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  • Rutledge v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: August Siemon, (Attorney at Law.), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anna Johnson, Samir Patel, Erle Newton, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit - District Attorney’s Office), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0272

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion for immunity to prosecution based on defense-of-dwelling arguments, and affirms his simple battery conviction

  • Crawford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Bradley, (Ocmulgee Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Eatonton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0217

    Court affirms child molestation convictions and rejects ineffective counsel claim over his trial counsel's decision not to strike and remove a juror for cause

  • Aijaz v. Arellano

    Publication Date: 2024-06-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Breedlove
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 05-23-00628-CV

    Following the breakdown in a romantic relationship between the parties, appellee filed a petition alleging psychological harm, criminal trespassing, and threats of defamation by appellant, supported by texts and emails.

  • Senior Care Living VI, LLC v. Preston Hollow Capital LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-06-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Farris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 01-21-00602-CV

    Appellant Senior Care Living VI, LLC borrowed proceeds from bond sales to build an assisted living facility and signed promissory notes.

  • The Radiology Group, LLC v. Marks

    Publication Date: 2024-05-31
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angelo Merolla, (Merolla & Gold, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Craig Allen, (Spears Moore Rebman & Williams), Chattanooga, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0139

    Court reverses default judgment against defendant due to plaintiff's late filing of service proof, which delay extended defendant's response time

  • Tamayo v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Forrest Shealy, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Elizabeth York, (District Attorney Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0534

    Court affirms convictions in child cruelty and battery case over defendant's challenges to his indictment and the constitutionality of a statute, and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • The State v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2024-05-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A0328

    Court affirms suppression of DUI evidence due to unreasonable prolongation of traffic stop, and vacates and remands a ruling on probable cause

  • Blanton v. Red Desert Enter., LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-05-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Womack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 02-23-00191-CV

    The lawsuit involves two pieces of property, the contested property and the adjacent property. The contested property was transferred to various entities, eventually leading to appellees.

  • Torres v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Justice Baker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 03-23-00044-CR

    Appellant was convicted of capital murder for killing Jerry Lee by shooting him in the course of committing or attempting to commit robbery and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

  • Tekway, Inc. v. Pinnacle Technical Res., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Garcia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 05-22-00752-CV

    A company, that was sued for contractual disputes, successfully proved on appeal that it was entitled to partial relief.