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  • Nails v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Yancey, (James A. Yancey, Jr., Attorney At Law, P.C.), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0904

    Court vacates denial of defendant's request for public funding for ancillary defense services and remands for determination of whether defendant is indigent

  • Alvarado v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah Pines, (Ross & Pines), Atlanta, Andrew Fleischman, (Ross & Pines), Sandy Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Clifford Kurlander, Christopher DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0882

    Court affirms convictions for rape and child molestation over defendant's evidentiary challenges and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Chambers v. Edwards

    Publication Date: 2022-10-07
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donell Holiday, (Law Office of Donell Holiday), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kristin Bloodworth, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, Eric Wilborn, (Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0775

    Court affirms dismissal of action for tortious interference by one heir of an estate against another because the action was barred by res judicata

  • McCullum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Janet McCullum, (Metro Transitional Center), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodrigo Silva, William Kendall, (District Attorney’s Office, Houston Judicial Circuit), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1064

    Court vacates denial of a motion to correct a void sentence and remands for dismissal of motion because the sentencing court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the motion

  • Shropshire v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Jefferson, (Attorney At Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ruth Pawlak, Fani Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0838

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation and other offenses over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence, but vacates and remands for merger resentencing

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  • Stembridge v. Pride Utility Construction Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-10-06
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Rice, (James A. Rice, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen Broughton, (Broughton Law), Atlanta, Bret Moore, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, Timothy Peacock, (Swift, Curie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0720

    Court affirms summary judgment for an employer in an auto accident case because its employee was no acting in the scope of employment at the time of the accident

  • Rosser v. Lynn et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley Lefco, (Law Offices Stanley M. Lefco, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Veronica Hoffler, Tierra Whitlock, (Law Office of Andrews an Maganiello), Tucker, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0761

    Court vacates dismissal of a personal injury action that was dismissed for lack of service and remands for consideration of plaintiff's motion for service by publication

  • Georgia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. et al. v. Downs et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walker Chandler, (Office of the Public Defender), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Buckley, Taylor Hensel, (Buckley Christopher, P.C.), Atlanta, Bennett Bryan; Laura Johnson, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0663

    Court affirms dismissal of a challenge to the removal of a Confederate monument from a public setting because plaintiffs lacked standing to sue

  • Manor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Sparger, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Edwards, Shalena Jones, Burt Burton, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1020

    Court reverses conviction for possession of marijuana with an intent to distribute because of chain of custody failure regarding the marijuana sample that was tested

  • Adams et al. v. Piedmont Henry Hospital, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-03
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Thomas Trask, (Trask Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Bendin, Anam Justus, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, Sharonda Boyce, Zachary Fuller, (Huff Powell Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0990

    Court reverses summary judgment for hospital in a medical malpractice/wrongful death case and revises trial court rulings on admission of expert testimony.