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  • The State v. Baker

    Publication Date: 2019-10-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Smith, Henry Syms, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Stewart (Augusta Public Defender's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1545

    Court Did Not Err in Relying on Federal Case Law to Grant Motion for a New Trial Based on Dismissal of Juror After Deliberations Had Begun

  • Gray v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Otobong Ukpong, Sherry Boston, Destiny Bryant, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1258

    Court affirms order voiding a modification of a sex offender's sentence due to trial court's lack of jurisdiction to order that modification.

  • The State v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2019-09-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carrie Coleman, Thomas Buscemi, (District Attorney's Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (Keith Higgins, P.C.), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1478

    Court vacates order that excluded prior acts evidence in family violence matter and remands case for reconsideration

  • In the Interest of C. A. B., a child.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Barnwell, (Avrett, Ponder & Withrock), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Cynthia Johnson, (Johnson Law PC), Cohutta, for appellee. Joshua Smith, Kermit McManus, (Attorney at Law), Dalton, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0969

    Court affirms juvenile court order terminating the parental rights of a dependent child's mother

  • Hood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Bonner, (GPDSC Appellate Division), Atlanta, Karen Wilkes. (Tallapoosa Circuit Public Defender), Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Oliver Browning, (District Attorney), Cedartown, Ryan Remsen, (Attorney at Law), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0952

    Court reverses trial court's denial of defendant's motion to withdraw negotiated guilty plea to child molestation

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  • Moreno v. Carniceria, Loa #2

    Publication Date: 2019-09-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Bret Moore, (Broughton Law), Atlanta, Ibrahim Awad, (The Awad Law Firm, P.C.), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Bledsoe, Brittany Dant, (The Minor Firm), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0882

    Court vacates dismissal of renewal case and remands for determination of whether original complaint was served on defendant

  • Hendrix v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, Lindretta Kramer, (Office of the District Attorney, Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1113

    Trial Court Could Not Revoke First Offender Status After Original Probated Sentence Had Run Before State Moved to Revoke

  • Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. et al. v. Johns et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Products Liability
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl Anderson, Michael Goldman, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Susan Clare, Chilton Varner, Billie Pritchard, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Edwards, Paul Piland, (Cochran & Edwards, LLC), Smyrna, Jennifer Coalson, David Walbert, (Parks, Chesin, Walbert & Miller, P. C.), Atlanta, John Sherrod, (Sherrod & Bernard), Douglasville, for appellee. Richard North, (Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A0108

    Court affirms summary judgment for injured plaintiff and apportionment of damages award in a motorcycle accident case

  • Glynn County Board of Assessors v. SIA Propco I, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-08-13
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Carter, Amanda Szokoly, (Brown Reddick Bumgartner Carter Strickland & Watkins, LLP), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Roberts, (Roberts Tate, LLC), St. Simons Island, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0771

    No partial summary judgment for taxpayer on the issue of whether the value of club memberships should be excluded from property assessments for tax purposes.

  • Stelly v. WSE Property Management, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-08-05
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Blaska, Dana Norman, Thomas Blaska, (The Blaska Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Shannon, (Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP), Atlanta, Theresa Benz, Jacob Rey, (Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP), Denver, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0248

    Court reverses summary judgment in a slip-and-fall action due to outstanding issues of material fact