• Bentford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keenen Twymon, (Law Office of the Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Vincent Faucette, Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for Appellee

    Case Number: A21A0333

    Court vacates and remands matter for consideration of substance of defendant's objection to other acts evidence after defendant was convicted of rape and child molestation

  • Potts v. Clowdis

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene Butt, (James Hugh Potts II, LLC), Atlanta, David Webster, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louis Levenson, (Louis Levenson & Associates), Atlanta, for Appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1966

    Court reverses jury verdict and award for legal malpractice damages because trial court failed to properly redact a complaint and to give proper jury instructions.

  • Pruitt v. Thigpen

    Publication Date: 2021-07-27
    Practice Area: Contracts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Wyrick, (Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP), Atlanta, Joseph Cruser, Robert Noens, (Cruser, Mitchell, Novits, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Bell, (Law Office of David B. Bell), Augusta, Sharon Enoch, (Bell & Bell Associates), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0331

    Judgment Against Personal Injury Defendant Vacated and Remanded as Trial Court's Order Varied From Terms of Settlement Agreement

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Monroe, (John Monroe Law, P.C.), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Akins, Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA), Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0119

    Court affirms convictions for firearm possession by a convicted felon, leaving the scene of an accident, and driving without a license, but vacates sentence of restitution

  • Coin-Op Solutions, LLC v. Metro Carrollton Corporation, et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-23
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Hawkins, (Law Firm GC (Hawkins), LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Kushner, Joseph Hart, (Fellows LaBriola LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0010

    Coin operated amusement machine provider followed improper procedure to appeal an arbitration award, but retailers have a basis to seek confirmation of the award

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  • Rose v. Clark

    Publication Date: 2021-07-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula Free, (Law Office of Paula O'Neal Stewart), Winder, David Thomson, (Beisswenger & Thomson P.A.), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen Bodiford, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0172

    Court affirms contempt finding as to child support payments in a divorce proceeding but vacates an attorney fee award that was not supported by findings of fact or statute

  • Hutcherson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Moon, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michelle Harrison, Bradfield Shealy, (Southern Judicial Cir. District Atty Ofc), Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0235

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motions to withdraw guilty plea and for a new trial on charges of armed robbery, aggravated sodomy, and kidnapping

  • Spence v. Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

    Publication Date: 2021-06-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jermaine Spence, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Wallace, (Brown & Adams, LLC), Columbus, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth Correnti, (C/O Ms. Curtis Carter, West Cen. GA. Reg Hospital), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0588

    Court affirms dismissal of inpatient's appeals of involuntary hospitalization orders, finding that superior court had no jurisdiction to hear the appeals

  • McBride v. Kelly et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph Frails, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Jones, (Attorney at Law), Thomson, Glee Smith, (Attorney at Law), Warrenton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0502

    Court Erred in Entering Final Decree Adopting Special Master's Report Without Affording the Required Time to Reject or Modify Report

  • Collins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Pearlman, (Office of the Public Defender Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Kwiatkowski, Deborah Gonzalez, Kenneth Mauldin, (Office of the District Attorney Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, Brian Patterson, (The Law Office of Brian V. Patterson, LLC), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0084

    Court affirms convictions for serious injury by vehicle and other crimes over defendant's contentions of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel