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  • Harvey et al. v. Merchan

    Publication Date: 2021-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candace Ellene Rader, (Candace E Rader P.C.), Carrollton, Met Merritt Lane, (Shadrix Lane & Parmer, PC), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Esther Dina Feuer Panitch, (The Panitch Law Group, P.C.), Atlanta, Brian Joseph Atkinson, Emily M. Hetherington, Devin LeDrut Mashman, (Wilbanks Cease Clinic), Athens, for Appellee; Paul E. Weathington, (Weathington, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Lyle Griffin Warshauer, (Warshauer Law Group, P.C.), Atlanta, Darren Wade Penn, Kevin M. Ketner, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jacqueline Olivia Eisermann, Richard A. Horder, (Kazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0143

    Law Applies to Torts Committed in Georgia, While Quebec Law Applies to Torts Committed in Quebec; Trial Court Must Compare Respective Limitations Periods

  • Kinslow v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sydney Rene Strickland, Leigh Ann Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel William Alan Peach, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1001

    Court reverses defendant's conviction for computer trespass, concluding that the evidence did not support a violation of the statutory language

  • Seals v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence W. Daniel, (Lawrence W. Daniel, PC), Atlanta, James Kenneth Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Reese Leonard, Sarah Elizabeth Hilleren, Elizabeth Dalia Racine, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, Sean Alexander Garrett, (DeKalb County Department of Law), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20G0931

    No Direct Appeal Possible From Criminal Conviction After Unresolved Count Was Dead-Docketed

  • Holmes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick Gregory Sellars, Katherine Morgan Mason, Lucy Dodd Roth, (Augusta Circuit Public Defender's Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham,, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Natalie Spires Paine, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0377

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Charging Jury to 'Consider With Great Care and Caution' Felony Murder Defendant's Out-of-Court Statements

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-08
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Wayne Sheppard, (Kenneth W. Sheppard, P.C.), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Richard Benjamin Caplan, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0438

    No Miranda Re-Advice Necessary Following Two-Hour Break During Custodial Interview

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  • The State v. Walden

    Publication Date: 2021-05-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jillian Rachael Hall, Layla Hinton Zon, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Scott Carter, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0210

    Court reverses ruling suppressing defendant's pre-Miranda statements because the record showed she had not been detained when she made those statements

  • Draughn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Crawford, (Crawford & Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Gray, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0041

    Court affirms malice murder convictions over defendants' multiple challenges to evidence and contentions of trial court error.

  • Lopez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara S Becker, (Drew Eckl Farnham), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0322

    Dying Victim's Statements to Others Identifying Assailant Admissible at Trial as Excited Utterances

  • Brandon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    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, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0269

    Murder Defendant's Single Claim of Error Regarding Jury Venire Was Not Preserved for Appeal; Defendant's Claim Is Foreclosed

  • Byers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    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, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Barbara Alison Sosebee. Nicholas Donald Nunn, (Appalachian Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Blue Ridge, Jessica Garmon Cantrell, Elizabeth Brogden Mackey, (Pickens County District Attorney's Office), Jasper, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0296

    Any Error in Failing to Admit Defense Witness Testimony Was Harmless; Jury Would Still Have Been Highly Likely to Find Defendant Guilty of Murder