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  • Eller et al. v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew K. Winchester (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Aimee F. Sobhani, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Rosemary M. Greene, Sharon Moyer Fox, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Marian York (Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1549

    The evidence sufficiently supported a brother and sister's convictions for killing the sister's boyfriend and leaving his body in the back of his abandoned truck and although the trial court erred in allowing the alternate jurors to retire with the other jurors during deliberations, defendants failed to show that the error harmed them.

  • March 28, 2018 | Supreme Court Brief

    Mapping a Gerrymander Solution | Prof. Re's Brief Rules | Toasting David Frederick

    We've got the preview of arguments in the second of two closely watched partisan gerrymander challenges. SCOTUS advocates turned out in force to cheer David Frederick of Kellogg, Hansen,Todd, Figel & Frederick, as he celebrated his 50th high court argument. And we look at an amicus brief—from UCLA Law School prof Richard Re—that got a lot of attention during an argument Tuesday.

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  • Clary v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Peil (Huggins Peil LLC), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White (District Attorney), Hartwell; Meghan Bowden (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Elberton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1593

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for two counts of first-degree arson, concealing the death of another and three counts of theft by bringing stolen property into the State and defense counsel was not deficient in failing to object to statements the prosecutor made during closing argument, as the statements were not improper.

  • King v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2018-03-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge King
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 16-70018

    The court revised its prior opinion.

  • City Of El Cenizo v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2018-03-26
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jones
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    Case Number: 17-50762

    Various Texas cities, counties and local officials challenged Senate Bill 4, which prohibited sanctuary city policies throughout the state.

  • March 24, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

    New Partners

    Below is the list of new partners for 2017.

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  • March 21, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Best Practices to Promote Lateral Partner Integration

    Lateral hiring continues to be a central strategy in how law firms grow. According to a recent legal-industry transition survey for 2017, more than 95 percent of law firms indicated lateral growth was a key initiative, but it's a strategy full of risk, unknowns and pitfalls.

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  • March 15, 2018 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    Eckert Seamans Not Liable for Property Lost in Foreclosure, Judge Rules

    Though state law sets down rules for how possessions should be handled after a foreclosure, the foreclosing party's attorneys aren't responsible for ensuring they are followed, the judge ruled.

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  • Kemp v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Konrad Gerhard Waldemar Ziegler, Christopher Ryan Lee (Lee & Ziegler, LLP), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Michael Scott Carlson, John Stuart Melvin, D. Victor Reynolds, John Richard Edwards (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1646

    The evidence supported defendants' convictions for malice murder and other crimes in connection with a planned robbery that turned fatal and the trial court properly admitted a former police informant's testimony about statements one of the defendants made to him while they were in jail together, as the former informant was not acting as a government agent at that time.

  • Cimino v. Sticht

    Publication Date: 2018-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, U.S. - WDNY
    Judge: District Judge Frank Geraci
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 16-CV-6204

    Habeas Relief Denied for Lack of Youthful Offender Treatment on Assault Charge