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  • In the Interest of C. B., a child (mother).

    Publication Date: 2022-01-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Tucker, (The Law Offices of J Nichole Tucker, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jerry Thacker, (Attorney at Law), Conyers, Raymond Gordon, (Raymond F. Gordon PC), Atlanta, for appellee; Dana Leader, (DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1195

    Court reverses juvenile court order and concludes a child to be not dependent because DFCS did not present clear and convincing evidence of present dependency

  • Grimes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-01-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Mills, (William B. Mill, P.C.), Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Arnt, (District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1440

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated sodomy and other crimes on procedural grounds that defendant waived, abandoned, or failed to preserve enumerations of error

  • The State v. Arroyo

    Publication Date: 2022-01-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fani Willis, Juliana Sleeper, Dustin Lee, (Fulton County Office of the District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Shubow, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Steven Phillips, (Public Defender), Atlanta, Kerrel McCrimons, (Fulton County Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1358

    Court affirms ruling suppressing evidence of cocaine after officers conducted a K-9 open-air sniff near an apartment door deemed to be part of the apartment's curtilage

  • Stapleton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-01-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Donaldson, (Perry & Walters, LLP), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Mulholland, Moruf Oseni, (Office of the District Attorney, South Georgia Circuit), Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1789

    Creating Hit List and List of Supplies to Commit Murders, and Bringing Gun to School, Supported Crime of Attempted Murder

  • In the Interest of A. B., et al., Children

    Publication Date: 2022-01-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Anagnostakis, (Attorney at Law), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Saudia Crawford, (Collins Gordon Henry & LLLC), Atlanta, Bonnie Binkley, (Binkley Law GA), Atlanta, for appellee; Amber Walden, (The Fine Print Legal Consulting, LLC), Atlanta for Other party.
    Case Number: A21A1386

    Court affirms juvenile court order terminating mother's parental rights as to two older children and vacates and remands termination order as to the youngest child

  • McNeil v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Devin Rafus, (Arora Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Parrish, Marietta, John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1600

    Court reverses denial of motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop because the officer unreasonably prolonged the stop without reasonable suspicion

  • The State v. Ward

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Judicial Circuit, DA), Athens, Patricia Brooks, Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0952

    Trial Counsel Should Have Objected to Prosecution's Derivative Use at Trial of Defendant's Earlier Compelled Statements to Employer

  • In the Interest of B. W., A Child

    Publication Date: 2021-11-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jana Evans, (Attorney at Law), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicola Rochester, (Axam~Roberts Legal Group), Riverdale, Olivia Smith, (SR Law Group), Douglasville, Jamie Gray, Douglasville, Christopher Carr, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Valerie Gordon, (Douglas County Juvenile Court - Juvenile Public), Douglasville, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee; Rita Cooper, (Attorney at Law), Powder Springs, Chelsea Mitchell, (The Carter Law Firm PC), Peachtree City, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1121

    Court affirms juvenile court's temporary custody order and rejects mother's appeal for return of custody of a minor child

  • J.P. Carey Enterprises, Inc. v. Cuentas, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-05
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Bonder, Carson Modrall, (Fried Bonder White LLC), Atlanta, Christopher Giovinazzo, Michael Terry, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Franklin Brannen, Joshua Curry, Ronald Masterson, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0703

    Court affirms ruling that certain provisions in a convertible note were unenforceable penalties but reverses and remands as to whether noteholder waived default provisions

  • Skinner v. Miles

    Publication Date: 2021-10-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Denise VanLanduyt, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Harbin, (Charles G. Harbin, Jr., P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0980

    Court affirms order granting equitable caregiver status and issuing custody and visitation rights to a former partner in s same-sex couple relationship