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  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Davis Smith, (Conger & Smith, LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, James Linder Prine, II, (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomasville, Bradfield M. Shealy, (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0880

    Court affirms murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions regarding insufficiency of evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel.

  • Rhynes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Emily Catherine Puhala, Christine Sieger Barker, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0509

    Court rejects murder defendant's challenge to admission of video recorded interview testimony

  • Arnold v. 406 Bleecker St. LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-08-28
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Margaret Chan
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    Case Number: 158541/2013

    Tenants' Overcharge, Treble Damages Amounts to Be Recalculated With Enactment of HSTPA

  • The State v. Mondor

    Publication Date: 2019-08-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: D. Victor Reynolds, Amelia Greeson Pray, Patricia Gail Hull, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Patrick Semrau, (Semrau & Burns, Attorneys at Law), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0209

    Court reinstates vehicular homicide and hit-and-run indictment and affirms exclusion of evidence of victim's failure to wear a seatbelt.

  • Vasquez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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