Filter This View

  • Marchman v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-24
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert H. Alexander III, Marietta, for Marchman. Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for Arnold. D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for State.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S16A0027; S16A0028

    The evidence was sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of guilt and to warrant the defendants' convictions, either as a perpetrator who directly committed the crimes or as a p

  • PL v. RL

    Publication Date: 2016-06-24
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk County, I.A.S. Part 19
    Judge: Justice Cheryl Joseph
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff's Attorney: Vess Mitev, Esq., Ray, Mitev & Associates, Miller Place, NY.
    for defendant: Defendant's Attorney: Donald R. Sallah, Esq., The Sallah Law Firm, P.C., Holtsville, NY.
    Case Number: [Index Number Redacted by Court]

    Cite as: PL v. RL, [Index Number Redacted by Court], NYLJ 1202760747651, at *1 (Sup., SUF, Decided May 18, 2016) CASENAME PL, Plaintiff v. RL, Defendant [Inde

  • Walker v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael W. Tarleton Georgia Public Defender Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorneys, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Aimee F. Sobhani, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0152

    The defendant failed to prove his failure-to-consult ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Pearce v. Tucker

    Publication Date: 2016-06-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul W. Painter III Bowen Painter LLC, and William R. Dekle Sr. Brennan, Wasden Painter LLC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Aaron W. Mumford, County Attorney, Steven G. Blackerby, and Richard K. Strickland Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15G1310

    The Court of Appeals' decision reversing the denial of summary judgment to a police officer in a wrongful death suit arising from a detainee's suicide in his holding cell was correct under the right

  • Starling v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert M. Thomas Public Defender's Office, Colquitt, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas C. Earnest, District Attorney, Thomas S. Bishop, Assistant District Attorney, Cuthbert, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew M. Youn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0440

    The defendant failed to prove his ineffective assistance of counsel claims following his convictions for murder, aggravated assault, third degree child cruelty and related offenses in connection wit

  • Hayward v. Danforth

    Publication Date: 2016-06-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth A. Brandenburg Law Firm of Shein Brandenburg, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0419

    The habeas court erred in finding that the trial court's revocation of the defendant's parole was not a violation of the doctrine of separation of p

  • Allaben v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0166

    Although the evidence supported the defendant's conviction for malice murder in connection with the strangling death of his wife, the trial court reversibly erred in excluding certain evidence that

  • The People of the State of New York v. William Blair

    Publication Date: 2016-06-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION THIRD DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Lahtinen, J.P., McCarthy, Garry, Clark and Mulvey, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 107049

    Marcy I. Flores, Warrensburg, for appellant.Marsha K. Purdue, District Attorney, Indian Lake, for respondent.Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Hamilton County (Felds

  • Hickman v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David D. Marshall, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Billy J. Dixon, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Scott O. Teague, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0524

    The trial court did not err in admitting into evidence pursuant to the doctrine of forfeiture by wrongdoing the victim's diary entries, in which she stated three months before she was murdered that

  • In the Matter of George D. Houser

    Publication Date: 2016-06-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. George Houser, Ashland. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Bryan M. Cavan Miller Martin PLLC, and Thomas L. Holder Long Holder, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S16Y1176

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney for violating Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4 subsection a 2 based on his convictions for one felony count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud,