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  • Salaam v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Clifford Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0091

    Court rejects defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence to support convictions for armed robbery and gang activity, but vacates one count due to merger error

  • Velazquez v. Perez

    Publication Date: 2023-05-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Manely, William King, (The Manely Firm, P.C.), Marietta, Kaitie Ruhl-Pirone, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anne Thompson de Magana, (Stearns-Montgomery & Proctor), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0297

    Court affirms divorce decree, child support and spousal support awards, and division of marital assets, but reverses and remands on issues of distributions of certain debts

  • Coe et al. v. Proskauer, LLP

    Publication Date: 2023-05-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harry MacDougald, (Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & Deloach, LLP), Atlanta, Jeven Sloan, (Deary Ray LLP), Dallas, W. Canada, John McKenzie, David Deary, (Loewinsohn Flegle Deary Simon, LLP), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Morris, (Akerman LLP), Atlanta, Shari Klevens, (Dentons US LLP), Washington, Mark Trigg, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, David Lederkramer, (Proskauer Rose), New York, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0142

    On remand from the Georgia Supreme Court, the court vacated its prior opinion regarding expiration of the statute of limitations and remanded the case to the trial court

  • Joint Development Authority of Jasper County, Morgan County, Newton County and Walton County v. McKenzie et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-23
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea Gray, (Andrea P. Gray, LLC), Monroe, Robert Highsmith, Allison Dyer, Woodrow Vaughan, Keith Wiener, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Robert Remar, (Rogers & Hardin LLP), Atlanta, Benjamin Brooks, Michael Eber, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell), Atlanta, Laura Flint, Atlanta, Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Eatonton, Andrew Schutt, Atlanta, Henry Chalmers, (Arnall, Golden & Gregory), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Christy, Scott Peters, Jonathan Akins, Stephen Mulherin, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint), Atlanta, for appellee; John Woodham, (Woodham Law, LLC), Atlanta,
    Case Number: A23A0574

    Court reverses most parts of an order denying validation of revenue bonds that were proposed to be issued to fund a commercial development

  • Body v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stacey Jackson, Frederick Lewis, (Chattahoochee Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0395

    Court affirms robbery conviction over defendant's appeal to trial court's refusal to declare a mistrial over challenged character evidence

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  • Phillips v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Drew Powell, (Public Defender), Clarkesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Christian, C. Fogal, (District Attorney’s Office Mountain Judicial Circuit), Clayton, Rosanna Szabo, (MJC District Attorney’s Office), Clarkesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0252

    Court affirms convictions for vehicular homicide over defendant's challenge to admission of prior battery conviction and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Barrett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lumpkin, (Office of the Public Defender for the Cherokee Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anna Johnson, Samir Patel, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit - District Attorney’s Office), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0849

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation and other crimes over defendant's challenge to refusal to admit certain evidence and admission of other acts evidence

  • Gutierrez v. Six Flags Over Georgia II, LLP

    Publication Date: 2023-05-15
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Smith, Brent McIntosh, (W. Calvin Smith, II, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Bagley, (McGrew Miller Bomar & Bagley, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0607

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of defendant in a slip-and-fall action because plaintiff had equal knowledge of the static hazard that caused her to trip

  • Mitchell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Pearlman, (Office of the Public Defender Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerald Henderson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney), Lawrenceville, Deborah Gonzalez, Paige Otwell, (Office of the District Attorney for the Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0358

    Court affirms separate convictions for aggravated assault and aggravated battery because evidence showed a deliberate interval between separate acts

  • The State v. Harnett

    Publication Date: 2023-05-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, James Williamson, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bert Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0265

    Court vacates judgment excluding level-of-certainty evidence and remands for application of the Rule 403 balancing test