• Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kalki Yalamanchili, (Y'Chili Law, LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Deborah Wellborn, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1356

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Failing to Define 'Willfully Deprives' in Its Jury Charges When Instructing Jury as to Crime of First Degree Cruelty to Children

  • Moreland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford Kurlander, (Piedmont Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, (Henry County District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0917

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Admitting 'Scientific and Specialized' Testimony From a Lay Witness as to Sodomy Victim's Mental Age and Capacity

  • Swearngin v. Rowell

    Publication Date: 2020-08-12
    Practice Area: Evidence | Privacy
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candace Rader, (Attorney at Law), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Pryor, (Michael P. Pryor, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0236

    Court affirms extension of a protective order against a stalker who challenged evidence admission of certain evidence and claimed trial court's abuse of discretion

  • The State v. Walker

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton Hayes, Sara Grainger, David McElyea, Emily Labutta, (Cherokee County Solicitor-General's Office) Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Sessions, (The Sessions Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0544

    Unspecified Dismissal of Prosecution After Statute of Limitations Had Expired Constituted Impermissible Dismissal With Prejudice

  • Allison v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jana Jacobson, (Public Defender Northern Judicial Circuit), Royston, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White, (District Attorney), Hartwell, Michael Coveney, (District Attorney's Office of the Northern Judicial Circuit), Danielsville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0552

    No Error in Admission of Child Forensic Examiner's Interview Of Child Molestation Victim

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  • Saik et al. v. Brown et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-05
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Tallant, Jonah Howell, (Miles Patterson Hansford Tallant, LLC), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Teague, (Attorney at Law), Cumming, Keisha Martin Chambless, (Teague & Chambless), Cumming, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0777

    Court affirms summary judgment for land owners seeking to subdivide a plot of land and against owner of adjacent land, who did not exhaust their administrative remedy

  • Best v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Harrison, (Public Defenders Office Oconee Judicial Circuit), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bradford Childers, Timothy Vaughn, (Assistant District Attorney), Eastman, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0418

    Court affirms defendant's convictions for attempt to commit murder and other crimes over her contentions of evidentiary error and insufficient assistance of counsel

  • Tucker v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kindall Browning, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Bibler, George Hartwig, (Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney), Perry, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0715

    Evidence Is Sufficient to Support Statutory Rape Conviction; Trial Court Did Not Err in Failing to Appoint 'Conflict-Free Counsel'

  • Dellinger-Allen et al. v. O'Brien

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Bachman, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, Joseph Shelley, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Aaron Kappler, (Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti, P.C.), Peachtree Corners, Aaron O'brien, (Thompson O'Brien), Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0087

    Court affirms the striking of a defamation claim but reverses the striking of a breach of contract claim in a dispute involving contractual professional counseling services

  • In the Interest of A. G., a child.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ivy Shepherd, (Ashley Miles, PC), Darlen, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Johnson, (District Attorney), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0054

    Court reverses an adjudication that a child was delinquent because the trial court applied an incorrect standard of proof in making that adjudication