• Beaubrun v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Kleinrock, (Law Office of Lynn M. Kleinrock), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Christopher DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0215

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated child molestation and other crimes over defendant's charges of trial court error in admitting certain testimony

  • Griffin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Roth, (Augusta Office of the Public Defender), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Jared Williams, (District Attorney's Office Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0075

    Court affirms aggravated assault conviction over defendant's contentions that the State failed to disprove self-defense, the trial court erred, and counsel was ineffective

  • Rafac v. Jiangsu Linhai Power Machinery Group Corporation

    Publication Date: 2022-05-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell Graham, (G. Roger Land & Associates), Atlanta, G. Land, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Swift, Jaletta Smith, (Andersen, Tate, Carr), Duluth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1444

    Court vacates dismissal order and remands case because the trial court erred by failing to consider whether an individual was the foreign defendant's appointed agent

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A22A0567

    Court affirms convictions for voluntary manslaughter and other crimes and rejects defendant's contentions that the trial court erred in seating jurors over his strikes

  • Armstrong v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Roch, (The Roch Law Firm, P.C.), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Vaughn, Keely Pitts, (Oconee Circuit District Attorney's Office), Eastman, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0334

    Court vacates order granting an out-of-time appeal to convictions for sale and possession of cocaine and remands with instructions to dismiss the motion

  • Pickens v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Tristan Gillespie, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0042

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated child molestation and other crimes over defendant's challenges to search warrant and admission of his custodial statements

  • Ligon v. Hu

    Publication Date: 2022-04-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, John Nichols, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Michael Wilensky, (Michael S. Wilensky LLC), Atlanta, Michael Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Jane Vincent, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laurie Daniel, John Hall, (Holland & Knight), Atlanta, Matthew Friedlander, Paul Trainor, (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1296

    Court reverses order granting a motion to enforce a settlement in a personal injury matter because acceptance of the settlement did not comply with the offer's terms

  • North Atlanta Golf Operations, LLC et al. v. Ward

    Publication Date: 2022-04-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Social Media
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: F. Hallman, Richard Wingate, (Hallman & Wingate, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: W. McCurdy, (Law Office of W. Phillip McCurdy, LLC), Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1525

    Court reverses summary judgment for defendant as to plaintiff's claim for libel and related claims for damages, fees and an injunction, but affirms as to tortious interference

  • Roth v. Crafton

    Publication Date: 2022-04-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hannah Mitchell, Villa Rica, for appellant.
    for defendant: Desiree Duke, (The Duke Law Firm, LLC.), Carrollton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1486

    Court affirms denial of motion to modify child support order because petitioner did not include a transcript of superior court hearing to support his argument

  • Bethune v. Bethune

    Publication Date: 2022-04-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight Feemster, (Duffy & Feemster, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Gerard, Robert Lingle, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1659

    Banking Records Predating Effective Date of Power Attorney Were Relevant In Action Challenging Agent's Conduct