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  • Boone v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Chappell, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, (District Attorney), Rome, Ashley Cox, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1610

    Court affirms convictions for attempted child molestation, trafficking for sexual servitude, and computer pornography, but reverses convictions for obscene contact and attempted exploitation

  • In the Interest of K. G. V., a Child

    Publication Date: 2024-04-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darice Good, (Darice M. Good, LLC d.b.a Good Legal Firm, LLC), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Janelle Williams, (Georgia Wills and Trust), Atlanta, Karen Vandenberg, Lawrenceville, for appellee; LeAnne Hicks, (The Chancey Law Firm, PC), Braselton, Linda McKinley, (Attorney at Law), Winder for other party; James Outman, (Law Office of James B. Outman, LLC), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A23A1299

    Court vacates denial of maternal grandmother's petition for adoption and remands the case for reevaluation of the child's best interests in view of parental abandonment

  • The State v. Gunsby

    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry Boston, Thomas Williams, Joanna Helsby, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Jason McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1444

    Court affirms orders suppressing evidence improperly obtained by police misrepresentations in an affidavit for a warrant, and denying defendant's motion to dismiss certain charges

  • Statham v. Quang et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Horner, (Middle Georgia Access to Justice Council, Inc.), Atlanta, W. Reynolds, Bradley Survant, (Reynolds, Horne & Survant), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julye Johns, (Huff Powell & Bailey, L.L.C.), Atlanta, David Nelson, Norman Pearson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1419

    Court affirms order that surgeons are not vicariously liable for medical student's errors during surgery, but notes that surgeons may bear direct liability for negligent supervision

  • Myers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Schneider, (Wosnik Law LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bobby Christine, Kevin Majeska, (Columbia Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1319

    Court affirms defendant's conviction for interference with custody and corrects sentencing error to delete requirement that defendant register as a sex offender

  • Stinson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelsey Wiley, (Wiley Defense, P.C.), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, (GA Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit), Cumming, Courtney Moore, (Forsyth County District Attorney's Office), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1320

    Court affirms conviction for attempted child molestation ove defendant's claims of erroneous denial of a general; demurrer to an improper indictment and improper admission of a confession

  • Davis v. Taylor

    Publication Date: 2024-03-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carol EllisHoyle, (Ellis Hoyle Law, LLC), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Hassinger, Anna O’donnell, (The Siemon Law Firm), Cumming, Clint Christopher Malcolm, for appellee; Marcy Millard, (The Millard Law Firm), Alpharetta, Ravelle Smith, (The Smith Firm, A Family Law Group, LLC), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A1384

    Court defers to trial court's discretion and affirms custody award to a father in legitimation case where that father was the child's biological parent but was not married to her mother

  • Burbach v. Motorsports of Conyers, LLC d/b/a Falcons Fury Harley-Davidson et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-29
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: K. Reddy, (Reddy Law Firm, PC.), Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Maguire, (Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C.), Atlanta, Kevin Maxim, (The Maxim Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1420

    Court vacates its prior opinion and remands for application of a framework elucidated by the Georgia Supreme Court to evaluate an employment restrictive covenant governed by foreign law

  • In the Interest of Z. A. et al., (Children)

    Publication Date: 2024-02-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A23A1434

    Court affirms order awarding temporary custody of children to the Department of Family and Children Services, and rejects mother's multiple challenges to the order

  • In the Interest of K. M., et al., Children (Mother)

    Publication Date: 2024-02-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Coleman Brice, (C. Brice Law, LLC), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Charles Reddick, (Charles R. Reddick, P.C.), Homerville, Shalen Nelson, Atlanta, Emily Harris, Atlanta, Bryan Rumker, (Bryan Rumker Attorney at Law, LLC), Douglas, for appellee; John Edwards, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, for Other party.
    Case Number: A23A1311

    Court reverses juvenile court's dependency order for lack of clear and convincing evidence of abuse or neglect