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  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nancy Miller (Attorney at Law), Columbus; Victoria Novak (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit Public Defenders of), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Bickerstaff (DA's Office-Chattahoochee Jud. Cir. Office of the District Attorney), Columbus; Jennifer Dunlap (Chattahoochee Circuit Assistant District Attorney), Julia Slater (District Attorney Chattahoochee Circuit), Columbus; Matthew Landreau (Chattahoochee Judicial District, District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1204

    Police Officer Induced Minor Defendant's Incriminating Statements By Offering Lighter Punishment

  • Harris v. City Of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2018-04-03
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Government | Whistleblower Laws
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie Weiner (Law Office of Julie M. Weiner), Marietta; Howard Evans (Howard R. Evans & Associates), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathryn Hinton, David Gevertz (Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowtiz, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1984

    Employee Who Claimed Termination Violated Whistleblower Laws Failed to Show Employer's Proffered Reasons for Termination Were Pretextual

  • Davis et al. v. Ganas et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-28
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl Langley (C. Richard Langley, Attorney at Law), Albany; John Sims (Sims, Fleming, Benson), Tifton; William Turner (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: O. Ellerbee (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1423

    The Court of Appeals partially vacated the grant of partial summary judgment to plaintiffs in their suit arising out of the use of a private lake, holding that although plaintiffs acquired free access to the waters of the lake because their property was included in a platted subdivision that granted the owners such access and plaintiffs relied on such, an issue of fact remained as to whether free access to the waters included the right to construct and/or maintain a boathouse and dock that was anchored to the bottom of the lake.

  • Clary v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Peil (Huggins Peil LLC), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White (District Attorney), Hartwell; Meghan Bowden (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Elberton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1593

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for two counts of first-degree arson, concealing the death of another and three counts of theft by bringing stolen property into the State and defense counsel was not deficient in failing to object to statements the prosecutor made during closing argument, as the statements were not improper.

  • State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Corporation v. Fabrizio

    Publication Date: 2018-01-31
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Britton White, G. White (Brennan, Harris & Rominger LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Downey (The Downey Law Firm, LLC), Macon, for appellee. Sarah Akins (Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, L.L.P.), Savannah; Lester Miller (Law Office of Lester Monroe Miller), for other party.
    Case Number: A17A1446

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to plaintiff in her suit to collect uninsured/underinsured motorist benefits following an automobile accident, because genuine issues of material fact existed regarding coverage under five automobile insurance policies issued to plaintiff's father.

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  • Henderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-12-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Donnelly (Western Circuit Public Defender's Office), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Chafin (Assistant District Attorney Western Judicial Circuit), Athens; Kenneth Mauldin (District Attorney), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1926

    The trial court failed to properly apply the applicable test when it granted State's motion to involuntarily medicate a mentally ill criminal defendant in an attempt to make him competent to stand trial.