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  • Palencia v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S21G0949

    Giving Single Accomplice Instruction Without Also Instructing on Accomplice Corroboration Was Clear and Obvious Error

  • Davenport v. Ward

    Publication Date: 2022-05-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Kammer, (Mercer Law School), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0179

    Court reverses habeas court judgment and sets aside conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, which should have merged into an armed robbery charge

  • Rawls v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Kammer, (Mercer Law School), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tasha Monique Mosley, Karen Smith Barbour, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0134

    Appeal From Denial of Motion For Copy of Trial Transcripts at Public Expense Was Moot

  • Alexander v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Erica Patrick Shepley, James Bradley Smith, (Piedmont Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Jefferson, for appellee
    Case Number: S21G0112

    Showing of Actual Prejudice Required to Establish Ineffectiveness of Counsel For Failure to Object to Courtroom Closure

  • McInerney v. McInerney

    Publication Date: 2022-04-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Paul Johnson, Elizabeth Esther Berenguer, (Johnson, Kraeuter & Dunn, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew McLean Wilkes, William C Phillips, (Oliver Maner, LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1068

    Superior Courts Can Transfer or Dismiss Divorce Cases Under Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens

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  • McEntyre v. Sam's East, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-25
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph West Dent, (Joseph W. Dent, P.C.), Albany, Alfreda Lynette Sheppard, (Watson Spence LLC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ernest Linwood Beaton, Howard M. Lessinger, (McLain & Merritt), Atlanta, John Holder Smith, Jr., (Young Thagard Hoffman Smith & Lawrence), Valdosta, for appellee; Keith Robert Blackwell, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21Q0909

    Tort Claim Arising From Store Employee's Failure to Properly Secure Load on Customer's Truck Subject to Ordinary Negligence Analysis

  • Junior v. Graham

    Publication Date: 2022-03-25
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben C. Brodhead, III, Ashley Brooke Fournet, John Wesley Ingram Nichols, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Michael Brian Terry, Michael Brandon Jones, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Joseph Robb Cruser, Raymond Russell Grant, II, (Cruser & Mitchell, LLP), Norcross, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S21G0578

    Post-Trial Attorney Fee Award For Litigation Expenses Did Not Preclude Separate Award For Failure to Accept Settlement Offer

  • Daniels v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Wadkins, Jr., (Wadkins & Wallace P.C.), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Mark Preston Jones, Columbus, Frederick Lewis, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1268

    Juvenile Suspect Knowingly and Voluntarily Waived Constitutional Rights Before Speaking With Police

  • Anderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Michelle Kempter, (Kempter Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0981

    Photo Lineup Administered to Witness Was Not Impermissibly Suggestive

  • Maddox v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0967

    Defendant Waived Claim of Error in Regard to Simultaneous Jury and Bench Trials for Defendant and Co-Defendant