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  • Eleby v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly Laverne Copeland, (Kimberly L. Copeland & Associates, LLC), Jesup, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jessica Brooke Haygood, Jonathan Lang Adams, Dorothy Vinson Hull, (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Forsyth, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0129

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's multiple contentions of error, but vacates sentences for armed robbery and conspiracy due to merger error

  • Hostetler v. The State et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Greg Allen Willis, Jessica Jones, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leah Cristina Mayo, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0524

    Court vacates denial of habeas petition as not being moot, although defendant had completed her sentence, due to potential recidivist sentencing

  • A.S. v. A.B.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Jeffrey S. Sunshine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiff by: Kara K Miller, Esq., Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran, Garden City, New York.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendant by: Eric T. Saar, Esq., Krauss Shaknes Tallentire & Messeri LLP, New York, New York. Attorney for the Children: Matthew J. Kazansky, Esq., Brooklyn, New York.
    Case Number: (redacted)

    Tracking Company Ordered to Hand Over Defendant's Records to Wife in Divorce Proceeding

  • Fossil Group, Inc. v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2024-07-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Devine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-0376

    In 2018, petitioner hired respondent to work as a seasonal sales associate at its store in Frisco, Texas.

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24A0171

    In a sharply divided opinion, court reverses malice murder conviction due to failure to instruct jury on voluntary manslaughter

  • Howard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Walter Donnelly, (Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Athens, John Allen Regan, (Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G1037

    Court rules that adjudication of guilt upon revocation of first-offender status is directly appealable, and reverses appellate court judgment that dismissed appeal for lack of jurisdiction

  • Smith et al. v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Scott Anulewicz, Wayne R. Beckermann, (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP), Atlanta, Douglas Ray McMillan, (Shingler & McMillan LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Kenneth Mulholland, Christopher Michael Quinn, (South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Bainbridge, for appellee; Lynsey M Barron, (Barron Law LLC), Atlanta, Daniel L. Alban, Anna J. Goodman, (Institute For Justice), Arlington, Paul Oliver, Les A. Schneider, (Wimberly Lawson Steckel Schneider & Stine, P.C.), Atlanta, Thomas Leland Walker, (Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G0701

    Court reverses and remands civil asset forfeiture case, finding that the State's complaint failed to adequately allege essential elements of theft by taking.

  • Huynh v. Blanchard

    Publication Date: 2024-06-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Busby
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0676

    Petitioners are a poultry producer and local farmers and growers.

  • Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine

    Publication Date: 2024-06-13
    Practice Area: Food and Drug Act
    Industry: Federal Government | Health Care | Non-Profit | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. Supreme Court
    Judge: Judge Kavanaugh
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-235

    Pro-life medical associations and physicians lack Article III standing to challenge FDA actions regarding regulation of mifepristone

  • Policastri v. Sunco Capital Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Richmond
    Judge: Justice Ronald Castorina Jr.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 150011/2024

    Arbitration Clause Enforced Against Homeowner Husband, But Not Homeowner Wife