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  • Williams et al. v. Powell et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David N. Dreyer, Quinton G. Washington, Deana Holiday Ingraham, (Washington Dreyer & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Gerald Richard Weber, Jr., (Law Offices of Gerald Weber, LLC), Atlanta, Ebony Jervonnè Brown, Megan Toomer, (Southern Center for Human Rights), Atlanta, Zack Greenamyre, (Mitchell & Shapiro LLP), Atlanta, , for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Ross Warren Bergethon, Deborah Nolan Gore, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, Zachary Mullinax, Justin Thomas Golart, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0591

    Court constitutionality of statute that places restrictions on disruptive conduct in legislative spaces

  • Burns v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    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

  • Howard Russell Yntema v. Leah Smith

    Publication Date: 2024-10-17
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas Paul Martin, (Martin Demelfi, LLC), Atlanta, Ulice Sauls, III, (Sauls Law Group LLC), Peachtree Corners, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dawn Hunsicker Taylor, (Dawn H. Taylor LLC), Suwanee, for appellee; Kathryn T. Franklin, (Franklin Family Law, PC), Buford, for other party.
    Case Number: S24C0850

    Court denies review of speech restriction order in a divorce proceeding, but acknowledges potential due process concerns for nonparties

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jessua Calhoun Hornsby, Bradfield M. Shealy, (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0382

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and a firearms offense over defendant's claims of ineffective assistance where his trial counsel did not challenge the prosecutor's closing remarks

  • March 28, 2024 | Daily Report Online

    Bondurant Mixson & Elmore Founder Recognized for His Decades of Pro Bono Influence

    With its "highest honor" award, the ABA is recognizing Emmet Bondurant, whose work led to "one person, one vote" rule, Georgia indigent defense law.

    6 minute read

  • Lopez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, David Michael Wolfe, Elizabeth Overcamp Evans, Clayton McLean Fuller, (lookout mountain judicial Circuit district attorney’s office), Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1165

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • March 7, 2024 | Daily Report Online

    'Rule 403 Has Some Real Substance': Judge's Admission of Rap Video Leads to Reversal

    "Evidence is being abused when the judges don't put their foot down and say, 'this is too prejudicial,'" said Donald F. Samuel of Garland, Samuel & Loeb in Atlanta. "That's what Rule 403 is designed to do."

    8 minute read

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara S Becker, (Sara Stewart Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Thomas L. Williams, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0948

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes, finding that defendant's contentions that the trial court erred by refusing to give a self-defense instruction was harmless error

  • January 2, 2024 | Law.com

    Bucking 7th Circ. Precedent, an Illinois Appellate Court Rules Insurance Companies Don't Owe a Duty to Defend Per Policy Terms

    The Illinois First District Appellate Court held that two insurance companies didn't owe an employer a duty to defend in an underlying Biometric Information Privacy Act suit.

    5 minute read

  • Kimbro v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Allen Hoort, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0678

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and rape over defendant's multiple contentions of insufficient evidence, error, and ineffective assistance of counsel