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  • Georgia Department of Public Safety v. Justice

    Publication Date: 2024-11-21
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ross Warren Bergethon, Katherine Powers Stoff, Bryan Keith Webb, Courtney C. Poole, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Francis Peil, (Huggins Peil, LLC), Evans, McCracken Poston, (Law Offices of McCracken Poston), Ringgold, John Joseph Czura, (John J. Czura PC), Evans, John P. Batson, (The Law Office of John P. Batson), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G1170

    Court affirms that sovereign immunity was not waived in state trooper's breach-of-contract claims, but vacates a conclusion that Fair Labor Standards Act were part of an employment contract

  • Campbell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Shalena Cook Jones, Lyle Burnham, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, Gabriel Adam Justus, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0578

    Court affirms multiple gang-related murder convictions despite errors in admissible evidence, deeming the errors to be harmless in view of overwhelming evidence of the defendants' guilt

  • Moore v. White, Warden et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Julian Daniel, (Law Offices of Robert DanieL, LLC), Atlanta, Rodney Alan Williams, (Law Office of Rodney A. Williams), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Whitener Hamilton, (Plunkett, Hamilton, Manton & Graves, LLP), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1326

    Court reverses denial of a habeas petition, finding that petitioner had received ineffective assistance of counsel, and vacates burglary conviction and remands for appropriate relief

  • Titshaw et al. v. Geer et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Ryan Peacock, (Hotchkiss Hoffecker Peacock, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Barclay Brown, Austin Atkinson, Sarah Meghan Pittman, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, Christine Lupo Mast, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Linley Jones, Angela Marie Forstie, (Linley Jones, PC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G1124

    Court clarifies application of statute of limitations for breach-of-contract claims in a legal malpractice dispute

  • Summerville v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Lee Bailey, (Office of the Public Defender, Toombs Judicial Circuit), Thompson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Patrick Doupé, Anna Shealy Kenerly, (Toombs County District Attorney’s Office), Thompson, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0692

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel and contentions of trial court error in limiting cross examination of a forensic witness

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  • Thompson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David D. Marshall, (Law Office of David D. Marshall), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., Leslie Anna Coots, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0636

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and conflicting jury instructions

  • Nabors v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Vance Patterson, (The Law Office of Brian V. Patterson, LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Sarah Jane Thomas, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Aslean Zachary Eaglin, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0610

    Court affirms convictions for murder and related crimes over defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and failure to corroborate accomplice testimony

  • Robbins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Lee Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Grace Guthrie Griffith, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Aletha Claire Farley, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, Emily Catherine Puhala, Gabriel Adam Justus, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0512

    Court affirms conviction for malice murder over defendant's contention of improper exclusion of certain evidence and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Tedder v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas McKee West, (Thomas M. West, Attorney at Law), Bethlehem, Holly Lynn Geerdes, (Geerdes & Associates), Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elaine L. Thompson, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0588

    Court affirms conviction for malice murder and related crimes over defendant's claims of insufficient evidence, improper comments about evidence, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Siders v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances C. Kuo, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Eric Christopher Peters, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jayna Edwards, Senior, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0607

    Court affirms convictions for murder and related crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, failure to provide a proper jury instruction, and a mishandled jury question