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  • Salaam v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Clifford Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0091

    Court rejects defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence to support convictions for armed robbery and gang activity, but vacates one count due to merger error

  • Body v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stacey Jackson, Frederick Lewis, (Chattahoochee Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0395

    Court affirms robbery conviction over defendant's appeal to trial court's refusal to declare a mistrial over challenged character evidence

  • Campbell et al. v. Courtesy Ford, Inc., et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Law, Ernest Moran, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warner Fox, Elliott Ream, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Timothy Mitchell, (Cruser Mitchell Novitz Sanchez Gaston & Zimet), Norcross, Diana Moore, (Cruser Mitchell Novitz Sanchez Gaston & Zimet), Peachtree Corners for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1739

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of employer, which did not bear vicarious liability for employee's negligent car accident

  • Ivey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Ivey, (Carroll County Correctional Institution), Carrolton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attornye’s Office), Eatonton, Sydney Segers, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attornye’s Office), Milledgeville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1214

    Trial Court Should Have Asked Pro Se Defendant If He Wanted To Enter Plea Under First Offender Act

  • Mitchell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-23
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Arnt, Bruce Roberts, (District Attorney), LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1521

    Defendant Not Prejudiced by Prosecution Witness's False Testimony That He Had Made No Agreement With the State to Testify

  • Bristol Consulting Group, Inc. et al. v. D2 Property Group, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-23
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly Ellison, Wayne Kendall, (Wayne B Kendall PC), Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: M. O’Neill, (Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLC), Charlotte, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1209

    Court affirms judgment for investors that were defrauded in a complex real estate deal over liable party's contentions of trial court error

  • In re: Estate of Bette Dwoskin Kurtzman

    Publication Date: 2023-03-13
    Practice Area: Family Law | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Deutsch, (McCurdy and Candler, LLC,), Decatur, Benjamin Pierman, (Harrison & Held, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephanie Graham, (The Law Office of Stephanie P. Graham, LLC), Atlanta, Fred Slotkin, (Slotkin Law Firm), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0399

    Court reverses probate court's appointment of a guardian and conservator and remands for application of the proper analysis for that appointment

  • State v. Glanton

    Publication Date: 2023-03-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Williams, Matthew Rollins, (Paulding Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jana Jacobson, (Public Defender Northern Judicial Circuit), Royston, Michael Syrop, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Hunter Rodgers, (J. Ryan Brown Law, LLC), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1381

    Court affirms dismissal of drug and driving charges where officers stopped the defendant without a reasonable and articulable basis for detaining him

  • In re Estate of Jenkins

    Publication Date: 2023-03-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lori Christman, Louis Levenson, Christopher Williams, (Levenson & Associates), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Kendrick, (Hartley Rowe & Fowler, P.C.), Douglasville, for appellee; Angel White, Douglasville, Sherry Travis, St. Pete Beach, Clint Jenkins, Temple, Russell Jenkins, Temple, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1713

    Court affirms rejection of disabled adult's spouse as his guardian but remands for trial court to issue findings and conclusions for appointing his son in that role

  • ABM Aviation v. Prince

    Publication Date: 2023-03-06
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yamisi James, Roger Harris, (Swift, Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rachel Deloach-Bukle, (Monge & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1566

    Court affirms denial of summary judgment on a respondeat superior claim as to an employer's liability but reverses as to denial of judgment on direct negligence claims