• Victory Media Group LLC v. Georgia Department of Transportation

    Publication Date: 2024-08-08
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Advertising
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Lemond, Edward Web, (Webb, Klase & Lemond, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Helen O’Leary, Amy Patterson, (Georgia Law Department), Atlanta, Denise Weiner, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0100

    Court affirms DOT's denial of an application for a permit for a multiple message sign, which sign was prohibited by OCGA § 32-6-75 (c) (1) (C)

  • Salaam v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Clifford Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0091

    Court rejects defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence to support convictions for armed robbery and gang activity, but vacates one count due to merger error

  • Ivey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Ivey, (Carroll County Correctional Institution), Carrolton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attornye’s Office), Eatonton, Sydney Segers, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attornye’s Office), Milledgeville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1214

    Trial Court Should Have Asked Pro Se Defendant If He Wanted To Enter Plea Under First Offender Act

  • State v. Glanton

    Publication Date: 2023-03-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Williams, Matthew Rollins, (Paulding Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jana Jacobson, (Public Defender Northern Judicial Circuit), Royston, Michael Syrop, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Hunter Rodgers, (J. Ryan Brown Law, LLC), Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1381

    Court affirms dismissal of drug and driving charges where officers stopped the defendant without a reasonable and articulable basis for detaining him

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Johnson, (Law Office of Mickey Johnson), Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Lawson, Richard Perryman, Jennifer Smith, Chase Studstill, (Alapaha Judicial Circuit Distritct Attorney’s Office), Nashville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0969

    Evidence at Trial of Second, Uncharged Crime Had Little Probative Value And Was Highly Prejudicial

  • Cosby v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derek Wright, (Derek M. Wright LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Fani Willis, Lyndsey Rudder, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0701

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to withdraw a non-negotiated guilty plea to convictions for rape, kidnapping, and other crimes

  • February 1, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

    The Slowpoke Report: Federal Judges in Two of Texas' Busiest Divisions Tread Water

    Every year, Texas Lawyer takes a look at the number of civil cases and motions pending to check up on the federal bench around the state.

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