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  • Slosberg v. Giller, et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Skip Sugarman, Matthew Greer Hawk, (Sugarman Law, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tyler Charles Dixon, (Raiford & Dixon, LLC), Atlanta, Leah Ward Sears, Sasha Nina Greenberg, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Timothy Kyle King, (Hodges, McEachern & King), Peachtree City, Nikola R. Djuric, (Djuric Spratt P.A.), Atlanta for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S21G1226

    No-Contest Clause Did Not Bar Undue-Influence Claim Against Trust Instrument

  • Domingue et al. v. Ford Motor Company

    Publication Date: 2022-07-19
    Practice Area: Evidence | Personal Injury | Products Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig A. Webster, (Webster Law Group, Inc.), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Roger Boorman, Philip Andrew Henderson, Evan E. Smith, IV, (Watson Spence LLP), Atlanta, Paul Frederich Malek, Donald Thomas, (Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP), Birmingham, Michael W. Eady, (Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, LLP), Austin, Brian Charles Lea, (Jones Day), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Henry Snyder, Jr., Rory A. Weeks, (Canella Snyder LLC), Decatur, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Alyssa Bernadette Baskam, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, PC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Richard B. North, Jr., Alex G. Pisciarino, (Nelson Mullins Rilet & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan R. Friedman, Gary J. Toman, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S22Q0279

    Georgia's Seatbelt Statute Did Not Preclude Vehicle Manufacturer From Presenting Evidence of Seatbelt as Part of Restraint System

  • Copeland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-18
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Richard Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0591

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion That Witness Was Not Accomplice And Her Testimony Did Not Require Corroboration

  • Byrd v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Randall Scarborough, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Mathew Eli Plott, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0254

    Trial Court Conducted Proper Analysis in Concluding Defendant's Peremptory Jury Strikes Were Race-Based

  • Thomas v. Caldwell, Warden

    Publication Date: 2022-06-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Marlin Thomas, Wrightsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Whitener Hamilton, (Shepard, Plunkett, Hamilton & Boudreaux, LLP), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1020

    Court reverses habeas court's dismissal of an application for certificate of probable cause to appeal because the petition addressed new issues that arose in re-sentencing

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  • Perkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0158

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's claims of insufficient evidence, trial court error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Butler v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: S22A0317

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's challenge to evidence, claims of trial court error, and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara S Becker, (Conaway & Strickler), Atlanta, 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, Jason Matthew Rea, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0086

    Any Error in Admitting Medical Examiner's Testimony Regarding Blood Spatter Evidence Was Harmless

  • Cook v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Lorraine Leslie, (The Leslie Group, LLC), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ross Warren Bergethon, William Wright Banks, Jr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Oliver Jackson Browning, Jr., (Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cedartown, for appellee; Jill Anderson Travis, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia), Morrow, James C. Bonner, Jr., (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S21A1270

    Criminal Defendant Alleging Deprivation of Right of Appeal Due to Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Must Seek Habeas Relief

  • Martinez-Arias v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Bradford Morris, Jr., Matthew Gerard Leipold, (Northeastern Circuit Public Defender's Office), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, Anna Victoria Fowler, (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney's Office), Gainesville, for appellee; Katie Anne Skeehan, (The Sonoda Law Firm), Atlanta, Peter J. Wpsnik, (Wosnik Law, LLC), Monroe, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S21G0150

    Court determines that testimony about characteristics of an ethnic group was not relevant and should not have been admitted, but error in admitting it was harmless