Padilla-Garcia v. The State

Publication Date: 2024-07-25

Practice Area: Criminal Law

Industry:

Court: Georgia Court of Appeals

Judge: Judge Rickman

Attorneys:

For plaintiff: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.

For defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Clifford Kurlander, Christopher DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

Case number: A24A0503

Court affirms convictions for aggravated sexual battery and child molestation but vacates overbroad probation condition and remands for resentencing

Hill v. State

Publication Date: 2024-07-18

Practice Area: Criminal Law

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Court: Georgia Supreme Court

Judge: Justice Warren

Attorneys:

For plaintiff: Tyler Aaron Pope Carey, (Frost & Carey, LLC), Covington, for appellant.

For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Amber Rae Bennett, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

Case number: S24A0156

Court affirms conviction for malice murder over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, trial court error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

Ford v. The State

Publication Date: 2024-07-16

Practice Area: Criminal Law

Industry:

Court: Georgia Supreme Court

Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson

Attorneys:

For plaintiff: Lucile Miller Ruiz, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.

For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ruth M. Pawlak, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

Case number: S24A0101

Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contention of insufficient evidence, improper witness testimony, and erroneous admission of evidence

Hostetler v. The State et al.

Publication Date: 2024-07-15

Practice Area: Criminal Law

Industry:

Court: Georgia Supreme Court

Judge: Justice Colvin

Attorneys:

For plaintiff: Greg Allen Willis, Jessica Jones, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.

For defendant: Leah Cristina Mayo, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.

Case number: S23A0524

Court vacates denial of habeas petition as not being moot, although defendant had completed her sentence, due to potential recidivist sentencing

Ferguson et al. v. Spraggins

Publication Date: 2024-07-09

Practice Area: Insurance Law | Personal Injury

Industry:

Court: Georgia Court of Appeals

Judge: Judge Brown

Attorneys:

For plaintiff: Charles Adams, (Kenneth S. Nugent, P.C.), Macon, Caroline Herrington, Ashley Pitts, (Adams & Jordan PC), Macon, Alex Kaplan, (Brimberry Kaplan & Brimberry, PC), Albany, for appellant.

For defendant: Sean Gill, (Gower Wooten Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Franklin Coleman, (Drew Eckl & Farnham), Albany, Barbara Marschalk, (Drew Eckl & Farnham), Atlanta, William Larsen, (Martin Snow, LLP), Macon, Matthew Lawrence, Jeremy Willis, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith, Lawrence & Shenton), Valdosta, for other Party.

Case number: A24A0853

Court affir