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  • Howard Russell Yntema v. Leah Smith

    Publication Date: 2024-10-17
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Family Law
    Industry:
    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

  • Catoosa County Republican Party et al. v. Henry et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-16
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Oles, Alpharetta, Catherine Scott Bernard, Jordan Alexander Johnson, (Bernard & Johnson, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan Christopher Norton, (Luther-Anderson, PPLP), Chattanooga, Archibald A. Farrar, Jr., Catherine Farrar Jackson, (Farrar & Corbin, P.C.), Summerville, Bryan Paul Tyson, (The Election Law Group/Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Lawrence Alan Stagg, (Stagg Law Firm, LLC), Ringgold, for appellee; Sarah E. Thompson, Statesboro, Susan P. Opraseuth, Alpharetta, for Neutral Amicus; Brent William Herrin, (Small Herrin, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0917

    Court dismisses appeal by local Republican Party organization in an election dispute over candidate qualification, stressing the importance of timeliness in election challenge cases

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances C. Kuo, Jonathan O. Oden, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0633

    Court affirms convictions in a stabbing death, and rejects defendant's claims of jury instruction error and admission of hearsay evidence as not being reversible plain error

  • Baker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances C. Kuo, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, Marie Greene Broder, (Griffin Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0478

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and firearms possession in a double homicide over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and multiple claims of trial court error

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24A0171

    In a sharply divided opinion, court reverses malice murder conviction due to failure to instruct jury on voluntary manslaughter

  • Schmitt v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Aspinwall Garland, Donald Franklin Samuel, Kristen Wright Novay, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta,for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Mary Catherine Norman, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Mario Kladis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0036

    Court reverses convictions for malice murder and other crimes due to error in failing to instruct the jury on accident as a defense

  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Aaron Loudon-Brown, Whitney Knox Lee, (Southern Center For Human Rights), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher Mark DeNeve, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, Brenda Lopez Romero, Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1051

    Court vacates denial of extraordinary motion for a new trial on a murder charge and remands for a hearing on the defendant's new trial motion.

  • In the Interest of C.C. et al., Children.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Buell Hume, (Hume, Jaacks & Associates, LLC), Cumming, Brittani Chandler, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ross Warren Bergethon, Shalen S. Nelson, Bryan Keith Webb, Emily Allen Harris, Christopher M. Carr, Hannah Basta, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kris-Ann Poe, Hiawassee Rochelle Ann Doyle, Roswell, for appellee; Melissa D. Carter, (Emory University School of Law), Atlanta, Edward Albert Bedard, Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus; Mathew K. Titus, (Titus Law LLC), Alpharetta, Victoria Cuneo Powell, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Kurtis George Anderson, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S22A0584

    Juvenile Court Applied Wrong Standard in Determining Parents' Religious Objection to Vaccinating Children Was Insincere

  • Phillips v. Jackson, Judge et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda K Johns, (City of Atlanta Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Christopher Wynter, Hermise Pierre, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0503

    Court affirms denial of habeus petition to municipal court's decision because petitioner had another adequate remedy at law.