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  • Jordan v. State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Wayne Sheppard, (The Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Ruth M. Pawlak, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0171

    Admission of Photographs Did Not Fall Within Definition of Hearsay

  • Wynn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie Lynn Tyo, (Clayton County Public Defender's Office), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Juliana Sleeper, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0103

    Trial Court Did Not Plainly Err in Admitting Impeachment Testimony Made During Cross-Examination

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Yelton Peace, (Manning Peace, LLC), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anita Reynolds Howard, Cara Raye Fiore, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0025

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's contention that trial court should have given a voluntary manslaughter jury instruction

  • Brown et al v. Carson et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-19
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S21G0857

    County Planning Director's Neutral Statements Did Not Confer on Landowner Vested Right to Develop Property

  • Maynard et al. v. Snapchat, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-14
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Brian Terry, Amanda Kay Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Michael Lawson Neff, Darryl Dwayne Adams, Susan Mary Cremer, Timothy Shane Peagler, (The Law Offices of Michael Lawson Neff, P.C.), Atlanta, Todd Robert Henningsen, (Henningsen Injury Attorneys, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori G. Cohen, Sean Patrick Jessee, Andrew Zachery Ryan Smith, (Greenberg Traurig, LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan Hugh Blavin , Anne K. Conley , John Blackston Major Pope, (Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP), Los Angeles, Anne Dodson Gower, (Gower Wooten & Darneille LLC), Atlanta, Robert David Johnson, (Johnson & Alday, LLC), Marietta, for appellee; Brian DeVoe Rogers, (Rogers & Fite, LLC), Atlanta, Lyle Griffin Warshauer, (Warshauer Law Group, PC), Atlanta, Paul Isaac Hotchkiss, (Hotchkiss Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Nkosi John Bey, (Bey And Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Steven Ashby, (The Ashby Firm), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; W. Ray Persons, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Michael L. Eber, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21G0555

    Manufacturer's Duty of Care Extended to Selecting From Alternative Product Designs in Light of Foreseeable Risks of Harm

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  • Doe v. Saint Joseph's Catholic Church et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Brian Terry, Jane D. Vincent, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Darren Wade Penn, Alexandra "Sachi" Cole, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Melina Danielle Lewis, (University of Georgia School of Law), Athens, Emily M. Hetherington, (Wilbanks Cease Clinic), Athens, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S21G0549

    Trial Court Erred in Concluding Plaintiff Could Not Present Evidence Sufficient to Toll Running of Time to Sue Church

  • Burns v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Drew Findling, Marissa Goldberg, Zachary James Kelehear, (The Findling Law Firm, P. C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Ruth M. Pawlak, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0905

    Amendments to Statutes Applied When Peace Officer Was Later Indicted With Respect to Crimes Committed Prior to Amendments

  • Awad v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: D. Benjamin Sessions, (The Sessions Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Patrick Higgins, Jr., Herbert McIntosh Poston, Jr., (Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dalton, for appellee; Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Kimberly A. Dymecki, Peachtree Corners, Hunter Joseph Rodgers, (Paulding County Public Defender's Office), Dallas, for Amicus Appellant; Omeeka P. Loggins, (Augusta-Richmond County Solicitor General's Office), Augusta, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., Gilbert Alexander Crosby, (Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia), Morrow, for Neutral Amicus; Andrew Alan Pinson, Ross Warren Bergethon, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S21G0370

    Court determines that evidence of a defendant's refusal to submit a urine sample is inadmissible because admission violates the right against compelled self-incrimination

  • Bell v. Hargrove

    Publication Date: 2021-12-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bennett Davis Bryan, Laura Karen Johnson, Rebecca Jean Dobras, Omari J. Crawford, (Dekalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellee; Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Drew F. Waldbeser, Zachariah Weston Lindsey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S21G0459

    Court reverses order that affirmed denial of an applicant's weapons carry license, finding that the statute did not give the probate judge authority to deny the application

  • Lane v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-11-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Eric Phillips, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, William C. Enfinger, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1029

    Trial Court Dd Not Err in Allowing Convicted Defendant's Friend, Who Has a Criminal Record, to Testify Regarding His Willingness to Take a Polygraph Test