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  • Soler v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stewart Bratcher, (The Bratcher Firm, LLC), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: John McClellan, Leigh Patterson, (Assistant District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2465

    Evidence Adduced at Trial Was Sufficient to Authorize Jury to Find Defendant Guilty of Burglary and Theft

  • Faulkner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sydney Strickland, (Strickland & Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Leonard, Sean Garrett, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2220

    Defendant's Responses on Pretrial Faretta Waiver Form Did Not Establish Knowing Waiver of Right to Counsel

  • Reder v. Dodds et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca McLaws, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Bloom, (Richardson Bloom & Lines LLC), Atlanta, Allen Harris, (Harris Divorce & Family Law), Roswell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1668

    Court affirms custody award in favor of grandmother and denies adoptive father's challenge to that award and to an order requiring him to pay fees

  • Chatham, et al. v. Gardner Excavating, Inc., et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hylton Dupree, Jeffrey Reilly, (Dupree & Kimbrough, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Fields, Crighton Allen, (Fields Howell Athans & McLaughlin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1864

    Trial court's striking of responsive pleadings was an appropriate sanction for appellant's willful contempt of trial court's payment orders.

  • Wilson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley Adams, (Attorney at Law), Lihue, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Marc Mallon, (Senior Assistant District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2014

    No Showing That Prosecution Improperly Sought to Goad Defendant to Seek Mistrial

  • Hamlette v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Barnhill, Alexander Markowich, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1839

    Court affirms voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault convictions against two brothers, bet remands case for resentencing due to merging error

  • Mitchell v. Capehart

    Publication Date: 2020-02-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chad Greer, (VanLanduyt Giles Greer, LLC), Decatur, Denise VanLanduyt, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, appellant.
    for defendant: Onyema Farrey, (Anene Farrey & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2139

    Trial Court Was Not Authorized to Dismiss Custody Modification Petition

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Cribbs, Veronica O'Grady, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, David Getachew-Smith, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2446

    Trial Court Erred in Failing to Hold Hearing on Claims Raised in Second Amended Motion for New Trial

  • In the Interest of C.B., A Child.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Vaughn, Nicolas Parkerson, (District Attorney's Office - Oconee Judicial Circuit), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Kenner, (Law Offices of Robert Kenner, Jr.), Stone Mountain, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2095

    Police Officer Lacked Reasonable Suspicion to Stop Juvenile Who Smelled of Marijuana Absent Showing of Training and Experience In Marijuana Odor Detection

  • Avis Rent A Car System, LLC et al. v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2019-12-24
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Casey, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Brantley Rowlen, Victoria Waller, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael St. Amand, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Darryl Adams, (Law Offices of Michael L. Neff), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry, Amanda Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Michael Neff, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee. George Welborn, (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta, William Custer, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, for other party. Brittany Wilson, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), San Francisco, Andrew Trask, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), Los Angeles, Mark Behrens, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), Washington, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A1503

    Former Employee, Who Was Not Acting Under Color of Employment When He Committed Criminal Acts, Proximately Caused Plaintiff's Injuries