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  • Hightower v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-12-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Z Brown, (The Moore Brown Law Group, P.C.) Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Vanessa Therese Sassano (Department of Law), Atlanta; Teri Brown Walker, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Deputy D.A., (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1238

    No merger of separate assault and aggravated battery convictions where each act caused separate injuries.

  • Kirby v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Karl Hube, (The Hube Law Firm, PC), Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy, Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Assistant, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Samuel H. Altman, District Attorney, John Alexander Fitzner, III, Chief A.D.A., Jessica Black Wilson, A.D.A., (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Swainsboro, Lyons, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0936

    Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Killed Intended Rape Victim

  • Georgia Department of Human Services et al. v. Addison et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-09-27
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ross Warren Bergethon, Annette M. Cowart, Penny Hannah, Shalen S. Nelson, Christopher M. Carr, Jameson B. Bilsborrow, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Andrew Ferenchick, (The Law Office of Kevin S. Cauley, LLC), Cairo, Gilbert J. Murrah, (Law Office of Gilbert J. Murrah, P.C.), Bainbridge, for appellee. Charles R. Bliss, Mara Leah Block, (Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.), Decatur, Lisa Jane Krisher, Michael Joseph Tafelski, (Georgia Legal Services Program), Atlanta, David Alfred Webster, Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S18A0803

    Court Vacates Decision Invalidating Georgia's Child Abuse Registry in Favor of Resolution by Administrative Proceedings