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  • Choi v. Sierra Construction Company, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-14
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Hasson, Michael O’Neill, (Hasson Law Group LLP), Atlanta, Mariana Melendez, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jefferson Allen, Erin Lewis, (Cohen Cooper Estep & Allen, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Steven Newton, (Steven N. Newton, LLC), Peachtree City, Jin Choi, Roswell, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1057

    Court reverses a judgment on a breach of a construction contract against an individual due to improper jury instructions on the issue of joint venture liability

  • Las Colinas Apartments LLC et al. v. Fannie Mae

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hanson, (Weathington LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Curtis Anderson, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, Kimberly Rizzotti Weber, (Aldridge Pite, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0912

    Court affirms summary judgment order on damages against a debtor in a loan default and foreclosure action

  • The State v. Bobby Lee Fish

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luana Nolen, (Douglas County District Attorney’s Office), Douglasville, Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office Cobb County Courthouse), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Cook, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0920

    Court affirms order granting a motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop that was unlawfully prolonged by an officer

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Johnson, (Law Office of Mickey Johnson), Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Lawson, Richard Perryman, Jennifer Smith, Chase Studstill, (Alapaha Judicial Circuit Distritct Attorney’s Office), Nashville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0969

    Evidence at Trial of Second, Uncharged Crime Had Little Probative Value And Was Highly Prejudicial

  • Cosby v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derek Wright, (Derek M. Wright LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Fani Willis, Lyndsey Rudder, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0701

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to withdraw a non-negotiated guilty plea to convictions for rape, kidnapping, and other crimes

  • Maxwell v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2022-11-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nancy Jordan, (Kessler & Solomiany), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Henry Collins, (Attorney at Law), Newnan, Jean Kutner, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0750

    Court reverses modification of a child custody and parenting plan because trial court erred when it found material changes in circumstances to justify the modification

  • Wright v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Brisendine, Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lenny Krick, Sherry Boston, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1339

    Inconsistent Verdicts Against Two Codefendants Charged With Attempted Murder Were Not Repugnant

  • Shropshire v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Jefferson, (Attorney At Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ruth Pawlak, Fani Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0838

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation and other offenses over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence, but vacates and remands for merger resentencing

  • Stembridge v. Pride Utility Construction Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-10-06
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Rice, (James A. Rice, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen Broughton, (Broughton Law), Atlanta, Bret Moore, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, Timothy Peacock, (Swift, Curie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0720

    Court affirms summary judgment for an employer in an auto accident case because its employee was no acting in the scope of employment at the time of the accident

  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dewaymon Harris, (Jenkins Correctional Facility), Millen, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Doupe, Terry Lloyd, (Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Thomson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0736

    Court affirms denial of motion to vacate or correct a void sentence because that sentence was within statutory guidelines, regardless of improper recidivist enhancement