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  • Rouse v. The State

    Publication Date: 2025-01-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A1787

    Court Partially Affirms and Partially Reverses Convictions for High-Speed Chase and Assault on Officers

  • Brown v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Taylor, (Public Defender’s Office of Columbia Judicial Circuit), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bobby Christine, Kevin Majeska, (Columbia Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1029

    Court reverses convictions for child molestation and related charges due to trial court's improper removal and replacement of a hold-out juror

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noel Thomas, (Washington State Prison), Davisboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Darius Pattillo, (Henry County District Attorney’s Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0214

    Court reverses denial of defendant's motions to vacate a void sentence and to withdraw a negotiated guilty plea based on a void sentence, and remands for reconsideration

  • The State v. Bobby Lee Fish

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luana Nolen, (Douglas County District Attorney’s Office), Douglasville, Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office Cobb County Courthouse), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Cook, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0920

    Court affirms order granting a motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop that was unlawfully prolonged by an officer

  • Oldham et al. v. Landrum, III et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-19
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Oldham, (Larry C. Oldham, P.C.), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana Maine, Mallory Ball, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Charles Marsh, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, Henry Tharpe, (Sponcler & Tharpe, LLC), Dalton, Myrece Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1271

    Court vacates dismissal of abusive litigation complaint and remands for determination of whether real party-in-interest should be added as a plaintiff

  • Britt v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, Gregory Wagner, (Assistant District Attorney), Jefferson, Victoria Goff, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1695

    Court reverses and remands denial of a pro se motion to withdraw a negotiated guilty plea because defendant was not warned of post-conviction risks of proceeding pro se

  • Moran v. Team Elite Realty, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-11-02
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Massey, (Massey & Sharry, LLP), Winder, Darren Penn, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, James Seifter, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen Broughton, Robert Parker, (Allen L Broughton PC), Atlanta, John Stell, (Stell, Smith & Mattison, P.C.), Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1036

    Court affirms summary judgment for property owner and realtor in a slip and fall case where neither defendant had actual or constructive knowledge of property defect

  • Vazemiller et al. v. Sanders

    Publication Date: 2021-08-19
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Turner, (Schulten Ward & Turner, LLP), Atlanta, Kevin McDonough, (Attorney at Law), Cumming, Deborah Pittman, (Miles Hansford and Tallant, LLC.), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warner Hodges, Cumming; Theodore Spaulding, Cumming, Jeremy Hayes, (Spaulding Law LLC), Cumming, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1151

    Trial Court Erred in Concluding That Purchasers of Land Had Notice of Purported Landowner's Deed and Could Not Qualify as Bona Fide Purchasers for Value

  • General Motors LLC v. Buchanan et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-02
    Practice Area: Diversity | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Jonathan Spital, (Holland & Knight), Atlanta, Charles Marsh, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, Brian Kappel, Michael Bell, Rachel Lary, Christopyer Yearout, (Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC), Birmingham, Myrece Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Richard North, Richard North, (Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Dawson, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Lance Cooper, (The Cooper Firm), Marietta, Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Leah Sears, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, William Custer, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Christopher Glover, (Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis Miles), Montgomery, Darren Penn, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: A21A0043

    Court affirms denial of a protective order that sought to preclude a deposition of GM's CEO and declines to adopt the apex doctrine in Georgia

  • The Hatchett Firm, P. C. et al. v. Atlanta Life Financial Group, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-30
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy Banerjee, (Kumar, Prabhu, Patel & Banerjee, L.L.C.), Atlanta, Angelina Whitaker, (Blue Sky Law), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lisa Wolgast, Talia Wagner, (Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1723

    Court reverses summary judgment order that had been in favor of sub-lessor due to outstanding issue of material fact, but affirms order against subtenants' counterclaims