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  • Huff v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Leah Mayo, (Rome District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1539

    Defendant Acquiesced in Counsel's Waiver of Defendant's Right to be Present at Bench Conferences

  • Wood et al. v. Wade et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-24
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Wood, (L. Lin Wood, P.C.), Atlanta, Ibrahim Reyes, (Reyes Lawyers, P.A.), Coral Gables, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Beal, Milinda Brown, (Buckley Beal LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0558

    Court affirms interlocutory injunction to enforce a non-disparagement clause in a settlement agreement between attorneys that were formerly in business together

  • Britt v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, Gregory Wagner, (Assistant District Attorney), Jefferson, Victoria Goff, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1695

    Court reverses and remands denial of a pro se motion to withdraw a negotiated guilty plea because defendant was not warned of post-conviction risks of proceeding pro se

  • Walker v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2022-02-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Golemon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 09-20-00011-CR

    Defendant was indicted for the first-degree felony charge of securing a document by deception, Texas Penal Code § 32.46, when he submitted false invoices to a school district for more than $1.2 million of electrical work.

  • Donovan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dixon Lackey, Herbert Poston, (Assistant District Attorney), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1407

    Court vacates order denying pro se motion for a new trial because defendant did not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waive his right to post-conviction counsel

  • Brown v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1672

    Court affirms conviction for statutory rape over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claim of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Roberts v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine Gibson, (The Gibson Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Crochet, (Kutak Rock LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Isler, (Kutak Rock LLP), Denver, Kimberly Sheridan, Jeremy Stallman, (Gordon Rees Scully Manshukhani, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1598

    Court dismisses appeal of dismissal of breach of contract action and remands for consideration of whether motion for substitution of deceased party should be accepted

  • Stonewater Roofing v. Texas Dept of Insu

    Publication Date: 2022-02-14
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Pirtle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 07-21-00016-CV

    Appellant, a professional roofing company, maintained a website that purportedly included various statements about its experience with insurance claims.

  • Gabriel Investment v. Texas Alcoholic

    Publication Date: 2022-02-14
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Appeals | Regulation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Willett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-50322

    A company, that sold alcohol through a grandfather exemption to a public permit and risked losing it following a bankruptcy in federal court, must wait until after the state supreme court answers certified questions.

  • Miles v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Nestrud, (Georgia Public Defender Council - The Appellate Division), Atlanta, Grace Liu, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Jared Williams, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1378

    Trial Court's Failure to Instruct on Lesser-Included Offense In Absence of Written Request Not Reversible Error