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  • Pierce v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Michelle Kempter, (Kempter Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton , Clint Christopher Malcolm Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kelsey Smith, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, Tasha Monique Mosley, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0525

    Court affirms murder, arson, and gang convictions despite defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and claims of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Verhalen v. Akhtar

    Publication Date: 2024-10-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: 23-0885

    Petitioners Georgia Verhalen and Cindy Verhalen sued respondent for various forms of negligence based on a head injury Georgia suffered while she was in the care of respondents. Respondents filed motions for summary judgment.

  • Thomas v. Metropolitan Transp. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-17
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Richard Tsai
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    Case Number: 158874/2019

    Initial Witness Testimony Not Sufficient, New Witness Ordered For Deposition

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Van Thomas, II, (Andrew V. Thomas II, PC), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, Ian Louis Sansot, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0647

    Court affirms convictions in a double murder case and rejects claims of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Abdul-Malik v. Knowlden

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Real Estate
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    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Scott Dunn
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    Case Number: 1817/2018

    Court Holds Deed is Vacated, Explained That It Was Obtained Under False Pretenses

  • Peralta v. Mineola Metro LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-09-23
    Practice Area: Labor Law
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    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Aaron D. Maslow
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    Case Number: 500144/2020

    Plaintiff Granted Summary Judgment on Liability in Labor Law § 240 (1) Action

  • Cobb v. Forbes

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
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    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Francois A. Rivera
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    Case Number: 521549/2023

    Court Orders District Attorney to Hand Over Documents For Criminal Case

  • People v. Bradley

    Publication Date: 2024-09-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Brendan T. Lantry
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    Case Number: IND-2134-2019

    Charge Dismissed, People Failed to Show Defendant Received Funds in Excess of $1,000,000

  • Garrison v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-09-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel J. Sliger, (McDonald & Cody, LLC), Alto, Jessica Jones, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Scott Garrett, William Jeffrey Langley, (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Blairsville, for appellee; Hunter Joseph Rodgers, Smyrna, Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S24G0007

    Court rules there is no need to prove reliance on COVID-19 emergency order to extend statute of limitations, but reverses DUI conviction and remands for applicable of proper Daubert standard

  • Santiago v. City of New York

    Publication Date: 2024-09-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Hasa A. Kingo
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    Case Number: 159551/2021

    Motion Denied, Court Decided There Was No Reason for Severance or Consolidation