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  • People v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2020-06-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Fourth Department
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent: Darienn P. Balin of Counsel, William J. Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, Syracuse.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Piotr Banasiak of Counsel, Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society, Syracuse.
    Case Number: KA17-02215

    Court Reverses Judgment of Conviction, Vacates Plea for Counsel's Ineffective Assistance

  • The State v. Heath

    Publication Date: 2020-06-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Bradley Smith, Natalie Spires Paine, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19G0967

    Court of Appeals Did Not Err in Holding That Trial Counsel's Failure to File a General Demurrer Resulted in Prejudice Under Strickland

  • Global Payments, Inc. v. InComm Financial Services, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-29
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Jason Rosenwasser, Benjamin Williams Thorpe, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew McCampbell Gibson, Daniel P. Hendrix, (The Finley Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee. Judson Herben Turner, Mark David Johnson, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19G1000

    Debit/Credit Card Company Fails to State a Claim for Negligent Misrepresentation Against Payment Technology Company

  • Norris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Konrad Gerhard Waldemar Ziegler, Christopher Ryan Lee, (Lee & Ziegler, LLP), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Patrick Doupé, Dennis C. Sanders, James William Allen, (Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomson, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0500

    Juvenile Who Shot Her Father Not Entitled to Mistake-of-Fact Jury Instruction

  • Appellate Division, Second Department:June 22, 2020

    Publication Date: 2020-06-24
    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

    Appellate Division, Second Department:June 22, 2020

  • Appellate Division, First Department:June 18, 2020

    Publication Date: 2020-06-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Case(s) Decided
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department:June 18, 2020

  • People (ex rel. Chiszar) v. Brann

    Publication Date: 2020-06-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Diane Kiesel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the Petitioner: Samuel Chiszar, Esq., of counsel, Janet Sabel, The Legal Aid Society, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For the Respondent: A.D.A Matthew Paulbeck, of counsel, Cyrus Vance, District Attorney, New York County.
    Case Number: 451297/2020

    Court Erred in Permitting People to Introduce Hearsay Felony Complaint Into Evidence

  • West v. City of Houston Texas

    Publication Date: 2020-06-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-20294

    Appellant challenged an adverse summary judgment entered on her claims against her former employer, the City of Houston, for discrimination and creating a hostile work environment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

  • Quintero v. 520 Madison Owners LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-06-22
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Robert Reed
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff By: John D. Zaremba, Esq. and Catherine Michelle Clemmens, Esq., Zaremba Brown PLLC, New York NY.
    for defendant: Defendant By: Erin Elizabeth O'Brien Zecca, Esq., and Daniel El Arnaouty, Esq., 520 Madison Owners LLC, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman, & Dicker, LLP, New York, NY. Third-Party Defendant By: Dennis June Pak, Esq., Erin Elizabeth O'Brien Zecca, Esq., and Daniel El Arnaouty, Esq., Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman, & Dicker, LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 159128/2016

    Defendant Granted Motion to Compel Worker to Answer Questions Regarding Arrest, Conduct

  • Hampton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Matthew Breedon, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0482

    Trial Court Properly Admitted Hearsay Testimony of Jailhouse Informant and Was Correct in Excluding the Testimony of Defendant's Proposed Alibi Witness