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  • In The Estate of Johnson Deceased

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Litigation | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bland
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0424

    In this case, a beneficiary under a will sought to circumvent the long-established rule that a person cannot accept benefits under a will while contesting its validity.

  • Matthews v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joyette Marie Holmes, D. Victor Reynolds, John Richard Edwards, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0318

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claims of error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Abbott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Burton Mills, (William B. Mills, P.C.), Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, James C. Wyatt, (Rome Conflict Defender Office), Rome, Natalee Lyn Staats, Leigh Ellen Patterson, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0075

    Court affirms convictions for murder and other offenses over defendant's objections to witness testimony, certain evidence, and the State's failure to disclose an agreement

  • Puig v. City of Middletown

    Publication Date: 2021-05-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Orange
    Judge: Justice Robert Onofry
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 000498-2021

    Records Formerly Protected Under Civil Service Law Not Subject to Retroactivity Analysis

  • People v. Jaquez

    Publication Date: 2021-04-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Robert Mandelbaum
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the People: Elizabeth D'Antonio of counsel, Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York County.
    for defendant: For the Defendant: Arthur J. Mendola and Mitchell E. Schwartz of counsel, Janet E. Sabel, Esq., The Legal Aid Society.
    Case Number: 3844/2018

    People Charged 236 Days for Failure to Comply With Newly Enacted Discovery Compliance

  • Los Compadres v. Valdez

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boyd
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0643

    This case involved a property owner's liability for injuries its contractor's employees sustained while working on the property.

  • Lofton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Sirianni, Jr., (Brownstone, P.A.), Winter Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1101

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Denying Defendant's Motion to Suppress His Cell Phone Records; Exclusionary Rule Does Not Apply to That Evidence

  • Henderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    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, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Emily Kathleen Richardson, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Roderick B. Wilkerson, Drew Kendall Shumate, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1571

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to admission of his custodial statement and to the striking of a statement

  • Thrift v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Craig Head, Jr., (Waycross Judicial Circuit Defender's Office), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, Michelle Chapman McIntire, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1182

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over a killing from more than 20 years ago and rejects defendant's multiple challenges to the verdict.

  • Gardner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Craig Head, Jr., (Waycross Judicial Circuit Defender's Office), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, Alexander John Markowich, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1183

    Court affirms murder conviction over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance due to counsel's failure to request a voluntary manslaughter jury charge