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  • Sell It Social LLC v. IGS Realty Co.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-06
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Gerald Lebovits
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For plaintiff and third-party defendants: Michael S. Horn, Esq., Archer & Greiner, PC, New York.
    for defendant: For defendant: Gregory Sheindlin, Esq., Law Office of Gregory Sheindlin, PLLC, New York.
    Case Number: 652775/2017

    Tenant's Subpoena Seeking Information of Allegedly Converted Security Deposit Proper

  • Blount v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Alexander McQueen (McQueen Law Office LC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick (Department of Law), Atlanta; Jon Richard Forwood, Kenneth W. Mauldin, Brian Vance Patterson (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0201

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for murder and related offenses arising out of a drive-by shooting and defendant failed to demonstrate that he received ineffective assistance of counsel.

  • Caffee v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory A. Hicks (Law Offices of Gregory A. Hicks), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Martin McElyea, Jessica K. Moss, Carlton Todd Hayes (Cherokee County Solicitor General's Office), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17G1691

    Probable Cause Will Not Justify Warrantless Search Absent Exception to Warrant Requirement

  • Leanos v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Arturo Corso (The Corso Law Center LLC), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder (Department of Law), Atlanta; Lee Darragh, Shiv Sachdeva (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0528

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for felony murder and other crimes in connection with the killing of a taxi driver.

  • Cerutti v. A.O. Smith Water Products

    Publication Date: 2018-05-22
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Lucy Billings
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Chris Romanelli Esq., Weitz & Luxenberg, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant Rockwell Automation, Inc.: Leigh A. DeCotiis Esq. and Joseph P. LaSala Esq., McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP, Morristown, NJ.
    Case Number: 190009/2016

    Co-Worker's Deposition Admitted in Asbestos Personal Injury Suit; Summary Judgment Denied

  • Watson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Expert Witnesses
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Horne Petrey (Dekalb County Public Defender's Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham (Department of Law), Atlanta; Jennifer Lynn Brooks, Helen Virginia Peters, Deborah D. Wellborn, Anna Green Cross, Sherry Boston (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0427

    The Supreme Court affirmed defendant's convictions for felony murder and possession of a firearm as he failed to prove his several ineffective assistance of counsel claims.

  • Meadows v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Andrew Barnes, Macon; James W. Davis (James W. Davis & Associates), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Karl David Cooke Jr., John Allen Regan, Dorothy Vinson Hull (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0314

    Trial Court Declared Mistrial Without Sufficient Factual Support and Without Considering Less Drastic Alternatives

  • Sze Kong Realty v. Tsang

    Publication Date: 2018-05-09
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Robert Reed
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: By Donald Eng, Esq., Donald Eng, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants Tommy Tsang, Haiying Wang and Yue Yun Chen: By Elio Forcina, Law Office of Elio Forcina, Middle Village, NY.; For Defendants Pao Chung Lee, Albert Lee, Andy Lee, and Norman Lee: By Irena Milosavljevic, Law Offices of Rina Milos.
    Case Number: 152674/2015

    Leave to Amend Answer Granted, But Preliminary Injunction and Mandate Denied

  • The State v. Abbott

    Publication Date: 2018-05-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Hines
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Bradley Smith, Henry Wayne Syms Jr., Tyler McKenzie Gray (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta; Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ricardo Bravo (Law Offices of Ricardo Bravo LLC), Augusta; Charles R. Sheppard, Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1583

    The trial court properly suppressed defendant's pre-Miranda warning statements to investigators but applied the wrong legal standard in suppressing his post-Miranda statements, which the trial court determined resulted from an improper interrogate first, warn later procedure.

  • City Of Union Point v. Greene County et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Public Utilities
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Jackson Welch III, Warren Michael Tillery, Brandon Filson Palmer, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), McDonough; M. Joseph Reitman Jr. (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher J. Hamilton, Kenneth Paul Robin, Angela Edwards Davis (Jarrard & Davis LLP), Cumming, for appellee. Barry Abbott Fleming, Frank Adam Nelson (Fleming & Nelson LLP), Evans; Edward Fowler Preston, Timothy Marzine Tanner, George T. Talley (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta; Sarah L. Crile, Christopher M. Carr, William Wright Banks Jr., Julie Adams Jacobs (Department of Law), for amicus appellant. Walter Gus Elliott II, James L. Elliott, William Gus Elliott II (Elliott Blackburn & Gooding PC), Valdosta; Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc), Atlanta, for amicus appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1878

    The Court partially affirmed, partially reversed, and partially vacated the trial court's order in a dispute between a County and a City over who should pay for public services under the Service Delivery Strategy Act.