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  • Sawyer v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Horne Petrey, (Dekalb County Public Defender's Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul Emily Kathleen Richardson, Sherry Boston, Destiny H. Bryant, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1341

    Court affirms felony murder convictions over defendant's arguments on ineffective assistance of counsel regarding evidentiary issues

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Williams, Millen, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Vanessa Therese Sassano, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, (Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1250

    Court affirms denial of murder defendant's pro se new trial motion over his multiple arguments of insufficient evidence, ineffective assistance of counsel, and error

  • Floyd v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James N. Finkelstein, (Attorney at Law), Albany, appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gregory W. Edwards, (Dougherty County District Attorney's Office), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1493

    Co-Defendants' Antagonistic Defenses, Without a Showing of Resulting Prejudice, Are Insufficient to Require Severance of Trial

  • Gaston v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Santos Fleischman, Noah Howard Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, F. McDonald Wakeford, Kevin Christopher, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1284

    Defendant Was Not Prejudiced by Trial Counsel's Failure to Request a Jury Charge on Self-Defense

  • Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Hartry et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-21
    Practice Area: Labor Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eileen M. Crowley, Amanda Rodman Smith, (Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer, LLP), Macon, Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, Virginia A. Seitz, Tobias S. Loss-Eaton, Raymond A. Atkins, (Sidley Austin, LLP), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael J. Warshauer, Trent Scott Shuping, Lyle Griffin Warshauer, (Warshauer Law Group PC), Atlanta, Richard Crawford Foster, Elizabeth Lynn Bentley, (Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP), Atlanta, Frank Mitchell Lowrey, IV, Michael Rosen Baumrind, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Christopher Randall Jordan, (Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn), Brunswick, Kathryn D. Kirmayer, Daniel Saphire, (Association of American Railroads), Washington, for Amicus Appellant. Frank T. Burge, Sr., (Burge & Burge, P.C.), Birmingham, Lawrence M. Mann, (Alpers & Mann, PC), Bethesda, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S19G0008

    Federal Employers' Liability Act Claim Is Not Precluded by Regulations Pursuant to Federal Railroad Safety Act

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  • Ballin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Emily Kathleen Richardson, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Zina B. Gumbs, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Yolanda Rolland Mack, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1087

    Court affirms murder conviction over defendant's evidentiary challenges

  • Shaw v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Mitchell Harrison, (Oconee Circuit Public Defender Oconee Cirucit), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta. Timothy Grady Vaughn, Keely Kight Pitts, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0789

    Defendant Waived Right to Counsel at Pre-Trial Hearing; Prior Violent Acts Against Witness Sufficiently Showed Course of Conduct

  • Green v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, John B. Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Vanessa Therese Sassano, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ryan Reese Leonard, David Heshmat Emadi, Sean Alexander Garrett, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0644

    Court reverses denial of murder defendant's motion for a new trial due to trial court error in excluding certain expert witness testimony at trial

  • Langley v. MP Spring Lake, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-11-18
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Gebhardt, (Gebhardt Law Firm), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sun S. Choy, Jacob Edward Daly, Wes C. Jackson, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Valdosta, for appellee. Dana J. Norman, Thomas Charles Blaska, Thomas C. Blaska, (The Blaska Law Firm), Atlanta, Laura Wilson Speed, (Speed & King LLC), Atlanta, John David Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Caleb Frank Walker, (Katherine L. McArthur, LLC), Macon, Janise L. Miller, Atlanta, Kenneth M. Sissel, Lilburn, Alan B. Gordon, Lilburn, Eugene C. Brooks, IV, (Brooks Law Office), Savannah, Cole Thaler, Crystal Angelique Redd, (Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation), Atlanta,, for Amicus Appellant. Mark W. Wortham, Austin Atkinson, (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, Pearson Kern Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, Hall F. McKinley, III, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, Martin Adam Levinson, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, Garret Warrington Meader, (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Brunswick, James Miachaell Williams, (Fowler Hein Passino Cheatwood & Williams, LLP), Atlanta, John J. McDermott, (National Apartment Association), Arlington, for Amicus Appellee. Kevin Patrick Branch, Zach M. Matthews, (McMickle, Kurey & Branch, LLP), Alpharetta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18G1326

    Limitations provision in lease agreement applies only to contractual actions arising under the lease and not to tort claims

  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Jennifer Leigh Parker, Greg McConnell, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Savannah, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0936

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendants' arguments on sufficiency and admission of evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel