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  • Thelusma v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Kang, (Attorney at Law), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon, Jillian Hall, (Newton County District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1076

    Trial Court Was Free to Resentence Defendant After Entering Nolle Prosequi Order on Multiple Counts

  • Abernathy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, PC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Christian, Anthony Pickett, (Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Clayton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1459

    Admission of Victim's Trauma Narrative Did Not Violate Child Molestation Defendant's Rights Under Confrontation Clause, Which Does Not Guarantee Reliability of Hearsay Statements

  • In the Matter of Elizabeth Vila Rogan.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Vila Rogan, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, Paula J. Frederick, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y0869

    Court Accepts Attorney's Petition for Voluntary Surrender of Her License; Attorney Had Been Indicted for Forging a Judge's Initials Without Express Permission

  • Sanchious v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S20G0123

    Court of Appeals Must Examine Inadmissible Hearsay Claims Child Molestation Defendant Presented on Appeal

  • In the Matter of Vincent Chidozie Otuonye.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-01
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vincent Chidozie Otuonye, (Law Office of Vincent Otuonye), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y1265

    Court accepts attorney's petition to surrender his law license after he was convicted on a felony charge of furnishing prohibited items to inmates

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    Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings and Related Torts in Pennsylvania, Second Edition

    Authors: George Bochetto, David P. Heim, John A. O’Connell, Robert S. Tintner

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  • Riley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A20A1376

    Court affirms convictions for possession of tools to commit a crime and forgery over defendant's contentions of evidentiary error

  • In the Matter of Neil Richard Flit.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, LaRae Dixon Moore, (Page Scrantom Sprouse Tucker & Ford PC), Columbus, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y0637

    Court accepts attorney's petition to surrender his law license where the record showed that the attorney failed to timely disburse settlement funds to two clients

  • In the Matter of Don Smart

    Publication Date: 2020-08-06
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harry D. Dixon, (Donnie Dixon Attorney at Law, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y0957

    Court accepts attorney's voluntary petition to surrender his law license following his guilty plea to theft by conversion

  • The State v. Drake

    Publication Date: 2020-07-27
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Smith, Paul Trifiletti, (Piedmont Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Smith, (Law Office of James W. Smith), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0248

    Continued Detention of Motorist After Search of Vehicle Following Traffic Stop Exceeded Scope of Original Stop

  • In the Matter of James Caleb Clarke, III.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-24
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heidi Manroe Faenza, (Supreme Court of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Caleb Clarke, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Z0712

    Attorney Who Voluntarily Surrendered His License After Engaging in Misconduct May Be Readmitted After Demonstrating Rehabilitation