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  • Farmer v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rahmaan Bowick, (Augusta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Augusta, Jay Kim, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Larry Smith, Jared Williams, (District Attorney’s Office Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1677

    Court reverses denial of motion to suppress evidence in a burglary case, highlighting the limits of police authority in encounters and searches

  • Patrick et al. v. Kingston

    Publication Date: 2024-03-12
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, Michael Arndt, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Harrison, Jackson Griner, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for appellee; Robert Gardner, (Attorney at Law), Winder, Brian Hansen, (Kutak Rock LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A1527

    Court reverses trial court's order enforcing a settlement in a fatal car accident case because the defendant's acceptance did not comply in full with the pre-lawsuit settlement offer

  • Barker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cashawn Barker, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sonya Chachere-Compton, (Attorney at Law), Douglasville, Jacob Taylor, William Smith, (Douglas County Solicitor General’s Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1501

    Court affirms conviction for lane violation and rejects defendant's statute of limitations challenge, but vacates and remands with directions for the trial court to perform a proper speedy trial analysis

  • The State v. Middleton

    Publication Date: 2024-03-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Higgins, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leo Kight, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit Public Defender Office), Woodbine, Brian Tyrone, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Jesup, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0422

    On remand and direction from the Georgia Supreme Court, the court vacated its prior judgment and remanded for clarification of an officer's jurisdiction in traffic stop evidence suppression case

  • The State v. Yearwood-Cabbel

    Publication Date: 2024-03-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A23A1728

    Court affirms motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant where neither the challenger nor the evidence was named in the warrant itself

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  • Tucker et al. v. Brannen Lake East, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-02-28
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A23A1265

    Court reverses trial court ruling that had restricted lot owners' lake access and affirmed their express easement right to use the lake

  • Schaffer v. Collinsville Meadow Townhomes, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-02-23
    Practice Area: Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A23A1382

    Court vacates trial court order that precluded a previous owner from asserting an ownership interest in a parcel of property and remands for reconsideration of consideration in conveyance

  • In the Interest of K. M., et al., Children (Mother)

    Publication Date: 2024-02-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Coleman Brice, (C. Brice Law, LLC), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Charles Reddick, (Charles R. Reddick, P.C.), Homerville, Shalen Nelson, Atlanta, Emily Harris, Atlanta, Bryan Rumker, (Bryan Rumker Attorney at Law, LLC), Douglas, for appellee; John Edwards, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, for Other party.
    Case Number: A23A1311

    Court reverses juvenile court's dependency order for lack of clear and convincing evidence of abuse or neglect

  • Clanton v. Taylor, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reza Sedghi, Sandra Davis-Campos, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wendy Heiman, (The Law Office of Nancy W. Phillips), Macon, Karl Broder, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1244

    Court affirms denial of motion for service by publication and grant of defendant's motion to dismiss a plaintiff's action against an insurer in a car accident negligence case

  • Trident Wholesale, Inc. et al. v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2024-02-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Personal Injury
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ernest Satterfield, Pearson Cunningham, Thomas Haswell, Brian Manikowski, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Kenner, (Law Offices of Robert Kenner, Jr.), Stone Mountain, for appellee; Meghan Olson, (Attorney at Law Dunwoody, Nils Okeson, (Fain Major & Brennan PC), Atlanta, for Other party.
    Case Number: A23A1472

    Court vacates trial court's order denying motions for summary judgment in a case for malicious prosecution and related claims in counterfeit product dispute, and remands for further proceedings