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  • Watson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Norris Lewis, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0772

    Court affirms conviction for drug trafficking over defendants procedural objection and contention of trial court error in a refusal to suppress seized evidence

  • In the Interest of R. J. A., a Child

    Publication Date: 2022-09-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Crawford, (Crawford and Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, Brandon Delfunt, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, Cora Fisher, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Office), Doraville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1062

    Court affirms re-transfer of a rape case against a 16-year old from juvenile to superior court, where the superior court had originally transferred the case to juvenile court

  • Lawson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Cross, (Augusta Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Jared Williams, (District Attorney’s Office Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1100

    Court affirms conviction for aggravated child molestation over defendant's challenge to admission of his prior convictions and other contentions of trial court error

  • Garcia v. Orta

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Southwick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-50890

    Appellee alleged that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated because he was detained without probable cause for driving while intoxicated.

  • Texas Tech University v. Flores

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-20-00202-CV

    In 1993, appellee, then thirty-seven years old, began working at appellant Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso as a temporary medical secretary.

  • In the Interest of ESS

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-21-00025-CV

    Appellant and appellee divorced in 2015.

  • Rayner v. Claxton

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 08-20-00145-CV

    On April 5, 2017, appellant Dennis Rayner was hauling an oversized load of oilfield spools on a truck owned by appellant Even Better Logistics, LLC traveling west on U.S.

  • In the Interest of K. P., a Child

    Publication Date: 2022-09-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amber Walden, (The Fine Print Legal Consulting, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Whitney Kenner Jones, (Kenner Jones Law LLC), Douglasville, for appellee; Valerie Gordon, (Douglas County Juvenile Court - Juvenile Public), Douglasville, Ann Mathis, Douglasville, Randy Duke, Douglasville.
    Case Number: A22A0921

    Court reverses finding of mootness that was used to justify denial of a motion to vacate a protective order and remands for consideration of the merits of the motion

  • Merchant v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Willingham, (Willingham Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa Tatum, (Deputy Chief Assistant Solicitor-General), Marietta, Barry Morgan, (Cobb Solicitor General), Marietta, Anda Griner, (Portnoy, Garner & Nail), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1153

    Court affirms conviction for simple battery over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, deprivation of rights, and ineffective assistance of counsel.

  • Wiggins v. Carr

    Publication Date: 2022-09-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-20-00245-CV

    Appellant filed a pro se petition for termination of his parental rights to S.V., the son he shared with appellee.