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  • Stafford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Richard Benjamin Caplan, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0767

    If Any, in Admitting Evidence of Earlier Crimes Was Harmless

  • Kinslow v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sydney Rene Strickland, Leigh Ann Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel William Alan Peach, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1001

    Court reverses defendant's conviction for computer trespass, concluding that the evidence did not support a violation of the statutory language

  • Gatto et al. v. City of Statesboro et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Brian Terry, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Amanda Kay Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Gilbert H. Deitch, Andrew Timothy Rogers, Kara Elizabeth Phillips, William Michael D'Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers LLC), Atlanta, George Brian Spears, (G. Brian Spears, P.C.), Atlanta, Charles Edwin Johnson, (Foy & Associates), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Read Gignilliat, John Campbell Stivarius, Jr., Tracy Lynn Glanton, (Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP), Atlanta,; Craig T. Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Washington, Amicus Appellant; Seth Michael Friedman, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith), Atlanta, Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel, Emily Clare Hirst, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G0651

    Court affirms that a municipality has sovereign immunity from claims for nuisance liability when the municipality does not own or control property where injuries occurred

  • Seals v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence W. Daniel, (Lawrence W. Daniel, PC), Atlanta, James Kenneth Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Reese Leonard, Sarah Elizabeth Hilleren, Elizabeth Dalia Racine, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, Sean Alexander Garrett, (DeKalb County Department of Law), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20G0931

    No Direct Appeal Possible From Criminal Conviction After Unresolved Count Was Dead-Docketed

  • Sinkfield v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shayla Joy Galloway, Smyrna, Christina Paige Rudy, Christian Garfield Lamar, (Metro Capital Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Atlanta, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0298

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's challenge to jury pool that resulted from violations and contentions over his fair cross-section rights

  • Polo Golf and Country Club Homeowners Association, Inc. v. John Cunard et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. Lueder, (Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Edward Jarrard, Joseph Paul Mitchell, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1205

    County Had Authority to Require Homeowners Association to Maintain Drainage Easements and Stormwater Facilities

  • The State v. Pauldo

    Publication Date: 2020-07-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Cheryl Banks Hightower, Louie Craig Fraser, Robert Brandon Faircloth, (Dublin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicole Fegan, (Fegan Law, LLC), Atlanta, Ryan Christopher Locke, (Locke Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0191

    Court Reverses Granting of Defendant's Motion in Limine to Exclude Portions of Custodial Interview With Police; Defendant Waived His Rights Before Further Interrogation Began

  • Barrow v. Raffensperger

    Publication Date: 2020-06-15
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wade H. Tomlinson, III, Charles W. Byrd, George "Buddy" Darden, Michael Jonathan Moore, Michael P Morrill, Elizabeth Studdard White, (Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood), Atlanta, S. Lester Tate, III, (Akin & Tate, PC), Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth T. Young, Russell David Willard, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Bryan Keith Webb, Elizabeth Ann Penland, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Joyce Gist Lewis, Adam Martin Sparks, (Krevolin Horst, LLC), Atlanta, Monica Joy Hanrahan, (Hanrahan Freitag Family Law, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S20A1029

    Secretary of State Could Not be Compelled to Hold Election in May For Position of Supreme Court Justice Whose Prospective Resignation In November Was Irrevocable

  • Howard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Kay Jefferson, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Henry Wayne Syms, Jr., (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0819

    Malice Murder Conviction Did Not Require Proof of Premeditation or Preconceived Intent to Kill

  • Bamberg v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Andrew J. Ekonomou, Jacquelyn Lee Johnson, Jan Kennedy, Thomas Edwars Buscemi, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1052

    Court affirms convictions of mother and son for murder of the son's ex-wife over their challenges to evidence and alleged trial court error