• Rivera v. Washington

    Publication Date: 2016-03-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul M. Scott and Richard K. Strickland Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter, Brunswick, for Rivera. Gregory T. Carter and Richard K. Strickland Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter, Brunswick, for Forsyth County. G. Brian Spears, Atlanta, Robert O. Bozeman, Mawuli M. M. Davis The Davis Bozeman Law Firm PC, Decatur, and Vera S. Edenfield Edenfield, Cox, Bruce Classens PC, Statesboro, for Washington. W. Davis Hewitt Goodman McGuffey Lindsey Johnson LLP, Atlanta, James S. Teague Jr., and Keisha L. M. Chambless Teague Chambless LLP, Cumming, for Appelrouth. Other party representation: Patrick T. O'Connor and Paul H. Threlkeld Oliver Maner LLP, Savannah.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S15G0887; S15G0912

    Although it applied incorrect analyses, the Court of Appeals reached the correct result in d ing the direct appeals that two defendants filed from the trial courts' denials of their motions to

  • Barnes v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Kleinrock, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Sheila Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Joshua Morrison District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1631

    The trial court reversibly erred in failing to give the whole requested pattern jury charge on a defendant's choice not to testify in his own defense and in failing to charge the jury that it could

  • Harris v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leo J. Kight Jr. Public Defender's Office, Woodbine, and Sean Gamble Public Defender's Office, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn L. Johnson, District Attorney, Rocky L. Bridges, Assistant District Attorney, Woodbine, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Andrew J. Ekonomou The Lambros Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A1699

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to suppress evidence officers seized from his home, as the officers discovered the evidence while conducting a lawful search pursuant to

  • Rollf v. Carter

    Publication Date: 2016-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore, Ellen K. Begley, Ethan C. Hyde, Adam K. Camara Mercer Law School, Macon, and J. Scott Key Miller Key PA, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A1505

    The defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus was procedurally b

  • March 7, 2016 | Daily Report Online

    Georgia Supreme Court Reverses Two Murder Convictions, Tosses Evidence in a Third

    The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday reversed two murder convictions and tossed out evidence in a third murder case. In an opinion by Justice Robert Benham, the court reversed two of t

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  • February 17, 2016 | Daily Report Online

    Kilpatrick Snags Womble Corporate Partners, Plus Other 'On the Move' News

    Corporate lawyers John "Sandy" Smith and Lou Barbieri have joined Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton as partners from Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Smi

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  • Otis v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-02-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda M. Grantham Public Defender's Office, and Bryan M. Grantham Hawkins Parnell Thackston Young LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A1717

    Double jeopardy barred retrial after the trial court erroneously sua sponte declared a mistrial when the murder defendant failed to provide notice before trial of his intent to present evidence of m

  • The Best Jewelry Mfg. Co. Inc. v. Reed Elsevier Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Newton, Atlanta, Shuli Green, Decatur, James Hurt Hurt Stolz PC, and Irwin Stolz Hurt, Stolz Cromwell LLC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Kaye Burwell, Kristen Williams, Lanna Hill Fulton County Attorney's Office, Cynthia Burnside, and Vernon Strickland Holland Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A15A0970

    The plaintiff failed to state a claim for any of its causes of action in its lawsuit challenging Fulton County State Court's adoption of an electronic filing s

  • Watts v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Fitzpatrick, Kennesaw, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shannon Wallace, District Attorney, Wallace Rogers, and Cliff Head, Assistant District Attorneys, Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A0796

    A 4-minute extension of a traffic stop for the purpose of allowing a drug dog to perform a free-air sniff around the vehicle in which the defendant was riding as a passenger impermissibly prolonged

  • January 6, 2016 |

    Ussery v. Allstate Fire & Cas. Ins. Co.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Usseryv.Allstate Fire & Cas. Ins. Co.2015 WL 8773291Only the Westlaw citation is currently available.United…

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