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  • The State v. Shalgheen

    Publication Date: 2023-12-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Clifford Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicole Fegan, (Fegan Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1737

    Court reverses exclusion of other acts evidence in a rape and sexual assault criminal trial

  • Stringer v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lela Acker, (Georgia Public Defender Council, Appellate Division), Albany, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Mulholland, (District Attorney), Bainbridge, for appellee,
    Case Number: A23A0667

    Court affirms convictions for felony obstruction, marijuana possession, and other crimes over defendant's contentions of jury charge error and insufficiency of evidence

  • Early v. Morgan Fleet Services, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-09
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Samuel Starks, Shean Williams, (The Cochran Firm Atlanta), Atlanta, Andre’ Ramsay, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Welborn, (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0148

    Court reverses summary judgment and rules that an expert's opinion is admissible in a negligence matter even though the opinion is not based on a hard scientific basis

  • April 18, 2023 | Daily Report Online

    Supreme Court of Georgia Dismisses 1 Lawyer's Case Without Discipline, Reinstates 1 Lawyer, Accepts 1 Surrender of Law License

    The Supreme Court of Georgia issued three attorney discipline opinions Tuesday.

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  • Freeman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Christopher DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0174

    Court affirms convictions for rape, burglary, and other crimes over defendant's contentions on insufficient evidence, trial court error, and ineffective assistance

  • Gleaton & Associates, Inc. v. Cornelius

    Publication Date: 2023-03-13
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas Clayton, Leah Parker, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Orion Webb, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC) Stockbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1403

    Court reverses rules in favor of property manager that requested summary judgment on a plaintiff's negligence claim following analysis of lease that gave rise to the claim

  • Rider v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Strong, (Imhoff and Associates PC), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samir Patel, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit - District Attorney’s Office), Cartersville, Jana Allen, (The McCoy Law Firm, LLC), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1727

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation and drug offenses over defendant's claims of error and evidentiary and jury charge challenges

  • Wright v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    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

  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Margaret Louttit, Natalee Staats, (Assistant District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0738

    Trial Counsel's Tenuous Connection to Victim Through Assistant's Relation by Marriage Did Not Establish Actual Conflict of Interest

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kaylie Brewton, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rocky Bridges, (Assistant District Attorney), Woodbine, George Barnhill, (District Attorney District Attorney's Office), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0457

    Attorney Was Constitutionally Ineffective For Failing to Move to Suppress Evidence From Vehicle Search