• Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Alexander Miller, (Steven A. Miller Law), Summerville, Christina Rupp Cribbs, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Allen Arnt, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr., Kevin Jameson Baugh, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S20A1081

    Any Error in Admission of Statement Implicating Co-Conspirator Was Harmless

  • Rondot v. All Season Protection of N.Y. LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-12-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Discovery | Evidence | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice Adrian Armstrong
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21323/2016E

    Subpoena to Direct DA to Disclose Matters Publicly Disseminated at Criminal Trial Granted

  • Betman v. Mt. Sinai Hosp. Grps. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-08
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Eileen Rakower
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 805461/2016

    Defendants Entitled to Authorization for Limited Period, Few Providers in Malpractice Suit

  • Texas Tech University v. Flores

    Publication Date: 2020-12-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boyd
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-0790

    Respondent worked for petitioner since 1993, starting as a temporary medical secretary and ultimately moving up to other positions.

  • Howell v. N.Y.C. Dep't of Correction

    Publication Date: 2020-12-07
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Dakota Ramseur
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 157581/2019

    CO's Discrimination, CSL Claims Against DOC, NYC Dismissed as Time-Barred, Unwarranted

  • Commonwealth v. Knight

    Publication Date: 2020-11-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-1292

    Capital crime defendant not entitled to Atkins instruction during penalty phase where defendant failed to present evidence that met the criteria for intellectual disability under Atkins case law. Judgment of sentence of death affirmed.

  • Gray v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, John H. Petrey, (Petrey Law, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Otobong U. Ekpo, Destiny H. Bryant, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee. James C. Bonner, Jr., (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Santos Fleischman, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Lawrence Jason Zimmerman, (The Law Office of Lawrence J. Zimmerman), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: S20G0192

    Trial Court Does Not Have Jurisdiction to Modify a Sentence Outside the One-Year Period After a Sentence Is Imposed, When the Motion to Modify Is Filed Within the One-Year Period

  • Parlux Fragrances LLC v. S. Carter Enter. LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-11-06
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Andrew Borrok
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 650403/2016

    Plaintiff Entitled to Adverse Inference at Trial on Defendants' Spoliation of Evidence

  • Lester v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold Burton Baker, (Tift Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, Jennifer Dawn Hart, Robert Alan Rogers, Patrick Warren, (Tift Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee.

    Case Number: S20A0827

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Admitting Statements Defendant Made to Law Enforcement After Victim's Death or in Denying His Motion for Mistrial Arising From the Presence of an Alternate Juror During Jury Deliberations

  • People v. Lora

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Juan Merchan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 9482-94

    Hearing Must be Held to Decide Whether Juvenile Defendant Was Properly Sentenced