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  • Scott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Ihrig, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Breedon, Margaret Heap, (Assistant District Attorney), Albany, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1907

    Court Affirms Conviction for Armed Robbery Over Claims That State Failed to Prove Venue and Used Impermissible Hearsay Evidence to Secure the Conviction

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Kempter, (Kempter Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Coker, (District Attorney), Thomaston, Elizabeth Kendrick, (Griffin Circuit Superior Court), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1892

    Court affirms marijuana possession conviction over defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Woodall v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2019-03-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jordan Van Matre, (The Law Office of Jordan K. Van Matre, P.C.), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: LeAnne Cooper, (Attorney At Law), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1927

    Court Reverses Trial Court Order Granting Adoption to Stepparent and Terminating Biological Parent's Right on Basis That Trial Court Failed to Identified Basis for Granting Termination without Consent from Biological Parent

  • Lonon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Deal, (Assistant District Attorney), Statesboro, Richard Mallard, (District Attorney), Statesboro, Keith McIntyre, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1436

    Evidence Supported Jury Finding That Dog's Death Resulted From Arson, Not Malnutrition

  • In the Interest of E. S. et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: V. Billingsley, (Attorney at Law), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Andrea Moldovan, (Andrea R. Moldovan P.C.), Douglasville, for appellee. Keisha Hill, (Wright Hill & Associates LLC), Amber Walden, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Bonnie Binkley, (Binkley Law GA), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A1936

    Court Affirms Trial Court's Finding of Venue and Approves of State Taking Ten Children from Homeless Mother on Basis of Dependency

  • Reid v. Lindsey

    Publication Date: 2019-02-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joann Sharp, David Canale, (Meriwether & Tharp, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Justin O'Dell, Alyssa Blanchard, (O'Dell & O'Neal, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee. Brandy Daswani, (Brandy Daswani, LLC), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A1933

    Court Affirms Trial Court Order Granting Visitation Rights to Grandmother Over Father's Objection but Reverses Court's Imposition of Guardian ad Litem Costs on Father

  • In The Interest of: K. S., a child.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A16A2213

    Court Affirms Trial Court Order Granting State's Motion to Transfer Case Against Car Thief from Juvenile Court to Superior Court and Rejects Range of Additional Challenges by Defendant

  • Wooten v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Hildebrand, (Hildebrand Law Office, P.C.), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Vikki Clark, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Ringgold, Herbert Franklin, (District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1521

    Court Affirms Convictions for Drug Possession but Reverses Conviction for Receiving Stolen Property of Defendant Who Claimed Drugs Weren't His and That He Lacked Knowledge That Gun Was Stolen

  • Aaron v. Jekyll Island State Park Authority

    Publication Date: 2019-01-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody Peterman, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, William Scott, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1653

    Recommenced personal injury case dismissed on statute of limitations grounds.

  • National Union Fire Insurance Company Of Pittsburgh, PA et al. v. Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-20
    Practice Area: Contracts | Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Remar, Michael Eber, (Rogers & Hardin LLP), Atlanta, Patrick Walsh, Patrick Walsh, (Hinkhouse Williams Walsh LLP), Chicago, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Boyle, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Foy Devine, Charles McKnight, Gregory Schultz, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Hon. J. Smith, (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1173

    Ambiguity in insurance policy language is construed against the insurer