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  • Global Education-Sat Academy, LLC et al. v. DF Duluth, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-08
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Graybeal, (Attorney at Law), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Todd Poole, Bret Moore, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1614

    Court affirms summary judgment order in favor of commercial landlord where tenant challenged landlord's standing and other matters on appeal

  • In the Interest of C. E. Jr., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Wittich, (The Law Office of Jennifer Wittich), Pooler, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leo Beckmann, Wendy Furey, (Beckmann & Furey, LLP), Savannah, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, Mark Cicero, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee; Charles Loncon, (C. V. Loncon, PC), Savannah, Evan Miller, Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1237

    Court affirms finding of dependency of a minor child over his mother's objections to evidence and procedures in juvenile court

  • Spratlin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    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, (Western Judicial Circuit, DA), Athens, for appellee; Robert Smith, (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia), Morrow, Greg Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A22A1213

    Court vacates conviction for criminal trespass and remands case for application of the correct Confrontation Clause analysis of challenged testimony from a deceased witness

  • Robertson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance Tyler, (Tyler Law Firm), Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Whiteside, Joseph Morales, (Gwinnett County Solicitor’s Office), Lawrenceville, Lisamarie Bristol, (Office of the Public Defender Alcovy Judicial Circuit), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1286

    Court vacates DUI conviction because trial court erred when it denied defendant's motion to suppress evidence of his refusal to submit to field sobriety testing

  • Hicks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney’s Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1188

    Court affirms convictions of rape, kidnapping, and other crimes over defendant's claims of insufficient evidence, error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

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  • Roberts et al. v. McCoy et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vic Hill, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Kemp, Atlanta, Kevina McCoy, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1217

    Court affirms ruling that petitioners did not have standing to be adjudicated equitable caregivers of a minor child

  • Swanson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Miller, (Attorney at Law), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dixon Lackey, Herbert Poston, (District Attorney), Dalton, Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1554

    Court affirms conviction for DUI less safe over defendant's multiple contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • ABM Aviation v. Prince

    Publication Date: 2023-03-06
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yamisi James, Roger Harris, (Swift, Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rachel Deloach-Bukle, (Monge & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1566

    Court affirms denial of summary judgment on a respondeat superior claim as to an employer's liability but reverses as to denial of judgment on direct negligence claims

  • BPG Inspection, LLC et al. v. Omstead

    Publication Date: 2023-03-06
    Practice Area: Contracts | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Burch, Edward Wasmuth, Leah Sears, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Chance, Lance Lourie, Andrew King, (Watkins Lourie Roll Chance PC), Atlanta, Darren Summerville, Meghan Hatfield Yanacek, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Meredith Kincaid, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1730

    Court enforces a one-year contractual limitations period for actions in tort and contract and reverses award to a plaintiff that sued for wrongful death damages

  • Cobb County v. Mable Oak Development, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-02-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Land Use and Planning
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Blair, Laura Murphree, Hugh Rowling, Lauren Bruce, (Cobb County Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy Barnes, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Hylton Dupree, (Dupree & Kimbrough, LLP), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1658

    Court dismisses appeal as moot because appellant performed acts required by an injunction and failed to seek or procure a supersedeas