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  • Dukes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Macklyn Smith, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Patsy Austin-Gatson Tristan Gillespie, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Samuel d'Antremont, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1074

    Court affirms denial of new trial motion in a shooting case over defendant's contentions of bias, conflicts, improper jury selection, and denial of a fair trial

  • Phillips v. Lucile Phillips

    Publication Date: 2021-09-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
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    Case Number: 14-19-00618-CV

    A husband, who claimed that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to grant a protective order in favor of his wife during a divorce proceeding, failed to prove that the trial judge erred in its decision.

  • Hewitt v. Helix Energy

    Publication Date: 2021-09-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Wilson
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    Case Number: 19-20023

    Appellant worked as a tool pusher for appellee and acted as a manager while working offshore on an oil rig.

  • White v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Golemon
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    Case Number: 09-19-00328-CR

    A jury convicted appellant of fraudulently possessing items of identifying information.

  • Turkia v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Miller, (Attorney at Law), Summerville, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, Courtney Moore, (Forsyth County District Attorney's Office), Cumming, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1013

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated battery and other crimes over defendant's challenge to how trial court responded to notes from jury, and to jury instructions

  • Court of Appeals: September 9, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-09-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Court of Appeals: September 9, 2021

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Frier, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Aslean Eaglin, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1054

    Defendant Impliedly Consented to Mistrial By Failing to Object

  • Blake v. Tribe Express, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Minerva Steele, (Steele Law, LLC), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: James Parks, (Attorney at Law), Dahlonega, Austin Perry, (McClure, Ramsay, Dickerson & Escoe), Toccoa, Michael Hostetter, (Nall & Miller, LLP), Atlanta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0672

    Court affirms summary judgment for employer in a dispute over whether an employee was within the scope of his employment when an accident occurred

  • Thomas v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Bourliot
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    Case Number: 14-19-00685-CR

    Appellant challenged his conviction for continuous violence against a family member, arguing that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of an extraneous offense under article 38.371 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure on the grounds that (1) the statute on its face violated his constitutional rights to due process and (2) the evidence was admitted in violation of Rule of Evidence 404(b).

  • Ellis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Chappell, II, Roswell, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher Allen Arnt, Lynsay Peardon Chapman, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lafayette, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0780

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's contentions that his Miranda waiver was improper due to intoxication, and ineffective assistance of counsel