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  • USA v. Ceasar

    Publication Date: 2022-04-18
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Elrod
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    Case Number: 21-20163

    A criminal defendant, who was found to be mentally incompetent to stand trial, failed to prove on appeal that the district court lacked authority to order him recommitted.

  • Burrell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Dwayne C. Singleton, LLC), Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Suzanne Brookshire, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit), Cartersville, Rosemary Greene, (District Attorney), Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1973

    Court affirms convictions for kidnapping and other crimes over defendant's challenges to jurisdiction and evidence, and contentions of ineffective assistance

  • In re I.F.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeal, 6th District
    Judge: Justice Grover
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    Case Number: H049207

    County breached duties under ICWA by failing to make further inquiries after being advised of dependent minors' possible Indian heritage

  • Gabel v. Gabel Koehne

    Publication Date: 2022-04-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Hightower
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    Case Number: 01-20-00261-CV

    A mother, who argued that her daughter's father's grandson engaged in family violence against her daughter, failed to prove the trial court was correct in granting her a daughter a protective order.

  • Alonzo v. John

    Publication Date: 2022-04-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Zimmerer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 14-20-00148-CV

    A tractor-trailer driver, who rear-ended a sedan and was found liable at trial for more than $12 million in damages, failed to prove any reversible error on appeal.

  • Richardson v. Flores

    Publication Date: 2022-04-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Election and Political Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Duncan
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    Case Number: 20-50774

    A state secretary of state, that was sued for unconstitutional voting provisions by a group of state citizens, successfully proved on appeal the matter was barred by sovereign immunity.

  • In the Interest of RHB

    Publication Date: 2022-04-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Watkins
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    Case Number: 04-21-00038-CV

    Briones and Bragg divorced in 2016 and the divorce decree provided that Briones would pay child support, maintain health insurance for the children, and pay Bragg certain amounts by certain dates as part of the marital property division.

  • Bland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Lockwood, (Office of the Public Defender Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Jesup, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney's Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney's Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1547

    Trial Court's Error in Proceeding With Critical Stages of Trial in Defendant's Absence Required Reversal of Conviction

  • Fincher v. State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Nestrud, (Coweta Circuit Public Defender's Office), Franklin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Mooradian, John Cranford, (Coweta County Da's Office), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1807

    Aggravated Stalking Indictment Was Defective For Failure to State Facts Constituting Criminal Conduct

  • Fuller v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney's Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney's Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1481

    Court affirms convictions for armed robbery and other offenses over defendant's challenges to evidence and contentions of error and ineffective assistance of counsel