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  • Armstrong et al. v. Cuffie et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy James Gardner, Henrietta Gaveral Brown, (Gardner Trial Attorneys), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas F. Cuffie, Magua Bianca Benson, (The Cuffie Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee; James Andrew Neuberger, (Neuberger Law, LLC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S20G1404

    Statute of limitations for legal malpractice claim in a negligence case begins on the last day when injured party' counsel could have started an underinsured motorist claim

  • Tyler v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council -Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0553

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion Defendant Killed Guard In Order to Facilitate Stealing Guarded Property

  • Davenport v. State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Onys Rentz, Gregory Davis Smith, (Conger & Smith, LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, (Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0295

    Evidence Presented at Trial Was Sufficient to Sustain Malice Murder-Related Convictions; Court Did Not Err in Refusing to Charge Jury on Voluntary Manslaughter

  • Fitts v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert James Beckwith, (The Beckwith Law Firm), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Patrick Doupé, (Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomson, Steven Tyler Normandia, (District Attorney's Office for the Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0159

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion Shooter's Girlfriend Was Party to His Crimes

  • Bonner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, William Donald Kelly, Jr., (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0070

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and trial court error on failure to give a jury charge on an accident defense.

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  • Felts v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brad Gardner, Rex, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Burke Olivia Doherty, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0320

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion Defendant Was Party To Crimes Committed By Another Person

  • Gobert v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen H Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, John Winston Franklin, Christopher Allen Arnt, (Lookout Mountain District Attorney's Office), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0141

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and trial court error

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Henry Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Burke Olivia Doherty, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0422

    Trial Counsel's Decision to Withdraw Motion to Suppress Was Consistent With Trial Strategy of Self-Defense

  • Neuman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, Atlanta, Veronica M. O'Grady, (Clayton County Public Defender), Morrow, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Anna Green Cross, (The Summerville Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1143

    No Need to Disqualify Prosecutors Whose Previous Access to Privileged Mental Heath Records Resulted in Retrial

  • Pender v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, Benjamin E. Gephardt, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1505

    Admission of Other Co-Defendants' Redacted Statements to Police Was Not Bruton Error