• Arroyo v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Jones, (Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Mitchell Mobley, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0483

    Court affirms rape conviction over defendant's contentions of jury instruction error regarding consent, insufficiency of evidence, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Brewton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Raymond, (Hogue & Hogue (Of Counsel)), Macon, Laura Hogue, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Baker, (Fulton County Solicitor General Office of the Fulton County Solicitor General), Atlanta, Marie Broder, (Spalding County District Attorney’s Office), Griffin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1629

    Court affirms conviction for aggravated assault and reckless conduct over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and admission or prior acts evidence, and contentions of ineffective assistance

  • Early v. Morgan Fleet Services, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-09
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Samuel Starks, Shean Williams, (The Cochran Firm Atlanta), Atlanta, Andre’ Ramsay, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Welborn, (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0148

    Court reverses summary judgment and rules that an expert's opinion is admissible in a negligence matter even though the opinion is not based on a hard scientific basis