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  • Stafford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Richard Benjamin Caplan, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0767

    If Any, in Admitting Evidence of Earlier Crimes Was Harmless

  • Beaudette v. Infantino

    Publication Date: 2021-11-16
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Warren
    Judge: Justice Martin Auffredou
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Paul H. Wein, of counsel, LaFave, Wein & Frament, PLLC, Guilderland.
    for defendant: For Defendants: Keith M. Frary, of counsel, Santacrose & Frary, Albany. For Nonparty Experts: Donald P. Ford, Jr., of counsel, Maguire Cardona, P.C.
    Case Number: 60039

    Non-Parties' Motion to Quash Subpoenas on Documents Seeking Financial Records Denied

  • Harper v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-11-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen H Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Ellen Patterson, Morgan Birdsong Bottger, (Floyd County District Attorney’s Office), Rome, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0813

    Trial Court Did Not Err When it Failed to Instruct Court Reporter to Transcribe the Entirety of the Jury Selection Proceedings, Including Voir Dire

  • American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. v. Zeh

    Publication Date: 2021-11-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. Batson, (The Law Office of John P. Batson), Augusta, Leslie K. Eason, Tiffany N. Taylor, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP), Atlanta, Sean Jengwei Young, Brian Matthew Hauss, Andres M. Lopez-Delgado, (American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Of Georgia, Inc.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brent J. Savage, Kathryn Hughes Pinckney, (Savage Turner Pinckney & Savage), Savannah, for appellee; David E. Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for Other Party; Clare Rivka Norins, (First Amendment Clinic), Athens, Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S20G1473

    Actual Malice Standard Applies to Public Official, Who Fails to Show in Defamation Claim That ACLU Disbelieved Truth of Disputed Statements in Blog Post

  • The State v. Henry

    Publication Date: 2021-11-10
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jefferson Frisby Upchurch, (Henry County Judicial Center), McDonough, Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Chadwell Creal, Jr., (George C. Creal, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee; Omeeka P. Loggins, (Augusta-Richmond County Solicitor General’s Office), Augusta, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council Of Georgia), Morrow, for Amicus Appellant; Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Hunter Joseph Rodgers, (Paulding County Public Defender’s Office), Dallas, David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Lawrenceville, Kimberly A. Dymecki, Peachtree Corners, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1339

    Court Rejects 'Reasonably Could' Standard in Favor of a 'Reasonably Would' Standard in Evaluating Counsel's Failure to Object to Admission of Blood Test

  • Miller v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-11-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Michael Johnson, Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bradford Lee Rigby, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1245

    Trial Court Properly Concluded That Claimed Discrepancies in Evidence and Testimony Did Not Mandate New Trial

  • Hughs v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-11-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lyndsey Alaine Hix, (Augusta Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0970

    Trial Counsel's Failure to Present Competing Medical Expert Testimony on Cause of Death Was Not Unreasonable Tactical Decision

  • Tyson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Stevens Schrope, Elizabeth Ann Brandenburg, (Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, David Parks White, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Hartwell, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0774

    Lack of Complete Transcription of Jury Voir Dire in Appeal Record Did Not Deprive Appellant of Due Process Rights

  • Collins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joyette Marie Holmes, John Richard Edwards, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0627

    Provision of Accomplice-Corroboration Jury Instruction Did Not Preclude Instruction on Witness's Unknowing Participation

  • Diamond v. N.Y.C. Hous. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-19
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Louis Nock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiffs are represented by: Mary J. Eaton, Esq., of counsel, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
    for defendant: Defendant are represented by: Miriam Skolnik, Esq., of counsel, Herzfeld & Rubin P.C., Pincus Law LLC.
    Case Number: 153312/2018

    Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Discovery in Class Action Matter Against NYCHA Granted