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Publication Date: 2023-11-06 Practice Area:Criminal Law Industry: Court:Georgia Supreme Court Judge:Justice Bethel Attorneys:For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Dwayne C. Singleton, LLC), Griffin, for appellant. for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Charles Keith Higgins, Benjamin E. Gephardt, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Brunswick, for appellee. Case Number: S23A0547
Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of other trial court errors
Publication Date: 2023-11-03 Practice Area:Personal Injury Industry:Recruitment and Staffing Court:Georgia Supreme Court Judge:Justice Warren Attorneys:For plaintiff: Matthew Glenn Moffett, Matthew Ryan Del Campo, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant. for defendant: Blaine Alexander Norris, John R Autry, (Blaine A. Norris, PC), Atlanta, for appellee. Case Number: S22G0914
Court rules that there is no special circumstances exception to the doctrine of respondeat superior and that a basic analysis applies in all instances
Publication Date: 2023-11-03 Practice Area:Wrongful Death Industry:State and Local Government Court:Georgia Supreme Court Judge:Justice Ellington Attorneys:For plaintiff: Craig A. Webster, (Webster Law Group, INC.), Tifton, for appellant. for defendant: Terry Eugene Williams, Jason Christopher Waymire, (Williams Morris & Waymire), Buford, for appellee. Case Number: S22G1152
"Use" of a patrol car for purposes of waiver of sovereign immunity is not limited to active use or use of the car as a vehicle
Publication Date: 2023-11-03 Practice Area:Criminal Law Industry: Court:Georgia Supreme Court Judge:Justice LaGrua Attorneys:For plaintiff: Lon Powell Kemeness, (Lon P. Kemeness), Tifton, for appellant. for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Bradford Lee Rigby, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Cordele, for appellee. Case Number: S23A0429
Court reverses a rape conviction due a defective indictment but affirms a felony murder conviction over defendant's challenge to admission of other acts evidence
Publication Date: 2023-11-02 Practice Area:Criminal Law Industry: Court:Georgia Supreme Court Judge:Presiding Justice Peterson Attorneys:For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant. for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Angela Lynn Mattozzi, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee. Case Number: S23A0987
Jury Was Properly Instructed That State Had to Prove All Material Allegations in Indictment
Publication Date: 2023-11-02 Practice Area:Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline Industry:Legal Services Court:Georgia Supreme Court Judge:Per Curiam Attorneys:For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant. for defendant: Ryan Curtis Cleveland, Boston, for appellee. Case Number: S23Y0688
Disbarment Appropriate Discipline Based on Attorney's History of Abandonment of Clients and Failure to Respond to Notices of Discipline
Publication Date: 2023-11-02 Practice Area:Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline Industry:Legal Services Court:Georgia Supreme Court Judge:Per Curiam Attorneys:For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant. for defendant: David Carleton Head, Waco, for appellee. Case Number: S23Y0635
State Bar's Notice of Discipline Failed to Describe Several Instances of Prior Discipline Cited as Aggravating Factors
Publication Date: 2023-11-01 Practice Area:Constitutional Law | Criminal Law Industry: Court:Georgia Supreme Court Judge:Justice Warren Attorneys:For plaintiff: David Allen Hoort, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant. for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anthony Brett Williams, Matthew Wayne Rollins, (Paulding County District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee. Case Number: S23A0728
Trial Court Did Not Err by Failing to Instruct Jury on Justification and Witness Perjury
Publication Date: 2023-11-01 Practice Area:Constitutional Law | Criminal Law Industry: Court:Georgia Supreme Court Judge:Justice Colvin Attorneys:For plaintiff: Kevin Alan Anderson, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant. for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Jayna Edwards, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee. Case Number: S23A0753
Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Alleged Failure to Adequately Cross-Examine Prosecution Witness
Publication Date: 2023-11-01 Practice Area:Criminal Law Industry: Court:Georgia Supreme Court Judge:Justice Bethel Attorneys:For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., Richard Benjamin Caplan, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant. for defendant: Jonathon Justin Majeske, (The Issa Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee. Case Number: S23A0702
Jailers Accused of Murdering Prisoner Were Not Entitled to Pre-Indictment Protections Afforded to "Peace Officers" under OCGA §17-7-52