• Peacock v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Jason Michael McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, James Linder Prine, Michelle Thomas Harrison, Bradfield M. Shealy, (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0578

    Warrant For Search of Home Authorized Search of Vehicle Parked in Curtilage

  • Reed v. State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Aslean Zachary Eaglin, Juliana Sleeper, Karen S. Bemis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0530

    Defendant Failed to Show Prejudice Resulting From His Absence From Numerous Bench Conferences During Tria

  • In the Matter of Stephen Anthony Power.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-14
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Anthony Power, (The Power Firm LLC), Snellville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22Y0536

    Disbarment Appropriate Sanction Following Abandonment of Clients, Trust Account Misconduct, And Disciplinary Defaults

  • In the Matter of Candace Lanette Sneed (four cases).

    Publication Date: 2022-09-14
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gene Chapman, (Gene Chapman LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; William Thomas Davis, (Naggiar & Sarif LLC), Newnan, for Other Party.

    Case Number: S22Y0943

    Attorney's Admitted Rules Violations Supported Petition For Voluntary Discipline of Nine-Month Suspension

  • In the Interest of C.C. et al., Children.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Buell Hume, (Hume, Jaacks & Associates, LLC), Cumming, Brittani Chandler, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ross Warren Bergethon, Shalen S. Nelson, Bryan Keith Webb, Emily Allen Harris, Christopher M. Carr, Hannah Basta, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kris-Ann Poe, Hiawassee Rochelle Ann Doyle, Roswell, for appellee; Melissa D. Carter, (Emory University School of Law), Atlanta, Edward Albert Bedard, Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus; Mathew K. Titus, (Titus Law LLC), Alpharetta, Victoria Cuneo Powell, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Kurtis George Anderson, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for Other Party.

    Case Number: S22A0584

    Juvenile Court Applied Wrong Standard in Determining Parents' Religious Objection to Vaccinating Children Was Insincere

  • Hall et al. v. Davis Lawn Care Service, Inc., et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Madden Cork, (Law Offices of Charles M. Cork, III), Decatur, Trent B. Speckhals, (Speckhals Law, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Holder Smith, Jr., William Justin Purvis, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith & Lawrence), Valdosta, Thomas Packer Willingham, Mary Leah Miller, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, PC), Atlanta, William U. Norwood, (Attorney at Law), Thomasville, Yehuda Smolar, (Yes Law Group LLC), Atlanta, Richard K. Hines, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, Raleigh Willis Rollins, (Alexander & Vann, LLP), Thomasville, for appellee; Roy M. Sobelson, Atlanta, Melinda Cole Pillow, (Law Office of Melinda C. Pillow, LLC), Decatur, Brian Michael Deutsch, (McCurdy & Candler, LLC), Decatur, Linda S. Pacer, (Pacer Law LLC), Alpharetta, Kevin Timothy O’Sullivan, (Cohen, Pollock, Merlin Turner, P.C.), Atlanta, Millie Baumbusch, (Baumbusch Law, LLC), Atlanta, Allison L. Byrd, (Morgan & Disalvo, P.C.), Alpharetta, Ruthann P. Lacey, (Law Office Of Ruthann P. Lacey, P.C.), Atlanta, Deana M. Spencer, (Spencer Law, LLC), Lawrenceville, David Paul Pollan, (The Pollan Law FIRM), Atlanta, Sarah Elizabeth Siedentopf, (Siedentopf LAW), Atlanta, Hamida Jackson-Little, (Law Offices of HJ Little), Alpharetta, Diane Beth Weinberg, (Weinberg Elder Law, LLC), Sandy Springs, Mark Allen Crigler Robinson, (Robinson & Blazer, LLP), Decatur, for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: s22g0019

    Conservator Did Not Forfeit Exclusive Power to Participate in Litigation on Behalf of Minor Children

  • Walker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Crawford, (Crawford & Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0737

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence to support his convictions

  • In the Matter of Michael Anthony Eddings.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-07
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael A Eddings, (The Law Office of Michael A. Eddings P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee; Thomas E. Cauthorn, III, (Cauthorn Nohr & Owen), Marietta, for other party.

    Case Number: S22Y0691

    In an attorney disciplinary matter, court approves Review Board finding that an attorney should be disbarred for multiple violations of Georgia Rules of Conduct

  • In the Matter of Grady Alexander Roberts III (four cases).

    Publication Date: 2022-09-07
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James E. Spence, Jr., (Wilson, Morton & Downs, LLC), Decatur, Grady Alexander Roberts, III, (Roberts Law, LLC), Duluth, for appellee; Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: S22Y0665

    In an attorney disciplinary matter, court approves Review Board finding that an attorney should be disbarred for multiple violations of Georgia Rules of Conduct

  • In the Matter of John Carl Huber.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-02
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Spence, Jr., (Wilson, Morton & Downs, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, William Van Hearnburg, Jr., (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22Y1311

    Interim Suspension From Practice Appropriate Discipline Pending Resolution of Appeal of Felony Criminal Convictions