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  • In The Matter Of Edward Neal Davis.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-31
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward Neal Davis (Edward N. Davis P.C.), Butler, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta; Michael E. Sumner (Sumner Meeker LLC), Newnan, for other party.
    Case Number: S17Y1993

    Attorney's Petition For Voluntary Discipline Rejected

  • Ricks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Ricks, Hawkinsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Andrew Bradley (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Milledgeville; Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0012

    Trial Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Rule On Motion for Out-Of-Time Appeal

  • Putnal v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-31
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald P. Word, Crystal Harmon Bice (Georgia Capitol Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Oliver Jackson Browning Jr., Jordan Leigh Stover (Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cedartown, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0018

    The trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to proceed ex parte and under seal with regard to his requests for defense-retained mental health experts to gain access to him in the detention center where he was incarcerated.

  • In Re: Estate Of Gladstone.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-30
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Randal Bryant, Timothy Jerome Burson, John V. Burch (Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Richard Neville (Neville & Cunat LLP), Cumming; Margaret Austin Spaulding (Boling Rice LLP), Cumming; Kevin James Tallant (Miles Hansford & Tallant LLC), Cumming; Craig Smith Oakes (Bryant & Oakes PC), Suwanee, for appellee. Maurice M. Egan Jr. (Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP), Atlanta, for amicus appellant.
    Case Number: S17G1472

    Conservator's Bond Did Not Cover Punitive Damages For Breach of Fiduciary Duty

  • Holt v. Ebinger

    Publication Date: 2018-05-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Randall Bassett Jr., Philip Robbins Green (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Paige Reese Whitaker (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18A0052

    The habeas court erred in granting habeas relief to petitioner because his failure to complete the record with relevant evidence from the trial proceedings was fatal to all of the claims for which he was granted relief.

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  • Flowers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne (Jessica R. Towne P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Robert David Wolf (Gwinnett County Office of the District Attorney), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0241

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for murder and armed robbery after he robbed and shot a drug dealer.

  • In The Interest Of K.S., A Child.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James John Anagnostakis (Anagnostakis Law Group), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kristi Lee Winstead Wilson, Brian Keith Fortner, Sean Alexander Garrett (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17G1344

    Decisions Regarding Transfer of Juveniles to Superior Court Are Directly Appealable to Court of Appeals

  • Dorsey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Gerald O'Melveny (Chattahoochee Jucicial Circuit Public Defenders), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn (Department of Law), Atlanta; Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Christopher D'Oyen Williams (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0121

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, as the jury was authorized to reject defendant's claim that he was provoked into shooting the victim or that he acted in self-defense.

  • Blount v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Alexander McQueen (McQueen Law Office LC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick (Department of Law), Atlanta; Jon Richard Forwood, Kenneth W. Mauldin, Brian Vance Patterson (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0201

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for murder and related offenses arising out of a drive-by shooting and defendant failed to demonstrate that he received ineffective assistance of counsel.

  • Caffee v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory A. Hicks (Law Offices of Gregory A. Hicks), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Martin McElyea, Jessica K. Moss, Carlton Todd Hayes (Cherokee County Solicitor General's Office), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17G1691

    Probable Cause Will Not Justify Warrantless Search Absent Exception to Warrant Requirement