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  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Sheppard, (Attorney at Law), Smyrna, Lela Acker, (Georgia Public Defender Council, Appellate Division), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Mulholland, Moruf Oseni, (Office of the District Attorney, South Georgia Circuit), Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0671

    Court affirms conviction for rape over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • In the Interest of N. P., a Child

    Publication Date: 2022-05-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily Evett, (Price Law Group), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Margaret Howard, (Pereira and Associates, LLC), Marietta, for appellee; Courtney Goodwin, (Attorney at Law), Canton for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0583

    Conducting Parental Termination Hearing By Video Conference Did Not Pose Undue Burden on Parent

  • Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc. et al. v. Metcalf et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-21
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bailey, Randolph Powell, Lindsey Costakos, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Lewis, (Lewis & Murphy, LLP), Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0149

    Court vacates $3 million jury verdict in a wrongful death medical malpractice action because plaintiffs did not have standing to bring a wrongful death action

  • Connell et al. v. Hamon, As Surviving Child of James Isaac Dickens, Jr., Deceased

    Publication Date: 2021-11-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alphonso Howell, Gregory Talley, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Howell, (Attorney at Law), Moultrie, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0925

    Court reverses denial of defendant's motion on the pleadings in a wrongful death case where plaintiff had no standing to bring a wrongful death claim

  • Weaver v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob Weaver, (Riverbend Correctional Facility), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Paul Howard, (Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, Kevin Armstrong, (Office of the District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0383

    Extraordinary Motion For New Trial Not Appropriate For Raising Issues That Could Have Been Addressed in Habeas Proceeding

  • In Re Estate of McLendon

    Publication Date: 2021-04-23
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Tiku, (Tiku & Associates PC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Neville, (Neville & Cunat, LLP), Cumming, for appellee. Harold McLendon, Temple, Carrie Trotter, (Attorney at Law), Cartersville, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0325

    Court Upholds Probate Court's Conclusion That Testimony of Witnesses to the Will Did Not Overcome Presumption of Validity

  • The State v. Adams

    Publication Date: 2020-08-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Mauldin, (District Attorney), Athens, Malachi Peacock, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly Wegel, (Western Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0050

    Court reverses order granting defendant's plea in bar because dismissal of federal charges was not an acquittal for purposes of Georgia's successive prosecution statute

  • Robertson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Betsey Tate, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bankston, (Assistant District Attorney), Bainbridge, Joseph Mulholland, (District Attorney), Bainbridge, Moruf Oseni, (Office of the District Attorney, South Georgia Circuit), Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0403

    Trial Court Did Not Abuse Its Discretion When it Denied Terroristic Threat Defendant's Second Post-Trial Motion for a Continuance

  • Carly Ray Industries, Inc. et al. v. Mays

    Publication Date: 2020-05-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Romero Pearson, (Pearson Law Group, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Reginald Greene, (Greene Legal Group LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1726

    Court affirms denial of employer's directed verdict motion in former employee's lawsuit for malicious prosecution and other torts.

  • In the Interest of C. S., a child (father).

    Publication Date: 2020-04-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily Evett, (Rose & Associates PC), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amanda Speights, (Speights Law, PC), Canton, for appellee. Courtney Goodwin, (Attorney at Law), Canton, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A2237

    Extensive Evidence Supported Juvenile Court's Finding That Biological Father Abandoned His Child