• In the Interest of J. A., a child.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Ryczek, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, Nhan-Ai Simms, samuel D'entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1193

    Juvenile Had no Right to Direct Appeal From Superior Court's Denial of Juvenile's Motion to Transfer to Juvenile Court

  • Jane Doe v. Vaughn

    Publication Date: 2020-12-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alfred Adams, Atlanta, Jared Miller, (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Catherine Scott, (Georgia Justice Project), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Vaughn, Keely Pitts, (Oconee Circuit District Attorney's Office), Eastman, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1431

    Superior Court Erred by Dismissing Petition to Modify Sentence; Court Had Authority to Consider the Relief Sought

  • Landell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Jefferson, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, Alex Bernick, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Daniel Porter, Lee Tittsworth, Samuel d'Eentremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0874

    Evidence That Defendant Relied on Prayer Instead of Seeking Medical Care for His Child Authorized Jury to Find He Unreasonably Disregarded Risk to Child's Health

  • Arnold v. Turbow et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-29
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louie Hendricks, (L. Barrington Hendricks, P.C.), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Tompkins, Gerond Lawrence, Marriah Paige, Derron Bowles, (Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins), Atlanta, Dana King, (Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1233

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of doctors and a hospital in a wrongful death case due to lack of probable cause

  • Dessalines v. Department of Human Services

    Publication Date: 2020-10-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Jaffe, Ryan Castellon, (Jaffe Family Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Penny Hannah, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Laurie Brown, (McCallum & Associates LLC), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1006

    Court reverses dismissal of petition challenging inclusion of defendant's name on child abuse registry, finding that she effected proper service of her petition

  • Massengille v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Schneider, (Alcovy Circuit Public Defender), Monroe, Jeffrey Jackson, (Walton County Public Defender), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon, (District Attorney), Covington, Tara Latimer, (Walton County DA's Office), Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1161

    Court rejects defendant's double jeopardy contention because he was unable to show the extent of a prosecutor's knowledge in the first proceeding

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Donnelly, (Western Circuit Public Defender's Office), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Kwiatkowski, Kenneth Mauldin, (Office of the District Attorney Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1536

    Revoking First Offender Status and Adjudicating Guilt Based on New Offenses Did Not Violate Double Jeopardy

  • Amosu v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara Mattes, (Attorney Barbara Mattes), Athens, Kendra Mitchell, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher DeNeve, Brian Whiteside, (Gwinnett County Solicitor-General's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1432

    Trial Court Erred by Incorrectly Instructing Jury on Elements of Shoplifting by Omitting the Element of Intent; Shoplifting Conviction Reversed

  • Thomas v. Meziere et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-30
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph King, (Joseph H. King, Jr. P.C.), Atlanta, Roger Krause, (Krause, Golomb & Witcher, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Banks, (Weathington McGrew LLC), Atlanta, Paul Weathington, David Hanson, (Weathington Smith, P. C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0968

    Court affirms verdict for medical defendants in a malpractice/wrongful death action over plaintiff's contentions of trial court error

  • Rich v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Bowers, (T. Jess Bowers, PC.), Canton, Donald Roch, (The Roch Law Firm, P.C.), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cliff Head, Shannon Wallace, (Assistant District Attorney), Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1017

    Accused Sex Offender Whose Indictment Was Quashed Failed to Present Sufficient Evidence For Sealing Record