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  • Wright v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Brisendine, Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lenny Krick, Sherry Boston, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1339

    Inconsistent Verdicts Against Two Codefendants Charged With Attempted Murder Were Not Repugnant

  • Crane v. City of Arlington

    Publication Date: 2022-10-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Constitutional Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Higginbotham
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    Case Number: 21-10644

    The estate of a man, who was killed by police following a traffic stop, successfully proved on appeal that the district court erred in finding that there were no genuine issues of material fact to justify summary judgment in favor of the police.

  • Campaign Legal Center v. Scott

    Publication Date: 2022-10-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Election and Political 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: 22-50692

    In 2019, the State of Texas was sued by nonparties, legal activists, over the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, specifically appellant Texas Secretary of State's discovery of voter information of potential non-citizens.

  • Shropshire v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Jefferson, (Attorney At Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ruth Pawlak, Fani Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0838

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation and other offenses over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence, but vacates and remands for merger resentencing

  • Stembridge v. Pride Utility Construction Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-10-06
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Rice, (James A. Rice, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen Broughton, (Broughton Law), Atlanta, Bret Moore, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, Timothy Peacock, (Swift, Curie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0720

    Court affirms summary judgment for an employer in an auto accident case because its employee was no acting in the scope of employment at the time of the accident

  • Finley v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2022-10-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Walker
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    Case Number: 02-21-00112-CR

    Appellant went to trial for misdemeanor assault causing bodily injury to his ex-girlfriend, who testified at trial wearing a mask.

  • Shircliff v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2022-10-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Smith
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    Case Number: 10-18-00206-CR

    A criminal defendant, who pleaded guilty to unlawful possession and was sentenced to fifteen months imprisonment, failed to prove on appeal any reversible error.

  • McKinney v. City of Middletown

    Publication Date: 2022-09-30
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Steven J. Menashi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Noam Biale, Heather Yu Han, on the brief, Alexandra Elenowitz-Hess, Sher Tremonte LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Beatrice S. Jordan, on the brief, Thomas R. Gerarde, Howd & Ludorf, LLC, Hartford, CT.
    Case Number: 19-1765-cv

    Officers Could Disagree Whether Use of Baton, Dog, Taser to Subdue Prisoner Was Lawful

  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dewaymon Harris, (Jenkins Correctional Facility), Millen, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Doupe, Terry Lloyd, (Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Thomson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0736

    Court affirms denial of motion to vacate or correct a void sentence because that sentence was within statutory guidelines, regardless of improper recidivist enhancement

  • Scott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-23
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Pilgrim, (The Pilgrim Law Group, LLC), Villa Rica, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Ciccarelli, (Office of the District Attorney, Stone Mountain Circuit Office of the District Attrorney, Stone Mountan Judicial Circuit), Decatur, Sherry Boston, Heather Waters, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0989

    Defendant Failed to Show Prosecution Intentionally Goaded Him Into Moving for Mistrial