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  • Black Voters Matter Fund Inc. et al. v. Kemp et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Court Administration | Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Thomas Rhodes, Samuel Aaron Emas, (Hunter Rhodes LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Barrett Belinfante, Vincent Robert Russo, Jr., Javier Pico-Prats, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Holly Anne Pierson, (Pierson Law LLC), Atlanta, Russell David Willard, Lee M. Stoy, Jr., Christopher M. CarrBryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Wayne Brown, Samuel Ethan Meller, (Augusta Law Department), Augusta, George R. Hall, William James Keogh, III, James Christopher Driver, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, Barry Abbott Fleming, Frank Adam Nelson, Paul Simon Patterson Williams, (Fleming & Nelson, LLP), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1263

    Voter Advocacy Organization Lacked Standing to Challenge Legislation Splitting Judicial Circuit Into Two New Circuits

  • Fortson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft, (Office of the Public Defender), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Leslie Anna Coots, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1038

    Circumstantial Evidence Sufficient to Allow Jury to Infer Defendant Shared Common Criminal Intent With Known Perpetrators

  • Myers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-01-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis Hewitt, (Davis Hewitt Law Firm), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ruth M. Pawlak, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1119

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's contention that trial court failed to exercise its duty as the thirteenth juror to address evidence

  • McAlister v. Clifton

    Publication Date: 2022-01-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Penelope W. Rumsey, (Rumsey & Ramsey), Atlanta, Linda T. F. Day, (The Day Firm, LLC), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise Danielle VanLanduyt, (Vanlanduyt Greer, LLC), Decatur, Tahira Plunkett Piraino, (Piriano Law), Tucker, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0144

    Appeal From Custody Order Became Moot After Child Reached Age of 18

  • Adventure Motorsports Reinsurance, Ltd. et al. v. Interstate National Dealer Services

    Publication Date: 2021-12-27
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Thomas Holm, (Withrow McQuade & Olsen LLP), Atlanta, Eric J Morrison, (Lipsey, Morrison, Waller & Lipsey, P.C.), Knoxville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenton Jones Coppage, (Fox Rothschild LLP), Atlanta, Jeffrey L. Kingsley, (Goldberg Segalla LLP), Buffalo, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21G0008

    Court reverses and vacates aspects of an appellate court's reversal of a trial court's confirmation of an arbitration award in favor of a vehicle dealer and reinsurer

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  • Mahdi v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mustafa Mahdi, (Rutledge State Prison), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, (Fayette County District Attorney's Office), Fayetteville, Daniel A. Hiatt, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Fayetteville, Marie Greene Broder, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0740

    Failure to Raise Attorney Ineffectiveness Claim in Motion For New Trial Precluded Raising Issue on Direct Appeal

  • Ellis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Chappell, II, Roswell, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher Allen Arnt, Lynsay Peardon Chapman, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lafayette, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0780

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's contentions that his Miranda waiver was improper due to intoxication, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Moon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kirby Clements, Jr., (The Clements Law Group, LLC.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Bradley Robert Thompson, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0454

    Trial Court's Removal of Holdout Juror During Deliberation Without Sufficient Cause Was Prejudicial Error

  • Huffman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Kay Jefferson, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Penny Alane Penn, Jennifer Lynn Scalia, (Forsyth County District Attorney's Office), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0289

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Denying Motion to Suppress Statements Made to Law Enforcement Officials; Defendant Voluntarily Waived Miranda Rights

  • Wilson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, Veronica M. O'Grady, (Clayton County Public Defender), Morrow, Christina Rupp Cribbs, (Georgia Innocence Project), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Allen Arnt, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, Megan Camille Gaither, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Ringgold, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1295

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation and other crimes over defendant's claims that prior act evidence was inadmissible