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  • Barboza v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David D. Marshall, (Law Office of David D. Marshall), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joyette Marie Holmes, Amelia Greeson Pray, D. Victor Reynolds, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0404

    No Error in Trial Court's Detailed Explanation to Prospective Jurors of Prosecution Witness's Plea Deal

  • Strong v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sydney Rene Strickland, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joyette Marie Holmes, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0270

    Admission of Voluminous Other-Acts Evidence of Defendant's Past Violent Acts Was Prejudicial Error

  • Five Star Athlete Management, Inc. et al. v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Entertainment and Sports Law
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Trigg, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Johns, (Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP), Indianapolis, for appellant.
    for defendant: Von DuBose, (DuBose Miller), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0085

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment on quantum meruit and RICO Act claims in a dispute over an alleged oral agreement for athlete recruiting services

  • Tumlinson v. Dix

    Publication Date: 2020-07-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jordan Kerry Van Matre, (The Law Office of Jordan K. Van Matre, PC), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: James R. Fortune, (Beck, Owen & Murray), Griffin, Marie Greene Broder, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1277

    Habeas Court Erred in Concluding That it Lacked Authority to Consider Merits of Defendant's Petition for Pre-trial Habeas Relief

  • Gardhigh v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Ross Hamrick, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Luke Anthony Martin, Leigh Ellen Patterson, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0227

    Trial Court Was Authorized to Deny Voluntary Manslaughter Defendant's Pretrial Motion for Immunity From Prosecution; Court Properly Found That Defendant Did Not Act in Self-Defense

  • Scott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Noah Jared Abrams, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0125

    Physician's Letter and Representations of Counsel Were Sufficient to Establish Crime Victim Was Not Available to Testify at Trial

  • Frett v. State Farm Employee Workers' Compensation et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Eugene Bourne, Elliot Jackson Bourne, (Benzine Law Group), Cumming, Nicholas Dale Benzine, (Benzine Law Group), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles E. Harris, IV, Karen G. Lowell, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Todd K. Maziar, (Morgan & Morgan, PLLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19G0447

    Employee Who Slipped and Fell on Employer's Premises While Preparing to Eat Lunch Was Covered by Workers' Compensation

  • Crowder v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Glenn Alan Loewenthal, (Glen Loewenthal, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tiffany Collette Boulware, Tasha Monique Mosley, John Evans Fowler, Karen Smith Barbour, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee. Jimmy Dodd Berry, (Jim D. Berry, PC), Marietta, Lisa Lynn Wells, (Lisa L. Wells, LLC), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S19G0931

    In Rem Forfeiture Complaint May Be Served By Publication When Interest Holder Resides Out of State

  • Hood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Emily Kathleen Richardson, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Zina B. Gumbs, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0343

    No Reasonable Probability That Engaging Independent Firearms Expert Would Have Altered Trial Result

  • In the Matter of Timothy Paul Healy.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-17
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis T. Cathey, (Cathey & Strain, LLC), Cornelia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, James Stephen Lewis, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y1015

    Court accepts attorney's petition for the voluntary surrender of his license to practice law in lieu of disciplinary action that could have led to disbarment