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  • Mills v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24A1021

    Court affirms felony murder conviction, rejecting defendant's self-defense claim and challenge to admission of other acts evidence

  • Miller v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Christopher M. Carr, Faith Donnell Worley, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0725

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and aggravated assault over defendant's challenges to admission of prior acts evidence

  • Whitaker Farms, LLC v. Fitzgerald Fruit Farms, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-12-12
    Practice Area: Damages | Evidence
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank Mitchell Lowrey, Edwin Allen Page, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, John A. Christy, Jonathan Andrew Akins, (Schreeder Wheeler & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Max Paul Marks, Aaron Karl Block, (The Block Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G1162

    Court vacates and remands affirmation of a punitive damages award in a commercial lease dispute for assessment of admissibility of settlement statements on a punitive damages claim

  • Couch v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Nestrud, (Coweta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Franklin, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, Matthew Moore, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1034

    Court affirms denial of motion drug suppress evidence found in a hotel room because hotel guest lost a right to privacy after scheduled checkout time

  • Little v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Little, (Wheeler Correctional Facility), Alamo, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bradford Rigby, (District Attorney’s Office of the Cordele Judicial), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1142

    Court affirms conviction for aggravated battery and child cruelty over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence, admission of evidence, and claim of ineffective assistance of counsel

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  • Gallegos-Munoz v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, John Williams, Clifford Louis Kurlander, John Stuart Melvin, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24G0214

    Court vacates child molestation conviction and remands case for application of correct current standard to assess admissibility of victim's alleged false accusation against a third party

  • Simon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-09-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Padgett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A1026

    Court affirms convictions in elder exploitation case, and affirms use of digital forensics and Cellhawk software evidence that mapped defendant's location

  • Tatum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-09-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John McArthur, (McArthur, McArthur & Overend LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White, (District Attorney), Hartwell, Michael Coveney, (District Attorney’s Office of the Northern Judicial Circuit), Danielsville, Jeffrey Lee, (Elbert County District Attorney’s Office), Elberton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0526

    Court vacates its prior opinion over suppression of evidence and remands for determination of whether the independent source doctrine applies in a case involving a warrantless search

  • Altine v. Eastside Medical Center, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-16
    Practice Area: Evidence | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willard Bullock, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Wayne Grant, Kimberly Grant, (Grant Law Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Mathis, Randolph Powell, Mikell Reynolds, Rachel Reed, Alexander Vey, (Huff Powell Bailey), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0088

    Court affirms verdict favoring medical center, concluding that admission of evidence of a settlement with a surgeon was harmless

  • 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