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  • April 18, 2018 | Daily Report Online

    High Court Says Judge Declared Mistrial Too Soon

    "The trial court declared the mistrial without sufficient factual support and without considering less drastic alternatives," Justice David Nahmias wrote. "We reverse."

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  • In The Matter Of Walter Linton Moore.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-17
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Linton Moore, Griffin; Walter Linton Moore, Hampton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Y0559

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney in connection with his abandonment of six different clients in domestic relations proceedings.

  • In The Matter Of Christopher Aaron Corley.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-13
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Ryd Bush Long (John R. B. Long P.C.), Augusta; John B. Long (Tucker Long P.C.), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jonathan Winslow Hewett, Jenny K. Mittelman, Alison Leigh Burgess (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Y0350

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and suspended him from the practice of law following his guilty plea to Domestic Violence First Degree in South Carolina.

  • Nations v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad (Haddad Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock (Department of Law), Atlanta; Paul L. Howard, Jr., David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1597

    The trial court did not plainly err in admitting into evidence defendant's prior armed robbery conviction in his murder trial because, pretermitting whether admission of the evidence amounted to clear or obvious error, defendant could not show that the admission of the evidence affected his substantial rights, in light of the strength of the evidence of his guilt.

  • In The Matter Of Andre Keith Sanders.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-12
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    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: Andre Keith Sanders (Sanders Law PA), Saint Petersburg; Andre Keith Sanders, Saint Petersburg, for appellee. Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta; Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta; Anthony B. Askew, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18Y0383

    The Supreme Court imposed a 5-year suspension with conditions for reinstatement on an attorney as reciprocal discipline following disciplinary action in Florida.

  • In The Matter Of Sam Louis Levine.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-12
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Jacob Cobb, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sam Louis Levine (Law Offices of Sam Levine LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta; Anthony B. Askew, Atlanta; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta; Patrick H. Head, Marietta; for other party.
    Case Number: S18Y0348

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney for his neglect of matters involving two clients and his misconduct arising out of his contentious divorce proceeding.

  • In the Interest of K. M., a child.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-09
    Practice Area: Evidence | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Ashmore (The Law Office of Lee S. Ashmore), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Ashe (Attorney at Law), Woodbine, for appellee. Miles Hendrix (Attorney at Law), Kingsland, for other party.
    Case Number: A17A1747

    Juvenile Court Should Have Applied Clear and Convincing Standard in Determining Whether to Terminate Guardianship of Minor With Non-Parents

  • Eller et al. v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    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, Aimee F. Sobhani, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Rosemary M. Greene, Sharon Moyer Fox, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Marian York (Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1549

    The evidence sufficiently supported a brother and sister's convictions for killing the sister's boyfriend and leaving his body in the back of his abandoned truck and although the trial court erred in allowing the alternate jurors to retire with the other jurors during deliberations, defendants failed to show that the error harmed them.

  • Greene v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Lee Ihrig (Office of the Public Defender, Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill (Department of Law), Atlanta; Margaret Ellen Heap, Emily Catherine Puhala (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1349

    The trial court did not reversibly err in admitting certain evidence in defendant's murder trial and the evidence supported his convictions.

  • Tanner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence | Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teddy Lee Henley (Rome Circuit Public Defender's Office), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Scott Orion Teague (Department of Law), Atlanta; Herbert McIntosh Poston Jr. (Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1417

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for malice murder and other crimes and he failed to show any actual conflict of interest that adversely affected his lawyers performance in support of his argument that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to conflict-free counsel at trial.