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  • O'Brien v. Lewis

    Publication Date: 2019-07-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chad Greer, (VanLanduyt Giles Greer, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nancy Richardson, Eric Wilborn, (Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0502

    Court Affirms Modification of Support and Custody Arrangement Over Challenge to Jurisdiction, Concluding Father Had Consented to Jurisdiction of Modifying Court

  • In the Interest of T. Y. et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Judson Smith, (Smith Law Group, P.C.), Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Lance Hamilton, (Lance J Hamilton P.C.), Sparta, for appellee. Lawrence Turner, (Harris County Correctional Institute), Hamilton, Courtney Anderson, (C. Joiner Anderson & Associates, PC), Lyons, Mary Claire Brannon, (TLC Casa), Swainsboro, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0226

    Deficiencies in Juvenile Court's Dependency Court Prevented Meaningful Review of Mother's Appeal

  • In the Interest of M. R. B., A Child

    Publication Date: 2019-07-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael McCarthy, (Mike McCarthy, Criminal Defense Lawyer), Rocky Face, George Souther, (Little, Bates, Kelehear & Toland PC), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Penny Hannah, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Cynthia Johnson, (Johnson Law PC), Cohutta, for appellee. Matthew Thames, (Matthew D. Thames, Attorney at Law), Dalton, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0490

    Order Terminating Parental Rights Lacked Evidentiary Support And Was Riddled With Material Errors

  • Carr v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sydney Strickland, (Strickland & Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amelia Pray, D. Reynolds, John Melvin, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0346

    Court Affirms Convictions for Various Crimes Arising from Theft by Attorney of Widow's Assets, Rejecting Range of Meritless Challenges to Trial Proceedings

  • Patterson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Raymond, (Hogue & Hogue (of Counsel), Macon, Laura Hogue, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Bibler, George Hartwig, George Hartwig, Thomas Woody, (Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0085

    Prosecutor Did Not Overreach By Suggesting During Vigorous Cross-Examination That Defense Witness Had Concealed Evidence

  • Holzheuser v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Fleischman, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Sandy Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Johnson, Thomas Buscemi, (District Attorney's Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0757

    Court affirms child molestation conviction over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel and improper admission of evidence

  • In The Interest of A. M. et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Annette Cowart, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Jennifer Cline, Penny Hannah, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Daniel Thomas, (Daniel C. Thomas PC), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Derwin Davis, (Davis Law, LLC), Conyers, for appellee. DeVona Roseberry, (Roseberry Law, LLC), Conyers, Alcovy Casa, (C/O Lindsay Tyner), Covington, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0240

    Court vacates juvenile court reunification order for reconsideration in accordance with applicable statute

  • Boyd v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Jason McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, Ashley Hurley, (Office of the District Attorney John H. Cranford, Jr. Coweta County Justice Center), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0381

    Court affirms child molestation convictions over defendant's venue, evidentiary, and ineffective assistance objections

  • In The Interest of A. B., et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeannie Altman, (Law Office of Jeannie S. Altman LLC), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Penny Hannah, Shalen Nelson, Jana Evans, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Saudia Crawford, (Collins Gordon Henry & LLLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Amber Walden, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: A19A0147

    Juvenile court's dependency order must contain appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law

  • The State v. Turnquest

    Publication Date: 2019-06-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Brian Walton Whiteside, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County Solicitor General), Lawrenceville, Decatur, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fakiha Khan, (Law Office of Fakiha Khan, P.C.), Suwanee, Kendra Foster Mitchell, (Law Office of Fakiha Khan, P.C.), Johns Creek, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0157

    Court overrules its precedent and concludes that no Miranda warning is required before administration of a breath test