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  • Gebhardt v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Scott Johnston, (Virgil L. Brown & Associates), Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Benjamin David Coker, Brittany Ashton Fallin, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Griffin, Marc A. Mallon, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1582

    Evidence at Trial Was Sufficient to Support Conviction of Malice Murder in Connection with Torture and Stabbing That Took Place in 1983

  • People v. Suncar

    Publication Date: 2020-01-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice David Lewis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the People: A.D.A. RosAnn Piccolo, Bronx County District Attorney's Office.
    for defendant: For Defendant Suncar: Ruben Dario Fernandez, co-counsel Miriam Gaye, The Bronx Defenders. For Defendant Medina: Nicolas Schumann-Ortega, The Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division.
    Case Number: 1068-19

    Defendants' Detention, Officers' Search of Car Violated Their Rights; Suppression Granted

  • Shaw v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Mitchell Harrison, (Oconee Circuit Public Defender Oconee Cirucit), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta. Timothy Grady Vaughn, Keely Kight Pitts, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0789

    Defendant Waived Right to Counsel at Pre-Trial Hearing; Prior Violent Acts Against Witness Sufficiently Showed Course of Conduct

  • S.F. v. N.Y.C. Hous. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Gerald Lebovits
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Joshua Ram of counsel, Ram Law Group, P. C.
    for defendant: For Defendant: Christopher Delamere Clarke of counsel, Leahey & Johnson, P.C.
    Case Number: 157821/2016

    Tenant Raised Fact Issue if NYCHA Failed to Maintain Premises in Reasonably Safe Condition

  • People v. Anderson

    Publication Date: 2019-10-04
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Stephen Knopf
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 2227/18

    Evidence Recovered From Trunk of Vehicle Is Suppressed; Officers Had No Probable Cause

  • Holmes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-25
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., (Jones Appellate Law Practice), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Natalie Spires Paine, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0559

    Trial Court Failed to Exercise its Discretion to Act as the 'Thirteenth Juror' in Ruling Upon Defendant's Motion for a New Trial

  • Cantor v. Boston Children's Health Physicians LLP

    Publication Date: 2019-09-19
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Westchester
    Judge: Justice John Colangelo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff Pro Se: Liliah Cantor, M.D., Mahopac, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant: Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP, White Plains, NY.
    Case Number: 64925/2017

    Course of Conduct Modified Salary Despite No Oral Modification Clause in Doctor's Contract

  • Smith v. Roma 390 Rest. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Westchester
    Judge: Justice Charles Wood
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 65954/2015

    Injury Suit Precluded Against Defaulting Defendants as Third-Party Previously Found Liable

  • Bannister v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    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

  • The State v. Burns

    Publication Date: 2019-07-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    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