• AU Medical Center, Inc. v. Georgia Department of Community Health, et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-23
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Appeals | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Threlkeld, Elliott Coward, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Belinfante, Daniel Monahan, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Ecenia, (Rutledge Ecenia, P. A.), Tallahassee, Cathelynn Tio, Christopher Carr, (Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law), Atlanta, Jennifer Hinson, (Rutledge Ecenia, P.A.), Tallahassee, Caylee Noggle, (Commissioner-C/O Office of Health Planning), Atlanta, Charles Thimmesch, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1148

    Party Challenging Grant of Certificate of Need to Hospital Failed to Raise Claim Its Substantial Rights Were Prejudiced

  • Lawson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Cross, (Augusta Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Jared Williams, (District Attorney’s Office Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1100

    Court affirms conviction for aggravated child molestation over defendant's challenge to admission of his prior convictions and other contentions of trial court error

  • In the Interest of A. G., a child.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A22A0459

    Court affirms denial of State's motion to transfer a juvenile case to the superior court and to treat a child as an adult on attempted murder and other charges

  • State v. Jennings

    Publication Date: 2022-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Gainesville, Paul Lamb, (Dawson County District Attorney's Office), Cleveland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Richman, (Richman Law Firm), Cumming, Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1355

    Court affirms suppression of evidence in a hit-and-run accident case where police exceeded the scope of their authority to enter a defendant's property

  • Shine v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence Daniel, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Racine, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1580

    Court affirms convictions for theft by taking, felony fleeing, and theft by receiving over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence

  • J.P. Carey Enterprises, Inc. v. Cuentas, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-05
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Bonder, Carson Modrall, (Fried Bonder White LLC), Atlanta, Christopher Giovinazzo, Michael Terry, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Franklin Brannen, Joshua Curry, Ronald Masterson, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0703

    Court affirms ruling that certain provisions in a convertible note were unenforceable penalties but reverses and remands as to whether noteholder waived default provisions

  • Terry v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Chappell, (Solo Practicioner), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford Bowden, Jennifer Hart, (Assistant District Attorney), Tifton, Bryce Johnson, (Solicitor General), Sylvester, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1627

    Court reverses conviction for Controlled Substance Act violation because trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized in a traffic stop

  • Serdula v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, PC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emily Johnson, (District Attorney's Office Rome Judicial Circuit), Rome, John Melvin, (District Attorney), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0258

    Court affirms convictions for unlawful surveillance, aggravated sodomy, and other crimes over defendant's contentions of trial court error, insufficient evidence, and ineffective counsel

  • Doe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Public Records
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jared Miller, (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Erin Donohue-Koehler, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Lisa Moultrie, (Assistant Solicitor General), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2378

    Acquitted Defendant Failed to Show He Suffered Harm From County's Continuing Failure to Seal His Arrest Records

  • In the Interest of L. K., Children et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Womack, (Conowal, Welch, Womack & Rinderknecht, LLC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Franklin Patterson, Audra Caldwell, (Bart Patterson & Associates, LLC), Gainesville, for appellee. Belinda Martin, (Martin Law, PC), Cumming, Gregory Valpey, (Valpey & Walker), Gainesville, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A2328

    Juvenile Court Was Not Presented With Clear and Convincing Evidence to Support a Finding That Father Failed to Protect and Properly Supervise His Children