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  • Edge v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-06-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Leslie (The Leslie Group LLC), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson (District Attorney), Rome; Luke Martin (Floyd County District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0424

    Prosecution Failed to Overcome Presumption of Harm Resulting From Juror Misconduct

  • Durrance v. Schad

    Publication Date: 2018-06-19
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin Fierman (Attorney at Law), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Milton Gardner (Attorney at Law), Milledgeville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0577

    Lack of Evidence Supporting Stalking Claim Warranted Award of Costs and Fees to Defendant

  • SecureAlert, Inc. et al. v. Boggs et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick Flynn (Attorney at Law), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Durham (Lee Durham LLC), Albany; Rosser Malone (Malone Law Office), Atlanta; Sidney Moore (The Moore Law Firm P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee. Kovarious Price, Garden City; Demetrious Price, Reidsville; Grace Chapman, Albany; Richard Parker, Peachtree City; Erwin Warren, Albany; Sonya Bryant, Albany; George Donaldson, Misty Haskins (Perry & Walters LLP), Albany, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A0045

    The trial court erred in denying electronic pretrial release and monitoring service providers' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' wrongful death and personal injury action arising after two men whom providers were responsible for monitoring via ankle bracelets allegedly shot and killed another man, because O.C.G.A. § 17-6-1.1 (i) shielded providers from civil liability.

  • Cornerstone Quarry 2010 A Trust v. Heath

    Publication Date: 2018-06-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randy Berlew (Stern & Eisenberg Southern, P.C.), Columbia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chrislon Heath, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0650

    Remand Necessary to Permit Trial Court to Explain Its Unwillingness to Accept Photocopied Complaint Verification

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-06-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Brown (Moore Brown Law Group, PC.), Atlanta; Roberto Hoover (Conflict Defender's Office), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bradford Rigby (District Attorney's Office of the Cordele Judicial), Cordele; Whitney Bradford (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0206

    Defendant's Appeal Presented First Opportunity For Defendant to Raise Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim

  • Sigafoose v. Cobb

    Publication Date: 2018-06-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peggy Brown (Law Offices of Peggy L. Brown, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Adams (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville; William Hill (Chambers Hill & Quinde LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0074

    Record Evidence Supported Transfer of Custody of Child to Father

  • Woodson v. Lino

    Publication Date: 2018-06-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Miriam Arnold-Johnson (Attorney at Law), Snellville; Jean Kutner (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Maxine Lino, Brooklyn, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0221

    Trial Court Failed to State Facts Justifying Ordering Father to Pay Costs of Mother's Relocation to Georgia

  • Slaughter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-06-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerome Slaughter, Oglethorpe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard (District Attorney), Atlanta; Marc Mallon (Senior Assistant District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0163

    Any Conflicting Evidence As To Venue Was Resolved by Jury

  • Morton v. Macatee

    Publication Date: 2018-06-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Durant (Attorney at Law), Tucker; Brad Evans (Attorney at Law), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Huskins (The Huskins Law Firm), Eatonton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0514

    Trial Court's Order Altering Amount and Method of Money Payment Constituted Unauthorized Modification of Divorce Decree

  • Price v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-06-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody Peterman (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tami Peavy-Owen (Southwestern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Americus; Plez Hardin (District Attorney Southwestern Circuit), Americus; Lewis Lamb (Southwestern Circuit D.A.'S Office), Americus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0631

    The Court vacated defendant's conviction for child molestation following a bench trial because the record did not adequately demonstrate whether defendant's waiver of his right to a jury trial was knowing and voluntary.