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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

Scott v. The State

Publication Date: 2022-09-23
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Pilgrim, (The Pilgrim Law Group, LLC), Villa Rica, for appellant.
for defendant: Matthew Ciccarelli, (Office of the District Attorney, Stone Mountain Circuit Office of the District Attrorney, Stone Mountan Judicial Circuit), Decatur, Sherry Boston, Heather Waters, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
Case Number: A22A0989

Defendant Failed to Show Prosecution Intentionally Goaded Him Into Moving for Mistrial

Gardei v. Conway et al.

Publication Date: 2022-09-19
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mimi Duong, (The Law Offices of Mark Allen Yurachek & Associate), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Tuwanda Williams, Murray Weed, (Gwinnett County Department of Law), Lawrenceville, Andrew Pinson, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, Tina Piper, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Rebecca Dobras, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellee.
Case Number: A20A0818

Cause of action for declaratory and injunctive relief against enforcement of the Georgia Sex Offender Act is not time-barred when action has not yet accrued

The State v. Anderson

Publication Date: 2022-09-09
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Markle
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Clifford Kurlander, Nam Nguyen, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
for defendant: Stuart Mones, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A22A0731

Court vacates trial court's exclusion of other acts evidence and remands for proper application of Rule 403 balancing test and analysis of other potential uses of evidence

Johnson v. Lindsay Pope Brayfield & Associates, Inc. et al.

Publication Date: 2022-08-03
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: Consulting
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gene Massafra, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert Thomas, Jaletta Smith, (Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for appellee.
Case Number: A22A0189

Court affirms summary judgment for employer in a discrimination and wrongful discharge case brought by disabled employee whose accommodation request was denied

Glasper v. The State

Publication Date: 2022-07-28
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Hodges
Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Morris, (Public Defender Office), Gainesville, Christopher van Rossem, (Northeastern Judicial Circuit Public Defender Office), Gainesville, for appellant.
for defendant: William Akins, (Assistant District Attorney), Gainesville, Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Gainesville, for appellee.
Case Number: A22A0505

Court reverses revocation of defendant's probation because it had been based on wrongly-admitted evidence that violated the best evidence rule

King v. The State

Publication Date: 2022-07-06
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Hodges
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jana Dixon, (Lister Holt & Dennis LLC), Conyers, for appellant.
for defendant: Pamela Bettis, Katie Payne, (Office of the Solicitor-General of Henry County Henry County Judicial Center), Mcdonough, for appellee.
Case Number: A22A0263

Court affirms conviction for driving under the influence based largely on a trooper's observations of defendant's driving and conditions

Parrish et al. v. St. Joseph'S/Candler Health System, Inc. et al.

Publication Date: 2022-07-05
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice | Wrongful Death
Industry: Health Care
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Gobeil
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah Adle, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Brookhaven, Stephen Lowry, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: William Dekle, B. Smith, (Brennan, Wasden & Painter, LLP), Savannah, Daniel Huff, Randolph Powell, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Wilkes, Irving Drought, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
Case Number: A22A0484

Motion to Vacate Consent Order Founded on Prior Attorney's Legal Mistake Properly Denied

June 23, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'Jurors Broke the Rules': Request for New Trial Renewed After Jurors Searched Google

"The court determined that there was 'no reasonable probability' of harm, invoking the standard typically applicable to nonconstitutional errors, rather than applying the 'beyond a reasonable doubt' standard that applies to most constitutional errors, including errors arising from juror misconduct," read the Supreme Court of Georgia decision.

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The State v. Mathews

Publication Date: 2022-06-17
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Racine, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellant.
for defendant: Dorian Murry, (The Murry Law Group), Stone Mountain, Leigh Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A22A0460

Court vacates motion to suppress evidence collected at a traffic stop and remands for findings of officer's experience in detecting drugs