• Nails v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Yancey, (James A. Yancey, Jr., Attorney At Law, P.C.), Brunswick, 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: A22A0904

    Court vacates denial of defendant's request for public funding for ancillary defense services and remands for determination of whether defendant is indigent

  • Dukes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tracy Mullis, (Office of the Public Defender - Cordele Circuit), Cordele, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jennifer Hart, (Assistant District Attorney), Tifton, Bradford Rigby, (District Attorney’s Office of the Cordele Judicial), Cordele, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0633

    Court affirms convictions for making a false statement, hindering apprehension of a

  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Sheppard, (Attorney at Law), Smyrna, Lela Acker, (Georgia Public Defender Council, Appellate Division), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Mulholland, Moruf Oseni, (Office of the District Attorney, South Georgia Circuit), Bainbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0671

    Court affirms conviction for rape over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Hodge v. Parlor

    Publication Date: 2022-09-15
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Insurance Law | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Dozier, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Macon, Richard Jenkins, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Morrow, for appellant.
    for defendant: Evan Mermelstein, (Law Offices of Evan R. Mermelstein, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0764

    Terms of Settlement Offer Did Not Require That Payment Be Made Within Deadline For Acceptance