• Russell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank Michael Starosto, Jr., (Star Law, PC), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Grace Guthrie Griffith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., Elizabeth Marian York, (Cobb Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0565

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's claims of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-09-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry Lenard Johnson, (Telfair State Prison), Helena, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Shalena Cook Jones, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, Mitchell Calvin Mobley, Lyle Burnham, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0440

    Court affirms dismissal of defendant's appeal to his malice murder convictions on account of his untimely speedy trial demand, rejecting defendant's Sixth Amendment conflict argument

  • Wilson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-09-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Oliver Jackson Browning, Jr., Jaeson Robert Smith, (Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Cedartown, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0526

    Court affirms murder conviction over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of trial court error regarding exclusion of testimony about other suspects

  • Miller v. Hodge et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-05
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffry L. Miller, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Mason Perkins, Wes Parker Rahn, (Oliver Maner, LLP), Savannah, R. Jonathan Hart, (Hart & Associates Law Firm LLC), Savannah, Andre Pretorius, (Chatham County Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee; Paul C. Kunst, (Paul C. Kunst PC.), Barnesville, Todd Andrew Harding, (Harding Law Firm, LLC), Griffin, for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: S24A0490

    Court dismisses election contest appeal due to lack of prompt litigation

  • Inquiry Concerning Judge Robert Reeves

    Publication Date: 2024-08-28
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: S23Z0337

    Court approves 30-day suspension without pay of a judge who was found to have violated multiple rules of judicial conduct, and sanctioned judge agreed not to seek reelection

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  • In the Matter of Shelitha Renee Robertson

    Publication Date: 2024-08-22
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: S24Y0857

    Court suspends attorneys license following her felony convictions pending her appeal of those convictions

  • In the Matter of Christopher Tyson

    Publication Date: 2024-08-22
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: S24Y0534

    Court rejects six-month suspension request for attorney's misconduct in handling client funds

  • Golden v. Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc. d/b/a Floyd Medical Center

    Publication Date: 2024-08-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Brian Terry, Jane D. Vincent, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, William Sims Stone, Ryals Drayton Stone, Michael George Regas, II, (The Stone Law Group – Trial), Atlanta, C Sutton Connelly, (Cook & Connelly), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julius Winfrey Peek, Jr., Robert Thomas Monroe, Jason Bradley Sanker, Benjamin Pleas Stell, (McRae, Smith, Peek, Harman & Monroe, LLP), Rome, for appellant.

    Case Number: S24G0008

    Court reverses dismissal of medical malpractice renewal action, holding that COVID emergency orders tolled statute of repose.

  • In the Matter of Christopher Michael Howlette.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-20
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Allen Earles, Kevin Charles Wilson, (Georgia Office of Bar Admissions), Atlanta, Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Michael Howlette, Union City, for appellant.

    Case Number: S24Z0940

    Certification of fitness for readmission granted to Christopher Michael Howlette upon demonstrating rehabilitation and community engagement.

  • In the Matter of Curtis Lee Allen

    Publication Date: 2024-08-20
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis Lee Allen, (Bush Ross PA), Tampa, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, III, Andreea N. Morrison, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.

    Case Number: S24Y0865

    Court rejects petition for voluntary reciprocal discipline due to deficiencies, including lack of documentation and evidence for retroactive suspension.