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  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, John B. Merchant, III, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John Richard Edwards, Jesse David Evans, D. Victor Reynolds, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1572

    Law Enforcement Agency Is Not Required to Provide a Deaf Person With an Interpreter Until the Deaf Person 'Is Arrested'

  • Ford v. Tate

    Publication Date: 2019-12-26
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tayo Popoola, Sabrina Dawn Graham, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Evan Olive, (Law Office of Mark E. Olive, P.A.), Tallahassee, Vanessa J. Carroll, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0825

    Habeas Court Erred in Concluding That Trial Counsel Was Prejudicially Deficient in Presenting Mitigating Evidence at Sentencing Trial

  • Mitchum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore, Mathew Gilbo, Meagan Hurley, Ezra Addison Gantt, (Mercer Law School), Macon, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, Andrea Lynn Clark, Gabrielle Lynn Biggs, (Mercer Habeas Project), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Billy Joe Nelson, Jr., John Thomas Durden, Jr., (Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Hinesville, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0554

    Petition for habeus corpus and not an extraordinary motion for a new trial is the appropriate remedy for deprivation of a defendant's Constitutional rights

  • Thomaston Acquisition, LLC v. Piedmont Construction Group, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-08
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan L. Garroway, Jeffrey A Zachman, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Gregory T. Wolf, (Dentons US LLP), Kansas City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Malcolm Gillis, Jr., (James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP), Macon, Duke Riley Groover, (James Bates Brannan Groover LLP), Macon, Jacquelyn Dessaure Smith, Matthew Glenn Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Christopher James Arnold, Rufus D. Sams, III, (Jones Cork & Miller, LLP), Macon, Kathryn Malone Willis, (Adams, Hemingway & Wilson, LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19Q0249

    Acceptance Doctrine Can Apply As Defense Against Claim Brought By Subsequent Purchaser of Allegedly Negligently Constructed Apartment Building

  • Housing Authority of the City of Augusta v. Gould

    Publication Date: 2019-05-06
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Appeals | Government
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Aaron Cosper, (Hull Barrett, P.C.), Augusta, Christopher Randall Jordan, (Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ira L. Foster, Kenneth Jonathan Jones, Lisa Jane Krisher, Susan Alice Reif, (Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G0524

    City Housing Authority Hearing Officer's Decision Was Not Quasi-Judicial Decision Under Georgia Certiorari Law

  • McDonald v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Davis Smith, (Conger & Smith, LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Scott Orion Teague, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Timothy Lee Eidson, Ronald Victor McNease, Jr., (Pataula Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cuthbert, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1357

    The Court, being bound by law of the case and res judicata, denies murder defendant's second appeal and affirms his convictions.

  • McWilliams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Michael Martin, (The Martin Law Firm, LLC), Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Vanessa Therese Meyerhoefer, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0728

    Admission of extrinsic evidence at trial was not prejudicial to murder defendant

  • Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Family and Children Services v. Christopher Steiner

    Publication Date: 2018-07-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ross Warren Bergethon, Annette M. Cowart, Sarah Hawkins Warren, Penny Hannah, Shalen S. Nelson, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Victoria Cuneo Powell (Department of Law), Atlanta; Kenneth Gene Lawrence (Turner & Lawrence PC), Jackson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Scott Key, Kayci Nicole Dennis (Miller & Key PA), McDonough, for appellee. Andrew Santos Fleischman (Ross & Pines LLC), Atlanta; Laura D. Hogue (Hogue & Hogue LLP), Macon; Charles R. Bliss, Mara Leah Block (Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc), Atlanta; Lisa Jane Krisher, Michael Joseph Tafelski, Jamie B.J. Rush (Georgia Legal Services Program), Atlanta; David Alfred Webster, Atlanta, for amicus appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0281

    The superior court erred in finding that Georgia's central child abuse registry is unconstitutional, both on its face and as applied to appellee.

  • McCoy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-31
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joe M. Harris Jr. (Attorney at Law), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Andrew Pipkin III, Caitlin McGillicuddy, Meredith Chafin Florio (Henry County Solicitor General's Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17G1530

    Courts Reviewing Roadblock Stops Must Consider Whether Screening Officers Had Reasonable Suspicion to Defer For Further Detention and Field Tests

  • Goodrum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-26
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew K. Winchester (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill (Department of Law), Atlanta; Monique Lynn Kirby, Edward Andrew Case III (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaGrange; Peter J. Skandalakis (Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1748

    Defendant Had No Constitutional Right to Be Present When Attorneys Met in Chambers With Judge to Discuss Juror's Qualification