• In Re Sharee Baps Corp.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-25
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael McNeill (Macon-Bibb County Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Ledbetter (Attorney at Law), Calhoun, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0674

    Board's Denial of Liquor License Was Not Supported By Sufficient Evidence

  • Gilbert et al. v. Canterbury Farms, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-25
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: President Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barry Middleton, John Tisdale (Tisdale Law Firm), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Trotter (Trotter Jones LLP), Augusta; James Overstreet (Klosinski Overstreet LLP), Augusta; Courtney Patrick (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellee. James Trotter (Trotter Jones LLP), Augusta; William Keogh (Hull Barrett PC), Augusta; Thomas Clancy, Grovetown; Megan Clancy, Grovetown; Dorothy Miller, Maryville; Gerald Speering, Martinez; Fran Speering, Martinez; David Hahn, Joan Hahn (As Trustee of David & Joan Hahn Living Trust), Grovetown; Christine Martin, Evans; Paul McLeod, Grovetown; Todd Boudreau, Grovetown; Soonja Boudreau, Grovetown, for other party.

    Case Number: A18A0241

    Protective Covenants Were Enforceable Against Defendant

  • Blackwell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter (District Attorney Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville; Lee Tittsworth (Gwinnett Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0696

    Court Rejects Defendant's Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Argument

  • Cruz v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ivan Cruz, Unadilla, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Edwards (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta; D. Reynolds (District Attorney), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0203

    Trial Court Erred By Failing to Impose a Split Sentence For Child Molestation Convictions

  • Mullis v. Welch et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-24
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Edgar (Attorney at Law), Alma, for appellant.
    for defendant: C. Strickland (Attorney at Law), Waycross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0128

    Summary Judgment for Trustees Proper Where Plaintiff Did Not Raise Disputed Issue of Material Fact Regarding Alleged Incapacity or Undue Influence

  • Beavers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monica Baron (Office of the Public Defender), Blairsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: T. Levins (Assistant District Attorney), Hiawassee; William Langley (District Attorney), Blairsville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0323

    Although Evidence Supported Finding of Probation Violation, Trial Court Erred In Sentencing

  • Reado-Seck v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Petrey (DeKalb County Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anna Cross (County District Attorney's Office), Decatur; Sherry Boston (DeKalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0421

    The Court remanded the case to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing and determination in the first instance on defendant's ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim after she was convicted of vehicular homicide and driving under the influence to the extent she was a less-safe driver.

  • Duncan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Strauss (Attorney at Law), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Bradley (District Attorney Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit), Milledgeville; Jeff Burks (Ocumulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Madison, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0487

    Court Affirms Multiple Convictions for Possession

  • Garner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon (District Attorney), Covington; Tabitha Rogers (Newton County District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0157

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for first-degree cruelty to children, rape, statutory rape, aggravated sodomy and several other sex offenses arising out of acts defendant committed against his stepchildren while their mother was in prison.

  • Prince v. Rawls

    Publication Date: 2018-07-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Middleton (Cox Rodman & Middleton LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Franklin (Franklin Law LLC), Statesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0212

    Pleading Filed Day After Clerk's Office Closed Early For Bad Weather Was Not Untimely