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  • Cephas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Jefferson, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, John Nichols, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1144

    Court affirms conviction for misdemeanor obstruction of an officer but vacates a sentencing provision on banishment and remands for resentencing

  • Byrne v. Byrne

    Publication Date: 2022-09-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Meeks, (Attorney at Law), Leesburg, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Zezima, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1080

    Court affirms final judgment and divorce decree awarding a father primary physical custody of twin children

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Augustin et al. v. Walker Lake Emergency Group, PC

    Publication Date: 2022-08-10
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Maguire, Robert Kozloski, (Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C.), Atlanta,or appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Schwartz, (Jackson Lewis P.C.), Atlanta, Thomas Tate, (Andersen, Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0833

    Court affirms summary judgment for health care company and rejects terminated physicians' breach of contract argument because their agreements authorized termination

  • Backman v. Backman

    Publication Date: 2022-07-27
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathy Portnoy, (Portnoy, Garner & Nail, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Beverly Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, Norman Cuadra, (Norman H. Cuadra, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0428

    Immigrant's sponsor had a federal support obligation notwithstanding a waiver of support in a prenuptial agreement, but that obligation was limited by her income

  • Nelson v. McKenzie

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea Pawlak, (Schulten Ward & Turner, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alyson Lembeck, (Ellis Funk, P.C.), Atlanta, Juliette Lavallee, (Western Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0199

    Court reverses order that modified a father's child support payments due to errors in calculating his income and in evaluating educational expenses