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  • Huff Energy Fund, L.P. v. Longview Energy Co., 04-12-00630-CV (Tex.App. Dist.4 11/25/2015)

    Publication Date: 2015-12-07
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    Date Filed: 2015-11-25
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourth District, San Antonio
    Judge: Sandee Bryan Marion, Chief Justice
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    Case Number: 04-12-00630-CV

    From the 365th Judicial District Court, Zavala County, Texas Trial Court No. 11-09-12583-ZCVAJA Honorable Amado J. Abascal, III, Judge Presiding Sitting en banc: Sandee Bryan

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy L. Ihrig Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret E. Heap, District Attorney, Lyndsey H. Rudder, Frank M. Pennington II, Assistant District Attorneys, Savannah, Gregory M. McConnell, Assistant District Attorney, Hinesville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Therese S. Barnes Georgia Supreme Court, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S15A0937

    There was no evidence of serious provocation to support the defendant's request for a jury charge on voluntary manslaughter in his trial for malice murder and other crimes in connection with the sho

  • Warren v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald P. Word Georgia Capitol Defender, Atlanta, Michael J. Ivan Ivan Law Firm PC, Jimmy D. Berry, Marietta, and Teri L. Thompson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Jesse D. Evans, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, John R. Edwards, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Donald P. Geary, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, 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: S15A0795

    The Court vacated the trial court's order granting the State's request for authority to involuntarily medicate the defendant in an attempt to make him mentally competent to stand trial on charges ar

  • September 29, 2015 |

    Hantz Fin. Servs., Inc. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis  Hantz Fin. Servs., Inc.v.Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA2015 WL 5460632Only the Westlaw…

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  • September 16, 2015 | Daily Report Online

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  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Goldberg, Mableton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Lenny Krick, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A2206

    The trial court erred in permitting the State to impeach the defendant with evidence of his prior convictions under former O.C.G.A. § 24-9-84.1 without conducting the proper balancing

  • In the Interest of B. R. F.

    Publication Date: 2015-06-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Rawlings McMillan Rawlings LLP, Sandersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Penny Hannah, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Tammy Griner, Griffin, for appellee. Other party representation: Todd Harding, Michael Feltman, Griffin, Roger Montgomery, Talbotton, and Charles O'Neill, Zebulon. Amicus: Lisa Krisher, Phyllis Holmen, Vicky Kimbrell Georgia Legal Services Program Inc., Atlanta, and Jane Okransinski Georgia Ass'n of Counsel for Children, Athens.
    Case Number: A14A1536

    The Court found that it had jurisdiction to grant an out-of-time application for discretionary appeal from an order terminating a mother's parental rights, because the mother's due process rights we

  • March 31, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Two Rejoin McKenna Long

    Two former partners at McKenna Long & Aldridge, Jim Thomas II and Phil Bradley, returned to the firm as senior counsel in March. Thomas was a name partner with Cary

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