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  • May 23, 2022 | Daily Report Online

    Despite a Confession, DNA and a Witness, These Lawyers Persuaded a Jury to Find Ryan Duke Not Guilty of Murder

    "No question about it, you had a great defense in this case," Tifton Judicial Circuit Judge William Reinhardt II told Ryan Duke.

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  • Henderson et al. v. Fisher et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A22A0289

    Court reverses motion to transfer venue of case where the plaintiff's action was equitable in nature and not, as plaintiffs claimed, an action addressing title to land

  • Cook v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Lorraine Leslie, (The Leslie Group, LLC), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ross Warren Bergethon, William Wright Banks, Jr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Oliver Jackson Browning, Jr., (Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cedartown, for appellee; Jill Anderson Travis, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia), Morrow, James C. Bonner, Jr., (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S21A1270

    Criminal Defendant Alleging Deprivation of Right of Appeal Due to Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Must Seek Habeas Relief

  • Burns v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Drew Findling, Marissa Goldberg, Zachary James Kelehear, (The Findling Law Firm, P. C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Ruth M. Pawlak, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0905

    Amendments to Statutes Applied When Peace Officer Was Later Indicted With Respect to Crimes Committed Prior to Amendments

  • March 9, 2022 | Daily Report Online

    Ga. High Court Refuses to Toss Indictment Against Ex-Officer

    Since the shooting happened before the state's amended grand jury rules took effect, James Burns argued he should have had the right to be present during the presentation of evidence to the grand jury and to make a statement without being cross-examined.

    4 minute read

  • Ward v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katie Alice Hingerty Borodin, (The Hingerty Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Eliot Jay Abt, (ABT Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Allison Thatcher Mauldin, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Greensboro, Gray, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1309

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, trial court error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Rimert v. Meriwether & Tharp, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-19
    Practice Area: Family Law | Legal Malpractice | Privacy
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Rutter, Gulf Shores, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Mast, Zachary Lewis, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Brynda Insley, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Aaron Strimban, Robert Tidwell, (Tidwell & Strimban, LLC), Woodstock, John Burns, (Burns Law Group, PC), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1010

    Summary Judgment Properly Granted in Favor of Law Firm Accused of Negligent Training and Supervision of Staff Attorney

  • McMurria v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lon Kemeness, (Law Office of Lon P. Kemeness), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford Bowden, Jennifer Hart, (Assistant District Attorney), Tifton, Bryce Johnson, (Solicitor General), Sylvester, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0193

    Court affirms child molestation conviction over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • Byers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Barbara Alison Sosebee. Nicholas Donald Nunn, (Appalachian Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Blue Ridge, Jessica Garmon Cantrell, Elizabeth Brogden Mackey, (Pickens County District Attorney's Office), Jasper, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0296

    Any Error in Failing to Admit Defense Witness Testimony Was Harmless; Jury Would Still Have Been Highly Likely to Find Defendant Guilty of Murder

  • Pender v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, Benjamin E. Gephardt, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1505

    Admission of Other Co-Defendants' Redacted Statements to Police Was Not Bruton Error