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  • Ramirez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Alane Penn, Sandra Ann Partridge, (Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office), Cumming, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0905

    Court affirms malice murder conviction in a case involving severe elder neglect and rejects defendant's contention of insufficient evidence of malice

  • Lovell v. Raffensperger et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristen Lovell, Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas L. Cathey, Fort Gordon, Bryan Keith Webb, Russell David Willard, Elizabeth Wilson Vaughan, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William James Keogh, III, Jordan Bell, (Hull Barrett, P.C.), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0887

    Court affirms dismissal of actions against State and county election officials for non-compliance with sovereign immunity waiver requirements under the Georgia Constitution

  • Collington v. Clayton County, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John David Hadden, Darren Wade Penn, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Benjamin Frederick Windham, (Ben F. Windham, P.C.), Locust Grove, Robert Walker Garrett, (Morgan & Morgan Atlanta, PLLC), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jack R. Hancock, Arash Ali Sabzevari, Wes C. Jackson, Jacob Edward Daly, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Charles Madden Cork, III, (LAW OFFICES OF CHARLES M. Cork, III), Decatur, for Amicus Appellant; Kellye C. Moore, (Walker Hulbert Gray & Moore, LLP), Perry, for Amicus Appellee; Daniel C. Prout, Jr., (Waldon Adelman Castilla McNamara & Prout), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S22G1146

    Court verifies that OCGA § 36-11-1 applies to official-capacity claims against county sheriffs, and rules that presenting the claim to a county governing authority satisfies the presentment requirement

  • The State v. Franklin

    Publication Date: 2024-02-06
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Reuven Melnick, (Jonathan R. Melnick PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0842

    Court reverses trial court's suppression of statement taken while defendant was hospitalized and medicated, affirming the need for coercive police conduct for involuntariness

  • Compton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jad Johnson, Victor Aloisio, (Office of the Public Defender, Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clayton Fuller, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1703

    Court affirms conviction for theft by receiving stolen property despite alleged conflict between defendant's Alford plea and claim of innocence

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  • Gibson-Wright v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2024-02-02
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Conklin, (Conklin Law Firm), Atlanta, William Kelbaugh, (The Kelbaugh Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John O’Brien, William Diehl, (Thompson, O’Brien, Kappler & Nasuti, PC), Peachtree Corners, Norcross, Rudolph Smith, Alapaha, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1540

    Court reverses grant of a protective order against a city council member because the evidence did not support that order, and remands for reconsideration of a claim for attorney fees

  • Bray v. Watkins

    Publication Date: 2024-02-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Hendrix, Warren Lietz, (Finch McCranie), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Waymire, Terry Williams, (Attorney at Law), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1469

    On remand from the Georgia Supreme Court, the court vacated its previous opinion and remanded further for reconsideration of sovereign immunity in a lawsuit against a county sheriff

  • Ponders v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Micah Gates, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Kenemer, John Helton, Megan Parker, (McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham, LLP), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1780

    Court affirms conviction for child molestation over defendant's multiple contentions of ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Kevin Armstrong, Pareesa Amjadi, (Fulton County Office of the District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1753

    Court affirms convictions for rape and aggravated sodomy over defendant's contentions of jury instruction error, improper admission of prior acts evidence, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Mason v. Permanent General Assurance Corp. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-30
    Practice Area: Contracts | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Irby, (Irby Law, LLC), Vestavia, William Dobson, (Morriss, Lober & Dobson, LLC), Macon, Michael Lober, (Lober & Dobson), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Norman, (Jones, Cork & Miller), Macon, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1529

    Court reverses dismissal of an insured party's claim for a refund or premiums in a dispute over a cancelled auto insurance policy, citing ambiguity in policy terms as a rationale for its decision