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  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tradd Bosch, (Northern Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Royston, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White, Branden Pollett, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Hartwell, Michael Coveney, (District Attorney's Office of the Northern Judicial Circuit), Danielsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0709

    Court affirms convictions under Georgia Street Gang and Terrorism Act over defendants contentions of evidentiary and other trial court errors

  • Dataforensics, LLC v. Boxer Property Management a/a/f Boxer F2, L.P. et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-27
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig White, (Skedsvold and White, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mario Breedlove, (The Breedlove Law Firm), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0996

    Trial Court Erred in Granting Summary Judgment to Lessor on Lessee's Counterclaim for Breach of Contract Based on Lease's Limitation of Liability Clause

  • De Paz v. De Pineda

    Publication Date: 2021-10-27
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Schneider, Molly Long, (Schneider Hammers LLC), Atlanta, Kathleen Edwards-Opperman, (Montlick & Associates, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Adelman, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, Kyle Joyce, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; David Atkinson, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Myrece Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A21A1134

    Trial Court Erred in Concluding That the Parties Reached a Settlement Agreement, as Defendant Failed to Satisfy Term of Acceptance

  • Dekalb County v. Stanley

    Publication Date: 2021-10-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shelley Momo, Laura Johnson, John Jones, Noah Priest-Goodsett, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robin Clark, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0820

    Court reverses denial of County's summary judgment motion on plaintiff's Disabilities Act claim and affirms dismissal of negligence claim due to sovereign immunity

  • Dukes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Macklyn Smith, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Patsy Austin-Gatson Tristan Gillespie, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Samuel d'Antremont, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1074

    Court affirms denial of new trial motion in a shooting case over defendant's contentions of bias, conflicts, improper jury selection, and denial of a fair trial

  • Turkia v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Miller, (Attorney at Law), Summerville, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, Courtney Moore, (Forsyth County District Attorney's Office), Cumming, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1013

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated battery and other crimes over defendant's challenge to how trial court responded to notes from jury, and to jury instructions

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Frier, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Aslean Eaglin, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1054

    Defendant Impliedly Consented to Mistrial By Failing to Object

  • Blake v. Tribe Express, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Minerva Steele, (Steele Law, LLC), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: James Parks, (Attorney at Law), Dahlonega, Austin Perry, (McClure, Ramsay, Dickerson & Escoe), Toccoa, Michael Hostetter, (Nall & Miller, LLP), Atlanta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0672

    Court affirms summary judgment for employer in a dispute over whether an employee was within the scope of his employment when an accident occurred

  • Ellis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Chappell, II, Roswell, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher Allen Arnt, Lynsay Peardon Chapman, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lafayette, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0780

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's contentions that his Miranda waiver was improper due to intoxication, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Vazemiller et al. v. Sanders

    Publication Date: 2021-08-19
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Turner, (Schulten Ward & Turner, LLP), Atlanta, Kevin McDonough, (Attorney at Law), Cumming, Deborah Pittman, (Miles Hansford and Tallant, LLC.), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warner Hodges, Cumming; Theodore Spaulding, Cumming, Jeremy Hayes, (Spaulding Law LLC), Cumming, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1151

    Trial Court Erred in Concluding That Purchasers of Land Had Notice of Purported Landowner's Deed and Could Not Qualify as Bona Fide Purchasers for Value