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  • Vasquez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, (Jessica R. Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Richard Allen Vandever, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, (Gwinnett Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0042

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's multiple challenges

  • Bannister v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce Steven Harvey, (Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0418

    Trial Court Did Not Abuse Discretion in Giving Allen Instruction After Early Indication Jury Was Deadlocked

  • Taylor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Walter Kraus, (Office of the Public Defender), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tracy Graham Lawson, Elizabeth A. Baker, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0373

    Trial Court's Error, If Any, In Admitting Extrinsic Act Evidence Was Harmless

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Elizabeth Bullard, (Fulton County Public Defender's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Teri Brown Walker, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0231

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Not Challenging Testimony Regarding Defendant's Failure to Come Forward With Crime Information

  • The State v. Burns

    Publication Date: 2019-07-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shannon Glover Wallace, Cliff Head, (Cherokee County District Attorney's Office), Canton, Randall Joseph Ivey, (District Attorney Office for Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Thomas Poole, Michael Anthony Ray, (Grisham & Poole, P.C.), Canton, for appellee. Michael Scott Carlson, (Georgia Bureau of Investigation), Decatur, D. Victor Reynolds, John Stuart Melvin, Charles Prescott Boring, John Richard Edwards, Amelia Greeson Pray, Jaret Teague Usher, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant. James L. Ford, Sr., (James Lee Ford, P.C.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S18G1354

    Court overrules its precedent and concludes that Evidence Rule 403 does not preclude admission of witness's prior false allegations in sexual misconduct case

  • Thomaston Acquisition, LLC v. Piedmont Construction Group, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-08
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan L. Garroway, Jeffrey A Zachman, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Gregory T. Wolf, (Dentons US LLP), Kansas City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Malcolm Gillis, Jr., (James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP), Macon, Duke Riley Groover, (James Bates Brannan Groover LLP), Macon, Jacquelyn Dessaure Smith, Matthew Glenn Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Christopher James Arnold, Rufus D. Sams, III, (Jones Cork & Miller, LLP), Macon, Kathryn Malone Willis, (Adams, Hemingway & Wilson, LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19Q0249

    Acceptance Doctrine Can Apply As Defense Against Claim Brought By Subsequent Purchaser of Allegedly Negligently Constructed Apartment Building

  • Dozier v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Karl David Cooke, Jr., John Allen Regan, Shelley T. Milton, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, Jason Matthew Rea, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0095

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's multiple challenges

  • People v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Ira Margulis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: ADA George Kanellopoulos — Special Victims Bureau, The queens County District Attorney's Office, Kew Gardens, NY.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendant: Jeffrey D. Cohen, Esq., Kew Gardens, NY.
    Case Number: 1394/90

    Defendant Denied Downward Departure, Designated Level III Sexually Violent Sex Offender

  • Oh v. Am. Bankers Ins. Co. of Fla.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Arlene Bluth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 154835/2017

    Insurer Denied Protective Order, Directed to Produce Claim File of Underlying Injury Suit

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Allen Hunt, (Law Office of R. Allen Hunt), Atlanta, John Walter Kraus, (Office of the Public Defender), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jeffrey Matthew Gore, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, Tracy Graham Lawson, Elizabeth A. Baker, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0343

    Trial Court's Admission of Prior Shooting Incident Involving Defendant Was Harmless Error