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  • Bowman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-09-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Suzanne Wilkes, (Tallapoosa Circuit Public Defender), Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Craig Joseph Pake (Department of Law), Atlanta, Oliver Jackson Browning, Jr., (Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Cedartown, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0642

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel and challenge to admission of other acts evidence

  • Russell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank Michael Starosto, Jr., (Star Law, PC), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Grace Guthrie Griffith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., Elizabeth Marian York, (Cobb Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0565

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's claims of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances C. Kuo, Jonathan O. Oden, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0633

    Court affirms convictions in a stabbing death, and rejects defendant's claims of jury instruction error and admission of hearsay evidence as not being reversible plain error

  • September 4, 2024 | New York Law Journal

    Sanctions for Spoliation of Evidence in Matrimonial Actions

    "In situations of negligent destruction of evidence, the court must consider the prejudice resulting from spoliation in determining what type of sanctions are warranted," writes Joel R. Brandes.

    13 minute read

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: September 4, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-09-04
    Practice Area: Appellate Division Activity | Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion List & Order on Application
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Motion List & Order on Application released on:August 30, 2024

  • Salami v. TD Bank

    Publication Date: 2024-09-03
    Practice Area: Litigation
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    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Aaron D. Maslow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff Pro Se: Sakirat Salami, Brooklyn.
    for defendant: For Defendant: Gabrielle Pelura of counsel, Duane Morris LLP, New York.
    Case Number: 482/2024

    Pro Se Claim For $2,423,010,000 Against Bank Found Frivolous

  • Secs. & Exch. Comm'n v. Stanford Int'l Bank, Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-02
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Oldham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-10726

    Foreign bankruptcy receivers, who were subject to a bar put into place by the district court, successfully proved on appeal that the district court lacked personal jurisdiction over them.

  • August 30, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    2 Justices Say Ruling Is 'Step in the Wrong Direction' for Pro Se Litigants

    "In the name of judicial neutrality, the majority endorses an adjudicatory framework that, in operation, inevitably will result in self-represented parties losing their cases at the earliest stages of litigation simply because they do not know and cannot hope to learn the arcane peculiarities of our rules of practice," the dissent said.

    4 minute read

  • August 29, 2024 | Law.com

    Maryland Supreme Court Cites 'Wide-Ranging and Pervasive Nature' of Violations in Explaining Why It Removed New Judge From Bench

    "In this case, Judge Ademiluyi's removal from office was the only disposition sufficient to protect the public's confidence in the independence, integrity, and impartiality of [the] judiciary and ensure the fair and impartial administration of justice," Maryland Supreme Court Justice Shirley M. Watts wrote.

    5 minute read

  • Brown v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Taylor, (Public Defender’s Office of Columbia Judicial Circuit), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bobby Christine, Kevin Majeska, (Columbia Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1029

    Court reverses convictions for child molestation and related charges due to trial court's improper removal and replacement of a hold-out juror