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  • Wyno v. Lowndes County et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: O. Wayne Ellerbee, John Gee Edwards, (The Ellerbee Law Firm), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James L. Elliott, (Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding, P.C.), Valdosta, for appellee. Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel, Susan Janan Moore, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.), Atlanta, G. Joseph Scheuer, Kelly Jean Long Pridgen, Larry Wayne Ramsey, Jr., (Association County Commissioners of Georgia), Atlanta, for Amicus appellee. Ross Warren Bergethon, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Jameson B. Bilsborrow, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S18A1231

    Georgia Constitution Immunizes Government Employees From Liability Arising From Discretionary Enforcement of Dog Control Ordinances

  • Riley v. State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt Allen Worthington, (Fleming & Nelson, LLP), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1048

    Further Review Necessary to Determine Whether "Person Unknown" Exception Tolled Statute of Limitations on Non-Murder Charges

  • State v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2019-03-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Marc A. Mallon, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marilyn Primovic, (Office of The Public Defender, Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, Brian C. Tevis, (Tevis Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1275

    Motion for a new trial affirmed where trial court failed to give jury an accomplice corroboration charge.

  • Birdow v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chaunda Brock, (Brock Law, LLC), Atlanta, for 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., Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1154

    Murder conviction affirmed after defendant's defenses were found to be meritless

  • Birdow v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chaunda Brock, (Brock Law, LLC), Atlanta, for 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., Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1154

    Murder conviction affirmed after defendant's defenses were found to be meritless

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  • The Anthem Companies, Inc. et al. v. Wills, et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Alan Buchanan, (Buchanan & Land, LLP), Columbus, William Alan Buchanan, (Bill Buchanan, LLC), Columbus, James Russell Doyle, II, (Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith, LLP), Atlanta, James Andrew Washburn, Steven Leonard Strasberg, Miller Peterson Robinson, (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Ean Kade Cullefer, (Georgia Chamber of Commerce), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. Patrick, Jr., (James D. Patrick Attorney at Law), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1512

    Court Reverses Trial Court Order Granting Spoliation Sanctions Where Defendants in Defamation Action Had Discarded Printed Copies of Photos but Produced Digital Originals of the Images

  • Barnes v. State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Davis Smith, (Conger & Smith, LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Timothy Lee Eidson , Ronald Steven Smith , Ronald Victor McNease, Jr.,( Pataula Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cuthbert, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1629

    Murder conviction affirmed where defendant is unable to show ineffective assistance of counsel or trial court error

  • Beavers et al. v. Provost, Director

    Publication Date: 2019-01-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack Beavers, Rockmart, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Hannah, Christopher M. Carr, Annette M. Cowart, Shalen S. Nelson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gayle Abramson, Dallas, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1479

    Court Affirms Dismissal of Petition for Habeas Relief as Improper Means of Seeking Relief in Dispute Between Division of Child and Family Services and Parents Whose Children Were Taken by DCFS

  • Phoenix v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Jones Walker, (GPDC - Appellate Division), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Assistant, (Department of Law), Atlanta , Andrew J. Ekonomou, Jacquelyn Lee Johnson, Carrie Bradley Coleman, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Brunswick, Woodbine, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1439

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Killed Girlfriend and Claimed Continuance That Was Denied Deprived Him of Opportunity to Find Expert to Formulate New, Unspecified Defense

  • Abebe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Michael Reba, (The Law Office of Stephen M. Reba, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, Deborah D. Wellborn, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Larry Jerome Steele, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0894

    Court Affirms Denial of Habeas Petition to Challenge DUI Conviction on Basis That Sentence Had Been Served and Petitioner Failed to Show Ongoing Adverse Consequences