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  • Wallace v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Sarah Jane Thomas, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0422

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and firearm possession over defendant's arguments over sufficiency of evidence, his shackling and prison clothing during trial, and ineffective counsel

  • Stefansky v. Kaufman

    Publication Date: 2024-11-12
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Aaron D. Maslow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Michael E. Norton of counsel, Norton & Associates LLC, New York City.
    for defendant: For Defendants: Jonathan Weg of counsel, Jacobowitz Newman Tversky, LLC, Cedarhurst.
    Case Number: 511073/2024

    Emails Confirming Attendance at Beth Din Did Not Constitute Agreement to Arbitrate

  • Burns v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee; Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, Hunter Joseph Rodgers, Smyrna, for Amicus Appellant; Jennifer Lauren Hyman, (Arora Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, James Matthew Bass, (Bass Legal), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S23G1192

    Court affirms that defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel was not violated when law enforcement personnel listened to recorded jail calls that did not include privileged matters

  • Varela v. Zavala Plus, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-11-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | International Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Garcia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 05-22-01077-CV

    Appellant Maria Soledad Varela de Lopez brought a personal injury suit against appellee in 2019 in relation to a bus accident in Mexico.

  • Lozano v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2024-11-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Baker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 03-23-00660-CR

    Appellant was charged with indecency with a child by sexual contact and three counts of sexual assault of a child and a jury found him guilty on all counts, sentencing him to twenty years' imprisonment on each count.

  • Hudson View Park Co. v. Town of Fishkill

    Publication Date: 2024-11-07
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Justice Linda Christopher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: Michael D. Zarin, Brad K. Schwartz, and Lee J. Lefkowitz of counsel, Zarin & Steinmetz, White Plains, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondents: Brian D. Nugent of counsel, Feerick Nugent MacCartney, PLLC, South Nyack, NY.
    Case Number: 2021-00514

    MOU Violates Term Limits Rule, Prohibition Against Contract Zoning

  • Matter of Planet Waste Servs. Inc. v. New York City Dept. of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Shahabuddeen A. Ally
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 655079/2023

    Dismissal Granted, Petitioner Did Not Exhaust Other Remedies

  • Dobbs v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2024-11-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Kennedy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 05-23-00910-CR

    A jury convicted appellant of continuous sexual abuse of a child and assessed punishment at 25 years' confinement.

  • Faina P. v. Alexander S.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Jeffrey S. Sunshine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Brian D. Perskin, Esq., Gabrielle H. Hagege, Esq.
    for defendant: Defendant, Pro Se: Alexander S., Esq. Court-Appointed Attorney for the Child: Brad Nacht, Esq.
    Case Number: (redacted)

    Mother Granted Custody, Father Continued to Not Cooperate With Mother

  • In the Matter of the Marriage of Guggenheim

    Publication Date: 2024-11-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 06-24-00033-CV

    The parties separated in 2023 and appellee filed for divorce.