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  • Hughs v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-11-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lyndsey Alaine Hix, (Augusta Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0970

    Trial Counsel's Failure to Present Competing Medical Expert Testimony on Cause of Death Was Not Unreasonable Tactical Decision

  • State v. Bowman

    Publication Date: 2021-11-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Donovan, Anthony Williams, (Assistant District Attorney), Dallas, Matthew Rollins, (Paulding Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keegan Gary, Hunter Rodgers, (Paulding Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1873

    Court reverses grant of defendant's motion for discharge and acquittal, finding that his right to a speedy trial was not violated even though petit jury was not sworn in.

  • Department of Transportation v. Mixon

    Publication Date: 2021-10-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher M. Carr, Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope, Kathleen S. Turnipseed, Angela Ellen Cusimano, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kathleen M. Pacious, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Lamar Gibson, (Gibson & Associates, PC), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1410

    Sovereign Immunity Did Not Bar Landowner's Claim for Injunctive Relief Based on Alleged Flooding Following Road-Widening Project

  • Emmons, Warden v. Bryant

    Publication Date: 2021-10-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Kammer, (Mercer Law School), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0532

    Habeas Court Erred in Finding Ineffective Assistance of Appellate Counsel

  • Washington v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-18
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Michelle Kempter, (Kempter Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorne General), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Burke Olivia Doherty, Juliana Sleeper, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0829

    Defendant Not Prejudiced by Trial Counsel's Failure to Object to SurveillanceVideos and Police Opinion Testimony

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  • Mahdi v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mustafa Mahdi, (Rutledge State Prison), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, (Fayette County District Attorney's Office), Fayetteville, Daniel A. Hiatt, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Fayetteville, Marie Greene Broder, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0740

    Failure to Raise Attorney Ineffectiveness Claim in Motion For New Trial Precluded Raising Issue on Direct Appeal

  • Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. McCall

    Publication Date: 2021-10-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Scott Anulewicz, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, Eric D. Ruben, Douglas E. Horelick, (Clyde & Co US, LLP), Miami, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cale Howard Conley, Scott A. Farrow, William Kent Owens, Jr., (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; David Christopher Hanson, (Weathington LLC), Atlanta, Jeffrey S. Ward, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, Brandon Ryan Keel, (King & Spalding), Atlanta, William V. Custer, IV, Christian James Bromley, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Rocco Eugene Testani, (Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP), Atlanta,; Darren Wade Penn, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Larry Coben, (Anapol Weiss), Scottsdale, Joseph M. Colwell, (Butler Wooten & Peak LLP), Columbus, Lyle Griffin Warshauer, (Warshauer Law Group, PC), Atlanta, James E. Butler, Jr., Joel O. Wooten, Jr., Tedra L. Cannella, Ramsey B. Prather, Rory A. Weeks, (Butler, Wooten & Peak LLP), Atlanta, Robert Henry Snyder, Jr., (Schreeder, Wheeler, & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1368

    Georgia Courts Have General Personal Jurisdiction Over Corporations Registered To Do Business in Georgia

  • Regan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beau Worthington, (Beau A. Worthington, LLC), Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Randal McGinley, Bailey Simkoff, (Newton County District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0883

    Court vacates felony sentence for child molestation and remands for consideration of defendant's constitutional challenge under the Equal Protection Clause.

  • Walker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelsey Lynne Geary, Donald Paul Geary, (The Geary Law Firm, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Christopher Mark DeNeve, Tristan Wade Gillespie, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0965

    Purported Invocation of Rights During Custodial Interrogation Was Not Unambiguous, Unequivocal, or Understandable

  • Woods v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Michael McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Michelle Thomas Harrison, James Bennett Threlkeld, Bradfield M. Shealy, (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0862

    Potential Prejudice From Trial Counsel's Alleged Ineffectiveness Required Remand For Review of Facts and Related Issues