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Nundra v. The State

Publication Date: 2023-04-14
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Dwayne C. Singleton, LLC), Griffin, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joseph Kenneth Mulholland, (South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Bainbridge, for appellee.
Case Number: S23A0043

No Error in Allowing Prosecutor to Compare Defendant With Sociopaths and Serial Killers During Closing Argument

The State et al. v. SASS Group, LLC et al.

Publication Date: 2023-04-13
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law | Government
Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Bethel
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Tina Michelle Piper, Cristina Maria Correia, Christopher M. Carr, Ross Warren Bergethon, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Thomas Daniel Church, (The Church Law Firm, LLC), Roswell, Page Anthony Pate, (Pate, Johnson & Church, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Andrew (Andy) J. Welch, III, Warren Michael Tillery, Brandon Filson Palmer, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, John Elwin Stell, Jr., (Smith, , Welch, Webb & White, LLC), Winder, for Neutral Amicus.
Case Number: S22A1243

Suit For Declaratory Relief Naming Both State and County District Attorney as Defendants Was Barred by Sovereign Immunity

March 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online

What Happened to Augusta's Judges? And What Does That Mean for Access to Justice?

Disparities created by the division of courts fell along racial lines, as the majority of Richmond County's population is Black, while Columbia County's is white.

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Caviston v. The State

Publication Date: 2023-01-17
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Ellington
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis Hewitt, (The Appellate Division - Georgia Public Defender), Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
Case Number: S22A1040

Court affirms convictions for malice murder and arson over defendant's contentions of trial court error on general ground and improper admission of certain evidence

Rider v. The State

Publication Date: 2022-12-28
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Strong, (Imhoff and Associates PC), Newnan, for appellant.
for defendant: Samir Patel, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit - District Attorney’s Office), Cartersville, Jana Allen, (The McCoy Law Firm, LLC), Cartersville, for appellee.
Case Number: A22A1727

Court affirms convictions for child molestation and drug offenses over defendant's claims of error and evidentiary and jury charge challenges

Brookins v. The State

Publication Date: 2022-10-28
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Bethel
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josh David Moore, Thea Adele Delage, (Office of the Georgia Capital Defender), Atlanta, Michael Boland Admirand, Katherine L. Moss, (Southern Center for Human Rights), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, III, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gray, Sydney Elizabeth Segers, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Milledgeville, for appellee; Anna Marie Arceneaux, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for other party
Case Number: S22P0556

No Error in Jury's Decision to Find Capital Defendant Not "Mentally Retarded" or "Mentally Ill"

Downer v. The State

Publication Date: 2022-10-13
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice McMillian
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thea Adele Delage, Jerilyn Lyshette Bell, (Office of the Georgia Capital Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George R. Christian, James E. Staples, Jr., (Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Clarkesville, for appellee.
Case Number: S22A0632

Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's multiple contention of evidentiary and trial court error

Stanley v. Patterson et al.

Publication Date: 2022-10-07
Practice Area: Court Administration | Personal Injury
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig T. Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Washington, for appellant.
for defendant: Jacquita Laverne Parks, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee; Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Canton, William James Atkins, (Edmond, Lindsay & Atkins, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Drew F. Waldbeser, Stephen John Petrany, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
Case Number: S21G0405

Quasi-Judicial Immunity Did Not Protect Court Administrator and Managers From Suit For Error That Led to Plaintiff's Arrest and Incarceration

Peacock v. The State

Publication Date: 2022-10-04
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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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

General Motors, LLC v. Buchanan et al.

Publication Date: 2022-06-23
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Consumer Protection | Products Liability | Wrongful Death
Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Bethel
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, Cari Katrice Dawson, Jamie S. George, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Charles B. Marsh, Myrece R. Johnson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, Brian Patrick Kappel, Michael Lester Bell, Rachel McCulley Lary, Christopher Cameron Yearout, (Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC), Birmingham, Jonathan Bradley Spital, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patrick Alan Dawson, Lance Alan Cooper, (The Cooper Firm), Marietta, James Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Cross Firm, LLC), Decatur, for appellee; Richard B. North, Jr., Christopher Shaun Polston, Steven H. Campbell, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, Nicole A. Saharsky, Minh Nguyen-Dang, (Mayer Brown LLP), Washington, Charles Haake, David Edward Bright, (Alliance Of Automobile Manufacturers), Washington, Alexander Bunnen Feinberg, Mary Kathryn Mangan, John Cowles Neiman, Jr., (Maynard Cooper & Gale P.C.), Birmingham, Leah Ward Sears, Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, William V. Custer, IV, Christian James Bromley, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Rocco Eugene Testani, Lee Alexander Peifer, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, Philip S. Goldberg, Anna Sumner Pieschel, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Thomas Bayman, Chilton D. Varner, Billie Barker Pritchard, Paul Alessio Mezzina, (King & Spalding LLP), Washington, Christopher M. Carr, Drew F. Waldbeser, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Darren Wade Penn, Kevin M. Ketner, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Nkosi John Bey, (American Association for Justice), Washington, Christopher Dean Glover, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.), Atlanta, Lindsay Alexandra Forlines, (Forlines Law, LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Roberts Chance, (Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
Case Number: S21G1147

Corporate Defendant Had Burden of Persuasion to Show High-Ranking Executive Was Entitled to Protection From Deposition