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  • Makin v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2022-06-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candace Little, (Smith & Little, P.C.), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: William King, (The Manely Firm, P.C.), Marietta, Katherine Davis, Jackson, Cara Schlosser, (The Manely Firm PC), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0399

    No Showing Made That U.K. Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Make Child Custody Determination

  • Fuller v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney's Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney's Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1481

    Court affirms convictions for armed robbery and other offenses over defendant's challenges to evidence and contentions of error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • The State v. Ward

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Judicial Circuit, DA), Athens, Patricia Brooks, Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0952

    Trial Counsel Should Have Objected to Prosecution's Derivative Use at Trial of Defendant's Earlier Compelled Statements to Employer

  • In the Interest of T. R. et al. children.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Burns Tanner, (Burns & Burns, PC), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Amy Michaud, (Attorney at Law), Greensboro, for appellee. Hoganne Harrison-Walton, (The Hogan Law Firm LLC), Milledgeville, Emilie Cook, (Cook Law Office, LLC), Milledgeville, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A2124

    Court vacates an order terminating parental rights as to three children and remands to the juvenile court for more specific findings as to each child

  • Moore v. Lovein Funeral Home, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-14
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Cotton, Tiffany Donohue, (Cotton Law Firm, P.C.), Cordele, Patrick Kerns, (Patrick W. Kerns, Attorney at Law, LLC), Valdosta, Patrick Kerns, (Luke Law LLC), Orange Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mitchell Moore, (Mitchell O. Moore PC), Nashville, James Thagard, William Purvis, (Young Thagard Hoffman Smith Lawrence & Shenton), Valdosta, for appellee. Kenneth Howard, Opelika, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1632

    Issues of Fact Exist on Whether Funeral Home's Failure to Release to Plaintiff All of His Late Wife's Remains Constituted a Breach of the Parties' Written Agreements

  • Crider v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joyette Holmes, Amelia Pray, D. Reynolds, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0527

    Sound Tactical Reasons Supported Trial Counsel's Decision Not to Press Self-Defense Claim

  • In the Interest of M. S., a child.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Smith, (Attorney at Law), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Cynthia Johnson, (Johnson Law PC), Cohutta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1273

    Court reverses dependency order due to lack of clear and convincing evidence

  • The State v. Parks

    Publication Date: 2019-08-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey Bard, (Conasauga Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karen Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0491

    Trial Court Erred in Admitting Evidence of Defendant's Polygraph Refusal

  • In the Interest of M. R. B., A Child

    Publication Date: 2019-07-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael McCarthy, (Mike McCarthy, Criminal Defense Lawyer), Rocky Face, George Souther, (Little, Bates, Kelehear & Toland PC), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Penny Hannah, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Cynthia Johnson, (Johnson Law PC), Cohutta, for appellee. Matthew Thames, (Matthew D. Thames, Attorney at Law), Dalton, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0490

    Order Terminating Parental Rights Lacked Evidentiary Support And Was Riddled With Material Errors