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  • Flanders v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martha Hall, (Hall & Navarro, LLC), Statesboro, Robert Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Mallard, Keith McIntyre, Daphne Totten, Benjamin Edwards, (Chief Assistant District Attorney One Courtland Street), Stateboro, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0908

    Court vacates trial court's denial of a defendant's Brady claim, which was denied on jurisdictional grounds, and remands for determination of that claim

  • Vasudeva v. Dagnew et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-03
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary Freed, Thomas Grant, (Freed Grant, LLC), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Ramsey Knowles, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Jared Hodges, (Knowles Gallant LLC), Atlanta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0866

    Court reverses order that dismissed a lawsuit and compelled arbitration after concluding that an arbitration clause was unenforceable because it was not initialed

  • Alden v. Yarborough

    Publication Date: 2021-09-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christine Alden, St. Marys, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Dale Yarborough, St. Marys, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0678

    Court vacates superior court order that relinquished jurisdiction in a child custody case to an out-of-state court and remands for further proceedings

  • Ellis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Chappell, II, Roswell, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher Allen Arnt, Lynsay Peardon Chapman, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lafayette, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0780

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's contentions that his Miranda waiver was improper due to intoxication, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Laghaeifar v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-26
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Geoffroy, Raymond Giudice, (Raymond V. Giudice, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ruth Pawlak, Fani Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0911

    Defendant's Prior Guilt Plea to Charge Arising From Same Conduct and Same Transaction Precluded New Charge

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  • Cannon et al. v. Oconee County

    Publication Date: 2021-08-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Meredith Watts, (The Watts Firm, LLC), Decatur, Darl Champion, (The Champion Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Terry Williams, (Attorney at Law), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1570

    Court remands for analysis and findings of whether a defendant knew or should have known that he would be named as a defendant under the relation-back statute

  • Goforth v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Carlan, (Carlan Law, LLC), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosemary Greene, Sharon Fox, (Gordon County District Attorney's Office), Calhoun, Erle Newton, (Office of the District Attorney), Cartersville, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0793

    Court affirms methamphetamine trafficking and sale convictions over defendant's challenge to trial court's admission of identification testimony from two witnesses

  • Hutcheson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Raymond, (Hogue & Hogue (of Counsel)), Macon, Laura Hogue, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anita Howard, Shelley Milton, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office Office of the District Attorney Macon Judicial Circuit), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1015

    Statements Made by Church Youth Leader in Response to Pastor's Inquiries Regarding Sex Abuse Allegations Were Not Privileged

  • Rutledge v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-23
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Rutledge, (Washington State Prison), Davisboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louie Fraser, Peter Larsen, (Assistant District Attorney), Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1086

    Probation Condition Prohibiting Convicted Child Sex Offender From Possessing Adult Pornography Was Not Unconstitutional

  • Holloman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Jones, (Leslie Spornberger Jones LLC), Athens, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Perry, (The Perry Law Firm), Winder, James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0848

    Court affirms battery conviction over defendant's challenge to State's strikes that left an all-Caucasian jury to judge the facts of the case