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  • In re Jerry W. Sessions, Deceased

    Publication Date: 2023-05-01
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Lane, (Met Lane & Associates, P.C.), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Abney, (Law Offices of Eric S. Abney, P.C.), Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0352

    Court affirms probate court judgment that awarded a life estate of a certain value to a surviving spouse where her husband had died intestate

  • Lynch et al. v. Lynch et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-11
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Deutsch, (McCurdy and Candler, LLC), Decatur, Benjamin Pierman, (Harrison & Held, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Smith, (Attorney at Law), Winter Garden, John Park, (Law Offices of Jack Park), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1747

    Court affirms summary judgment on breach of contract claim against a decedent's executor but reverses as to the executor's personal liability for that claim

  • Burnett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-04-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Gough, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney’s Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1640

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated sodomy and child molestation over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claims of ineffective assistance

  • Sanderwala, LLC v. Biles

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Murphy, (Andrew T. Murphy LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Dickinson, (Dickinson & Willis), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1371

    Court affirms dismissal of an appeal in a quiet title action because appellant failed to timely pay appellate costs

  • Porter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Oxford, (Oxford Law Firm), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Adams, (Office of the District Attorney, Towaliga Judicial Circuit), Jackson, Dorothy Hull, (Assistant District Attorney), Forsyth, Jessica Haygood, (Towaliga Judicial Circuit), Forsyth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1719

    Court dismisses appeal because it had no jurisdiction over it, given that defendant had pending motions for a new trial or arrest in judgment before the trial court

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  • Silver Comet Terminal Partners, LLC v. Paulding County Airport Authority et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Cochran, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Conerly, (Attorney at Law), Carrollton, Lee Carter, (Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis LLP), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1355

    Court dismisses an appeal to a denial of a series of motions as being premature and not in compliance with the interlocutory appeal requirements of OCGA §5-6-34(b)

  • Jones et al. v. Lick Log Creek, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-24
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Richardson, (Talley, Richardson & Cable, P.A.), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Conerly, (Attorney at Law), Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1342

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been in favor of a land developer due to questions of material fact over existence or abandonment of an easement on a land tract

  • Mitchell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-23
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Arnt, Bruce Roberts, (District Attorney), LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1521

    Defendant Not Prejudiced by Prosecution Witness's False Testimony That He Had Made No Agreement With the State to Testify

  • Sprayberry et al. v. Board of Commissioners of Putnam County et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-22
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Haymore, G. Dillard, (Dillard Sellers LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Nelson, mark shaefer, (Fleming & Nelson, LLP) Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1329

    Court reverses denial of a petition for a zoning variance where superior court based that denial on an improper interpretation of a zoning ordinance

  • Yeamans v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, (GA Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit), Cumming, Jennifer Scalia, (Assistant District Attorney), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1451

    Court reverses convictions for computer pornography and attempted child molestation due to trial court error, but rules that evidence was sufficient for conviction