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  • The State v. Cook

    Publication Date: 2023-11-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., Richard Benjamin Caplan, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathon Justin Majeske, (The Issa Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0702

    Jailers Accused of Murdering Prisoner Were Not Entitled to Pre-Indictment Protections Afforded to "Peace Officers" under OCGA §17-7-52

  • Marshall v. Lundy

    Publication Date: 2023-10-11
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gordon L. Joyner, (The Law Offices of Gordon Joyner), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen N. Hollomon, (Attorney at Law), Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1067

    Court affirms superior court decision that a mayoral candidate was validly elected as mayor of Fort Valley

  • Ford Motor Company v. Cosper

    Publication Date: 2023-10-11
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip Andrew Henderson, Michael Roger Boorman, (Watson Spence LLP), Atlanta, Paul Frederich Malek, D. Alan Thomas, (Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP), Birmingham, Michael W. Eady, (Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, LLP), Austin, Timothy M Andrews, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nathan Riggs Nicholson, Matthew Evan Cook, Kate Sievert Cook, Robert Harold Childres, III, (Cook Law Group, LLC), Gainesville, C. Tab Turner, Damon C. Singleton, (Turner & Associates, P.A.), North Little Rock, David Hogue, (Hogue Law Firm, PLLC), Fayetteville, Jonathan Andrew Parrish, (The Parrish Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Henry Snyder, Jr., Tedra L. Cannella, (Canella Snyder LLC), Atlanta, Alyssa Bernadette Baskam, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, PC.), Atlanta, Madeleine Norine Simmons, (Stewart Miller Simmons), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S23Q0625

    Reckless conduct under OCGA §51-1-11(c), as newly defined by the Court, is a standalone exception to the 10-year statute of repose in OCGA §51-1-11(b)(2).

  • Adams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Randall Scarborough, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0758

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Hamilton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Yelton Peace, (Manning Peace, LLC), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Patrick Bibler, Anita Reynolds Howard, Cynthia Trimboli Adams, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0670

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

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  • Kennebrew v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara S Becker, (Sara Stewart Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Sheila Ann Ross, Peter J. Skandalakis, (Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0530

    Previous Testimony of Deceased Witness Properly Admitted Where Defendant Had Adequate Opportunity to Cross-Examine

  • Roberts v. Cuthpert

    Publication Date: 2023-10-10
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, or appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Christopher Waymire, Terry Eugene Williams, (Williams & Waymire, LLC), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0631

    Court holds that a party can seek costs and fees from a judge who denied a weapons carry license, finding that the judge did not have a sovereign immunity defense to the claim

  • Salvesen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard W Anderson, III, (Truluck Thmason LLC), Greenville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0433

    Murder Defendant Was Not Unduly Prejudiced by Admission of Gruesome Photograph of Victim's Decomposed Body

  • Carter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raphael Carter, (Telfair State Prison), Helena, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0522

    Merger-Error Claims Did Not Support Untimely Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea

  • In the Matter of Robert Mallory Crawford.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-06
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III,, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy E. Barnes, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, for appellee; Adam Marshall Hames, (The Hames Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0631

    Three-Year Suspension Appropriate Discipline For Attorney Who Wrongfully Obtained Client Funds From Court Registry