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  • Wright v. The State

    Publication Date: 2025-01-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Zachary Smith, Alexandra Hofstetter, (Burns Smith Law, P.C.), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, Cliff Head, (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A25A0076

    Court Reverses Exclusion of Expert Testimony in a DUI Vehicular Homicide Case and Remands for Further Proceedings

  • Baker v. Cuthbertson

    Publication Date: 2024-10-10
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslee Hungerford, (O’Dell & O’Neal Attorneys), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warner Hodges, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1098

    Court affirms jury verdict and punitive damages in favor of estate executor against deceased party's partner for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty

  • Stringer v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lela Acker, (Georgia Public Defender Council, Appellate Division), Albany, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Mulholland, (District Attorney), Bainbridge, for appellee,
    Case Number: A23A0667

    Court affirms convictions for felony obstruction, marijuana possession, and other crimes over defendant's contentions of jury charge error and insufficiency of evidence

  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Margaret Louttit, Natalee Staats, (Assistant District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0738

    Trial Counsel's Tenuous Connection to Victim Through Assistant's Relation by Marriage Did Not Establish Actual Conflict of Interest

  • Henderson et al. v. Fisher et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A22A0289

    Court reverses motion to transfer venue of case where the plaintiff's action was equitable in nature and not, as plaintiffs claimed, an action addressing title to land

  • Chambers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole Jones, (Jones, Federal & Appellate, LLC), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Racine, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1158

    Burglary Conviction Supported by Evidence Defendant Lacked Permission to Enter Victim's Home

  • Handberry et al. v. Manning Forestry Services, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-12-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Caleb Walker, (Katherine L. McArthur, LLC), Macon, Katherine McArthur, (McArthur Law Firm), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Britton White, G. White, (Brennan, Harris & Rominger LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1321

    Circumstantial evidence was insufficient to create an issue of fact as to knowledge of the existence of an open well in a survivor's negligence action against a contractor

  • Woodard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Tarleton, (The Appellate Division - GPDC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Baker, John Fowler, Tracy Lawson, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1039

    Court Remands for Resentencing as Aggravated Battery Convictions Should Have Merged with Kidnapping with Bodily Injury Conviction

  • Hall v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Morrison, Daniel Porter, (District Attorney, Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1444

    Court affirms methamphetamine trafficking conviction over defendant's objection to evidence seized from his vehicle

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Kleinrock, (Law Office of Lynn M. Kleinrock), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher George, Daniel Porter, Lee Tittsworth, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1064

    Court affirms aggravated sexual battery conviction where defendant's victim was voluntarily intoxicated and unable to give consent