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In the Matter of David Carleton Head.

Publication Date: 2023-11-02
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: David Carleton Head, Waco, for appellee.
Case Number: S23Y0635

State Bar's Notice of Discipline Failed to Describe Several Instances of Prior Discipline Cited as Aggravating Factors

In the Matter of Ryan Curtis Cleveland.

Publication Date: 2023-11-02
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Ryan Curtis Cleveland, Boston, for appellee.
Case Number: S23Y0688

Disbarment Appropriate Discipline Based on Attorney's History of Abandonment of Clients and Failure to Respond to Notices of Discipline

Maynor v. The State

Publication Date: 2023-11-01
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Colvin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Alan Anderson, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Jayna Edwards, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S23A0753

Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Alleged Failure to Adequately Cross-Examine Prosecution Witness

October 17, 2023 | Daily Report Online

A Unique Remote-Work Issue Is Dividing Georgia Courts

"First, we've got to talk about jurisdiction," said Justice Sarah Hawkins Warren. "We have to assure ourselves that we can be here."

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Roberts v. Cuthpert

Publication Date: 2023-10-10
Practice Area: Judges
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice LaGrua
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, or appellant.
for defendant: Jason Christopher Waymire, Terry Eugene Williams, (Williams & Waymire, LLC), Buford, for appellee.
Case Number: S23A0631

Court holds that a party can seek costs and fees from a judge who denied a weapons carry license, finding that the judge did not have a sovereign immunity defense to the claim

In the Matter of Robert Mallory Crawford.

Publication Date: 2023-10-06
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III,, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Roy E. Barnes, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, for appellee; Adam Marshall Hames, (The Hames Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
Case Number: S22Y0631

Three-Year Suspension Appropriate Discipline For Attorney Who Wrongfully Obtained Client Funds From Court Registry

Reese v. The State

Publication Date: 2023-09-26
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S23A0550

Court affirms convictions for malice murder and drug charges over defendant's contentions of trial court jury instruction error and ineffective assistance of counsel

Henderson v. The State

Publication Date: 2023-09-26
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Pinson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Vance Patterson, (The Law Office of Brian V. Patterson, LLC), Athens, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Thomas L. Williams, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
Case Number: S23A0559

Court affirms convictions of jointly-tried defendants for malice murder and other crimes over their multiple challenges and contentions of trial court error

Moulder v. The State

Publication Date: 2023-09-25
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: S23A0508

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

Whittaker v. The State

Publication Date: 2023-09-21
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Pinson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr., Matthew William Moore, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), LaFayette, Chris Allen Arnt, (Superior Court Judge-LMJC), Trenton, for appellee.
Case Number: S23A0613

Evidence of Defendant's Brutal and Excessive Attacks Supported Malice Murder Conviction