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  • Board of Commissioners of Lowndes County v. Mayor and Council of The City of Valdosta et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-30
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Government
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter Gus Elliott, II, James L. Elliott, (Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding, P.C.), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George T. Talley, Timothy Marzine Tanner, (Coleman Talley, LLP), Valdosta, Andrew (Andy) J. Welch, III, Warren Michael Tillery, Brandon Filson Palmer, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, Christopher M. Carr, Julie Adams Jacobs, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Logan B. Winkles, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20G0472

    Sovereign Immunity Does Not Bar County's Claims for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief Against State Officials in Their Individual Capacities

  • Norman et al. v. Xytex Corp. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-19
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Francis McDonough, (Heninger Garrison & Davis, LLC), Atlanta, Nancy Hersh, Kate Hersh-Boyle, (Hersh & Hersh), San Francisco, David Blake Newdorf, (Newdorf Legal), Oakland, William L. Garrison, Jr., (Heninger Garrison Davis), Birmingham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Edward Lavender, Alison Lawrence Currie, Andrew John King, (Fisherbroyles, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Timothy D Lytton, (Georgia State University College of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19G1486

    Rule Barring "Wrongful Birth" Claims Did Not Necessarily Bar All Claims Based on Defective Sperm

  • Ellison v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brett W. Ladd, (The Ladd Law Firm, LLC), Blairsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert E. Franklin, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0984

    DNA Evidence Obtained From Defendant's Buccal Swab Did Not Match DNA Found at Crime Scene or Incriminate Defendant; DNA's Admission Was Harmless Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

  • Parker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Grossman, (Law Office of Richard A Grossman), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, David K. Getachew-Smith, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0826

    Court affirms defendant's murder convictions over multiple contentions of error relating to his mental state

  • Scott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-05
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Alan Anderson, (Atlanta Circuit Public), Atlanta, Joseph C. Timothy Lewis, (JCTL Law), Colorado Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Marc A. Mallon, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0880

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Challenge Credibility of Prosecution Witnesses

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  • Powell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Walter Kraus, (Office of the Public Defender), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tasha Monique Mosley, Karen Smith Barbour, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0852

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea to charges of malice murder

  • Griffin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Jennifer Leigh Parker, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0789

    Court rejects murder defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel, finding no basis for an objection to testimony about a non-admitted recording

  • Heyward v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Jones Walker, (Eastern Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Matthew Breedon, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0946

    Trial Counsel's Failure to Introduce Equivocal Evidence Supporting Self-Defense Theory Did Not Establish Ineffective Representation

  • The State v. Hinton

    Publication Date: 2020-09-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Juliana Sleeper, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah Wendy Young, (Law Offices Ow Deborah W. Young, LLC.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0648

    Court affirms order suppressing recordings of a defendant's interviews that were made after the defendant invoked his right to remain silent

  • Medina v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight L. Thomas, (D Lowell Thomas PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, Alana Jane Driscoll, (Dekalb County District Attorneys Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0505

    Trial Court's Mistrial Declaration After the Jury Returned and Published its Verdict on a Count Renders Ineffectual Any Attempt to Declare a Mistrial on That Count