Jefferson, (Attorney At Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ruth Pawlak, Fani Willis, Kevin Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0838

    Court affirms aggravated child molestation conviction, but vacates and remands two child molestation convictions for resentencing based on unit-of-prosecution analysis

  • John Da Grosa Smith et al. v. Ryan Millsap et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-03
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Thomas Holm, (Blaska Holm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Millsap, Atlanta, Aaron Matthew Clark, (Gamble Clark LLP), Atlanta, David Visser Houtsma, (David Houtsma Law Firm), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24C0302

    Court affirms trial court's authority to disburse disputed funds held in the court's registry prior to resolution of an underlying case under the specific circumstances of that case

  • In the Matter of Ephraim L. Michael.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24Y0549

    Court issues public reprimand for attorney's professional conduct violations relating to delegation of responsibilities to a non-lawyer assistant in a personal injury case

  • Baker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances C. Kuo, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, Marie Greene Broder, (Griffin Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0478

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and firearms possession in a double homicide over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and multiple claims of trial court error

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  • Tarver v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard W Anderson, III, (Truluck Thomason LLC), Greenville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Patrick Doupé, Debra Rhodes Neumann, (Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Thomson, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0521

    Court affirms convictions for murder and other crimes over defendant's claims of improper exclusion of evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Sturkey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Robinson Watts, Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lewis Ramon Lamb, (Southwestern Circuit District Attorney), Americus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0493

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

  • Gold v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Horne Petrey, (Dekalb County Public Defender’s Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Thomas L. Williams, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0445

    Court affirms malice murder conviction in a case involving a self-defense claim over defendant's contentions of an improper jury charge on excessive force and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis Hewitt, (The Appellate Division - Georgia Public Defender Council), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Agatha K. Romanowski, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0351

    Court affirms felony murder conviction and life without parole sentence despite defendant's challenges on evidence and arguments regarding his mental condition

  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Keith Franck, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Augusta, Melissa Akins, (DeKalb County Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John M. Kraft, Jared Tolton Williams, Joshua Bradley Smith, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0321

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to withdraw guilty plea despite claims that her mental health problems precluded a knowing and voluntary plea