• Henry v. State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Creal, (Attorney at Law), Forest Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Pamela Bettis, Joseph Stone, Jefferson Upchurch, (Office of the Solicitor-General of Henry County Henry County Judicial Center), McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0501

    Court affirms denial of new trial motion in a conviction for DUI where defendant challenged his attorney's failure to move to suppress blood test evidence

  • King v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jana Dixon, (Lister Holt & Dennis LLC), Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Pamela Bettis, Katie Payne, (Office of the Solicitor-General of Henry County Henry County Judicial Center), Mcdonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0263

    Court affirms conviction for driving under the influence based largely on a trooper's observations of defendant's driving and conditions

  • In the Interest of K. K., a Child

    Publication Date: 2022-06-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karimah Boston, (Public Defender's Office - Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, Abdulhakim Saadiq, (Saadiq & Associates, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Ramona Condell, (Office of the Child Attorney, Fulton County), Atlanta, Mark Brooks, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0400

    Court vacates dependency order and remands case for juvenile court to enter a new order addressing whether parental unfitness has been demonstrated to support dependency

  • Gainey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney's Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney's Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0226

    Court affirms convictions for sexual battery and child molestation over defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and violations of Fourth Amendment rights

  • Rome Granite, Inc., et al. v. Pinnacle Bank

    Publication Date: 2022-05-27
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Campbell, (Richard D. Campbell, LLC), Elberton, Jonathan Stidham, (Stidham & Stidham, P. A.), Bartow, for appellant.
    for defendant: Aaron Kappler, Viraj Deshmukh, (Thompson, O'Brien, Kappler & Nasuti, P.C.), Peachtree Corners, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0447

    Lender Failed to Show Mutual Mistake Justifying Equitable Reformation of Security Deed

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  • Fulton County Board of Tax Assessors v. Westside Atlanta Retail, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-05-26
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meredith Germain, Valerie Ross, (Turner Ross Germain, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Tinnon, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, David Dermer, (Lat Sportswear), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0555

    Hearing-Officer Hearing Must be Scheduled Within 180 Days Following Taxpayer's Appeal of Property Tax Assessment

  • In the Interest of B. M. R., a child

    Publication Date: 2022-05-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Williams, (The Joseph Williams Law Firm PC), Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jennifer McComas, (Jennifer T. McComas, P.C.), Vidalia, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0092

    Court affirms termination of a grandmother's temporary guardianship over a minor child because the child was not receiving education as required by law

  • Screven County v. Sandlin

    Publication Date: 2022-05-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Strickland, Sean Scally, (Brown, Readdick, Bumgartner, Carter, Strickland, and Watkins), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bradley Hannan, James Smith, (Smith, Hannan & Parker, P.C.), Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0186

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment motion in a personal injury action because evidence showed that the underlying accident was caused by an act of God

  • Bazemore et al. v. U. S. Bank National Association et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford Hardwick, (Law Offices of Clifford E. Hardwick, IV), East Point, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Kearns, Steven Flynn, Elizabeth Campbell, (Locke Lord LLP), Atlanta, Kimberly Wright, (McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC), Roswell, William Tate, (McCalla Raymer, LLC), Roswell, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0355

    Court affirms dismissal of some claims but reverses dismissal of others in a wrongful foreclosure action because plaintiffs made sufficient allegations in their pleadings

  • Driskell v. Dougherty County et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-18
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Jon-Selby Hawk, (Morgan & Morgan Atlanta PLLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Lewis, Jessica Haygood, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, (Freeman Mathis Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1279

    Court affirms summary judgment for County in a tort case where County did not exercise mutual control over a City employee under an intergovernmental agreement