• Moore v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-06-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Hines
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carzell Moore, Trion, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Lang Adams (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney's Office), Jackson; Steven Chambless Ouzts (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney's Office), Forsyth; Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18A0509

    The trial court properly rejected appellant's "Amended Motion for Out of Time Appeal" following his guilty pleas to rape and murder, as his attempt to amend the already-adjudicated motion was untimely.

  • Fetahu v. N.J. Tr. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Adam Silvera
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff's Atty: Jonah Grossman
    for defendant: Defendants' Atty: Lynch & Lynch

    Case Number: 158294/13

    NJT Granted Protective Order to Strike Passenger's Third Notice to Admit as Improper

  • Orchard Hotel LLC v. D.A.B. Grp. LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-06-11
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Construction
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Charles Ramos
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 850044/2011

    Construction Contractor Sufficiently Pleads Fraudulent Concealment Claim Against Bank

  • 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