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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

Love v. The State

Publication Date: 2019-04-29
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard Anderson, (Law Office of Howard W. Anderson, III, LLC), Pendleton, for appellant.
for defendant: Patrician Burton, Christopher Carr, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, William Clark, (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Cleveland, William Langley, (District Attorney), Blairsville, Paula Smith, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A18A1818

Court denies defendant's enumerations of error and affirms his rape conviction

April 25, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Appeals Court Nixes Insurer's $100K Settlement Offer Over 'Clarification' Request

The appellate opinion said the evidence showed that Liberty Mutual's response to a policy-limit demand seeking"clarification" that it covered the at-fault driver's parents constituted a counteroffer that was not accepted.

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In the Matter of Neil Larson

Publication Date: 2019-04-24
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, appellant.
for defendant: Neil Larson, (The Larson Firm P.C.), Lithia Springs, for appellee.
Case Number: S19Y0337

Court Orders Disbarment of Attorney Who Abandoned Clients and Failed to Contest Allegations After Deeming Allegations True Based on Default

In the Matter of Donald Edward Smart

Publication Date: 2019-04-23
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Donald Edward Smart, (The Smart Law Firm), Stratford, for appellee.
Case Number: S18Y0511

Court Orders Reprimand Via Certified Mail Where Lawyer Had Relocated and Was Unable to Travel to Georgia to Receive Reprimand Due to Inability to Pay Travel Costs

Licata v. The State

Publication Date: 2019-04-23
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Woodrow Scott Smith, (W. Scott Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, Matthew K. Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: William Aubrey Finch, Adam Eugene Keller, (Forsyth County Solicitor General's Office), Cumming, for appellee. Jimmonique R. S. Rodgersm Brandon A. Bullard, James C. Bonner, Jr., (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, Andrew Santos Fleischman, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, for Amicus Appellant. Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Ross Warren Bergethon, Paula Khristian Smith, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Tina Michelle Piper, David Scott McLaughlin, Jameson B. Bilsborrow, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., Gilbert Alexander Crosby, (Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia), Morrow, George Herbert Hartwig, III, (Houston County District Attorney's Office), Perry, Lee Darragh, (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney's Office), Gainesville, Matthew Carl Krull, (Douglas County Solicitor General's Office), Douglasville, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for Amicus Appellee.
Case Number: S18G0563

Court Rejects Challenge to Admissibility of Roadside Sobriety Test Results Upon Concluding That Suspect Was Not in Custody but Reaffirms Commitment to Rule Against Presenting Refusal to Submit to a Breath Test and Orders Suppression of Refusal Evidence

The State v. Spratlin

Publication Date: 2019-04-23
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, Otobong U. Ekpo, (Dekalb County District Attorneys Office), Decatur, Anna Green Cross, (The Summerville Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of The Public Defender), Decatur, for appellee.
Case Number: S18A1158

Court reverses new trial order that had been entered in favor of murder defendant

West v. The State

Publication Date: 2019-04-18
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Ellington
Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Richard Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Michael Douglas Morrison, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
Case Number: S18A1467

Evidence That Defendant Asked Someone to Influence Juror in Ongoing Trial Was Admissible to Show Consciousness of Guilt

Conley v. Pate

Publication Date: 2019-04-02
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Blackwell
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Melvin King, Jr., (King Law Group), Dublin, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department Of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Ecleynne Mercy, (Mercy Law P.C.), Atlanta, Timothy Orman McCalep, (The Law Office of Timothy McCalep PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S18A1121

Court reverses habeus petition on 20-year sentence for statutory rape

Overton v. The State

Publication Date: 2019-04-01
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Benham
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Rupp Cribbs, Veronica M. O'Grady, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, appellant.
for defendant: David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Scott Orion Teague, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S18A1273

Defendant's felony murder conviction affirmed over challenges to trial court's failure to charge jury on involuntary manslaughter