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  • Trammell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca Messinger, (Western Circuit Public Defender's Office), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carroll Chisholm, Sara Adams, (Athens-Clarke Solicitor General's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1942

    Police Officers Did Not Have "Fighting Words" Justification For Arresting Defendant for Disorderly Conduct

  • Smallwood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hunter Joseph Rodgers, Keegan Christian Gary, (Paulding County Public Defender's Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Donald R. Donovan, Elisabeth Marie Giuliani, Anthony Brett Williams, (Paulding County District Attorney's Office), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1274

    Conviction for Entering an Automobile Affirmed; OGCA §16-8-18 Is Not Unconstitutionally Vague and Does Not Encourage Arbitrary Enforcement

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Alexander Miller, (Steven A. Miller Law), Summerville, Christina Rupp Cribbs, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Allen Arnt, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr., Kevin Jameson Baugh, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1081

    Any Error in Admission of Statement Implicating Co-Conspirator Was Harmless

  • The State v. Copeland

    Publication Date: 2020-12-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S20A0820

    Trial Court's Grant of Immunity to Police Officers Was Based on Factual Findings Not Consistent With Legal Conclusions

  • Runnells v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Armond, (The Armond Firm, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher George, Daniel Porter, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Gwinnett Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office Office of the District Attorney), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1154

    Police Officer Lacked Particularized and Objective Basis For Second-Tier Investigative Detention of Drug-Crime Suspect

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    Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings and Related Torts in Pennsylvania, Second Edition

    Authors: George Bochetto, David P. Heim, John A. O’Connell, Robert S. Tintner

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  • Woody v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Smith, (Law Office of James W. Smith), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White, (District Attorney), Hartwell, Michael Coveney, (District Attorney's Office of the Northern Judicial Circuit), Danielsville, Mark Anadell, (Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia), Danielsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1534

    No Double Jeopardy Where Trial Judge's Improper Communication With Witness Was Not Done With Intent to Abort Trial

  • Goins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-17
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Carter Armond, (The Armond Firm, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Daryl E. Manns, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0847

    Defendant Failed to Show That Police Detective Acted in Bad Faith in Failing to Preserve Evidence

  • Valles v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maryellen Simmons, (Chief Circuit Public Defender Coweta Judicial Circuit), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, Kenneth Kincaid, (Miles Hansford & Tallant, LLC), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1465

    Mere Presence In Area Known For Illegal Activity Did Not Support Investigative Stop of Driver Who Had Broken No Laws

  • Gray v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1160

    Defense Counsel Offered Reasonable Explanations For Failing to Call Witnesses to Bolster Defendant's Self-Defense Theory

  • Patrick v. Andrews et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-28
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jordan Johnson, (Bernard & Johnson, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gary Morris, (Williams Morris & Waymire), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1039

    Court affirms summary judgment for sheriffs due to their qualified and official immunity on defendant's claims of violation of constitutional rights