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  • Harvey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-27
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, William Allen Adams, Jr., (Griffin Circuit Public Defender Office), Thomaston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, (Fayette County District Attorney's Office), Fayetteville, Marie Greene Broder, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0871

    Plea Counsel Did Not Perform Deficiently In Advising Defendant Regarding Right to Withdraw Plea and File Direct Appeal

  • Moon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kirby Clements, Jr., (The Clements Law Group, LLC.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Bradley Robert Thompson, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0454

    Trial Court's Removal of Holdout Juror During Deliberation Without Sufficient Cause Was Prejudicial Error

  • Hood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Rupp Cribbs, (Georgia Innocence Project), Atlanta, Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Brian Vance Patterson, (The Law Office of Brian V. Patterson, LLC), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0267

    Appellant Failed to Establish Reasonable Probability That Jury Would Have Reached a Different Verdict Had it Been Aware of Material Impeachment Evidence Relating to Witness

  • Wilson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, Veronica M. O'Grady, (Clayton County Public Defender), Morrow, Christina Rupp Cribbs, (Georgia Innocence Project), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Allen Arnt, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, Megan Camille Gaither, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Ringgold, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1295

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation and other crimes over defendant's claims that prior act evidence was inadmissible

  • In the Interest of DT

    Publication Date: 2021-07-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Family Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Huddle
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    Case Number: 20-0055

    In this government-initiated suit to terminate parental rights, the court was tasked with determining whether parents in such suits who retain counsel of their own choosing, as opposed to being appointed counsel, may challenge their counsel's performance by asserting an ineffective-assistance claim.

  • Texas Department v. Lara

    Publication Date: 2021-07-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hecht
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    Case Number: 19-0658

    A state employee, who was terminated after exhausting five months of sick leave while recovering from surgery, was able to show that the court of appeals erred in concluding he failed to plead a claim under Texas Commission on Human Rights Act Section 21.051.

  • Amazoncom v. McMillan

    Publication Date: 2021-07-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Products Liability
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Busby
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    Case Number: 20-0979

    An online marketplace, that sells products manufactured and owned by third parties, cannot be considered a seller under Texas law.

  • In Re Facebook

    Publication Date: 2021-07-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Internet Law | Personal Injury
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blacklock
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    Case Number: 20-0434

    The plaintiffs in three lawsuits alleged they were victims of sex trafficking who became entangled with their abusers through Facebook and they asserted claims for negligence, negligent undertaking, gross negligence, and products liability, among other claims.

  • Draughon v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2021-07-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Discovery | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Busby
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    Case Number: 20-0158

    In this quiet title action, a person who alleged mental incapacity sought to prevent his aunt from evicting him from property he inherited, arguing that a deed to the aunt he had signed years earlier was void due to his lack of capacity.

  • Jim Olive Photography v. University of Houston

    Publication Date: 2021-07-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Copyrights
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Devine
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    Case Number: 19-0605

    Petitioner alleged respondent downloaded a copyrighted photograph from his website and began displaying the image on several webpages promoting the University's College of Business without permission.