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  • White v. Stanley et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-18
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    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: Karl Broder, Griffin, for appellee; Hung(Alex) Nguyen, (Hq Alex Hguyen Law Firm, LLC), Norcross, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0986

    Auto Accident Plaintiff Not Prejudiced by Trial Court's Incorrect Instruction on Preponderance of Evidence Standard

  • Craw v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Frier, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lenny Krick, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1077

    Court affirms convictions for voluntary manslaughter and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and jury instruction error

  • The State v. Peppers

    Publication Date: 2023-10-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David White, (District Attorney), Hartwell, Jeffrey Lee, (Elbert County District Attorney’s Office), Elberton, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Smith, (Law Office of James W. Smith), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0855

    Court reverses a trial court's grant of a motion for a new trial, which grant had been based on insufficient evidence, because double jeopardy precluded a new trial

  • Simmons v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Harrison, (Public Defenders Office Oconee Judicial Circuit), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Vaughn, Kelli Adams, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0775

    Court reverses denial of a motion to vacate a void sentence for felony sexual battery that was deemed void because the victim was not under 16 at the time of the offense

  • Stringer v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lela Acker, (Georgia Public Defender Council, Appellate Division), Albany, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Mulholland, (District Attorney), Bainbridge, for appellee,
    Case Number: A23A0667

    Court affirms convictions for felony obstruction, marijuana possession, and other crimes over defendant's contentions of jury charge error and insufficiency of evidence

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  • The State v. Bowman

    Publication Date: 2023-08-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Donovan, Anthony Williams, Matthew Rollins, (Paulding Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keegan Gary, (Paulding County Public Defender), Dallas, Hunter Rodgers, (J. Ryan Brown Law, LLC), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1873

    The court vacated a prior opinion and ruled that a defendant's speedy trial right was violated because a jury was not sworn under oath

  • Sons of Confederate Veterans v. Henry County Board of Commissioners

    Publication Date: 2023-08-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walker Chandler, Peachtree City, Timothy King, (Hodges, McEachern & King), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Megan Martin, Patrick Jaugstetter, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee; Mawuli Davis, (The Davis Bozeman Law Firm PC), Decatur, Maryum Jordan, (Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law), Washington, for AM.
    Case Number: A21A0734

    Court affirms trial court holding that an individual's lawsuit for injunctive relief over removal of a Confederate monument is barred by sovereign immunity.

  • Emile Blau v. Stacia Horn Blau

    Publication Date: 2023-07-27
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Family Law | Insurance Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Golden, (Kupferman & Golden), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Cook, (Smith & Liss, LLC), Atlanta, Robert Wellon, (Robert G. Wellon, Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0489

    Divorced Spouse's Obligation to Maintain Life Insurance Policy Naming Other Spouse as Beneficiary Constituted Alimony

  • Phillis Graham v. Hospice Savannah, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-26
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent Savage, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sandra Foster, Marvin McGahee, (Brennan, Wasden & Painter, LLC), Savannah, for appellee; Jordon Morrow (Brannen, Searcy & Smith), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0430

    Employee Called to Work Outside of Normal Schedule Was Not on "Special Mission" While Commuting to Work

  • Cagle v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-07-07
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Lemond, Edward Webb, (Webb, Klase & Lemond, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Madel, Jennifer Robbins, Ellen Wickham, (Madel PA), Minneapolis, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0403

    Facts Not Sufficient to Support Numerosity Requirment For Class Certification