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Lester v. The State

Publication Date: 2020-11-05
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold Burton Baker, (Tift Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Tifton, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Clifford Paul Bowden, Jennifer Dawn Hart, Robert Alan Rogers, Patrick Warren, (Tift Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee.
Case Number: S20A0827

Trial Court Did Not Err in Admitting Statements Defendant Made to Law Enforcement After Victim's Death or in Denying His Motion for Mistrial Arising From the Presence of an Alternate Juror During Jury Deliberations

July 15, 2020 | New York Law Journal

'Shortlisting' as a Way to Maintain the Status Quo

In suggesting ways in which women can go from "shortlisted to selected," the book develops themes from the "lived experiences" to elucidate "strategies for counteracting the biases and prejudices that endure."

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Barrow v. Raffensperger

Publication Date: 2020-06-15
Practice Area: Court Administration | Government
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wade H. Tomlinson, III, Charles W. Byrd, George "Buddy" Darden, Michael Jonathan Moore, Michael P Morrill, Elizabeth Studdard White, (Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood), Atlanta, S. Lester Tate, III, (Akin & Tate, PC), Cartersville, for appellant.
for defendant: Elizabeth T. Young, Russell David Willard, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Bryan Keith Webb, Elizabeth Ann Penland, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Joyce Gist Lewis, Adam Martin Sparks, (Krevolin Horst, LLC), Atlanta, Monica Joy Hanrahan, (Hanrahan Freitag Family Law, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
Case Number: S20A1029

Secretary of State Could Not be Compelled to Hold Election in May For Position of Supreme Court Justice Whose Prospective Resignation In November Was Irrevocable

Hogan v. The State

Publication Date: 2020-04-02
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Elizabeth Bullard, (Fulton County Public Defender's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Leslie Anna Coots, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S19A1448

Trial Court Conducted Adequate Analysis in Concluding Defendant's Exclusion of Prospective Juror Was Based on Discriminatory Intent

Smith v. The State

Publication Date: 2020-03-30
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob Dennis Rhein, (Law Offices of Jacob D. Rhein), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Dustin Jeremiah Lee, (Fulton County Office of the District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S19A1098

Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's arguments regarding sufficiency of evidence, trial court error, and assistance of counsel

Bullard v. The State

Publication Date: 2020-01-16
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Perry Waters, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Karl David Cooke, Jason Michael Martin, Shelley T. Milton, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
Case Number: S19A1017

Court affirms murder and gang crimes convictions over defendant's challenges to sufficiency and use of evidence

Martin et al. v. Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections et al.

Publication Date: 2019-12-20
Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce Perrin Brown, (Bruce P. Brown Law LLC), Atlanta, Russell Todd Abney, Blake Todd Tanase, (Ferrer, Poirot & Wansbrough), Sandy Springs, for appellant.
for defendant: Joshua Barrett Belinfante, Vincent Robert Russo, Jr., Carey Allen Miller, Alexander Fraser Denton, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Annette M. Cowart, Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, Andrew Alan Pinson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patrise M. Perkins-Hooker, Kaye Woodard Burwell, Cheryl Melissa Ann Ringer, David Robert Lowman, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, Richard A. Carothers, Brian Richard Dempsey, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Bryan Paul Tyson, Frank B. Strickland, Bryan Francis Jacoutot, Bryan Paul Tyson, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Edward H. Lindsey, Jr., (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S19A0769

Parties Challenging 2018 Election Failed to Provide Sufficient Evidence to Support Their Claim That Defects in Electronic Voting Machines Cast Doubt on Election Results

The State v. Mondor

Publication Date: 2019-08-20
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: D. Victor Reynolds, Amelia Greeson Pray, Patricia Gail Hull, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Scott Patrick Semrau, (Semrau & Burns, Attorneys at Law), Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: S19A0209

Court reinstates vehicular homicide and hit-and-run indictment and affirms exclusion of evidence of victim's failure to wear a seatbelt.

Dozier v. The State

Publication Date: 2019-07-01
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Karl David Cooke, Jr., John Allen Regan, Shelley T. Milton, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, Jason Matthew Rea, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
Case Number: S19A0095

Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's multiple challenges

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. R. Charles Loudermilk, Sr. et al.

Publication Date: 2019-05-03
Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Damages
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joyce Gist Lewis, (Krevolin Horst, LLC), Atlanta, Curtis J. Martin, II, (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, Michael P. Kohler, Charles B. Lee, Laura Elisabeth Ashby, (Miller & Martin PLLC), Atlanta, George P. Shingler, (The Shingler Law Firm LLC), Decatur, Ashley Elizabeth Wilson Clark, (Buckley Beal, LLP), Atlanta, Kathryn R. Norcross, James S. Watson, Colleen J. Boles, John Stuart Tonkinson, (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), Arlington, Ellis A. Sharp, (Stokes, Williams, Sharp & Davies), Knoxville, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert Richard Long, IV, Brian David Boone, Theodore J. Sawicki, Elizabeth Gingold Clark, Lauren Tapson Macon, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S18Q1233

Georgia's Apportionment Statute Was Applicable to Tort Claims Against Bank Directors and Officers For Purely Pecuniary Losses