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  • Reyes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerome Lee, Stephen Elijah Brown-Bennett, (Taylor Lee & Associates, LLC), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Clint Christopher Malcolm, (Department of Law), Atlanta, C. Rebecca Fogal, George R. Christian, (Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Clarkesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1135

    Court affirms the constitutionality of considering a defendant's immigration status in sentencing in a case involving charges of vehicular homicide by an undocumented immigrant

  • Premier Pediatric Providers, LLC v. Kenne-Saw Pediatrics, P.C.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, Mark David Boyer, II, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Bennie Davis Butler, Jr., (Butler Mersereau LLP), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harold David Melton, Michael Gregory Foo, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, David Gregory Michell, James Marx Sherman, (Stanley, Esrey & Buckley, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G0263

    Court vacates dismissal of an appeal that was granted on procedural grounds over delayed filing of a trial transcript and clarifies appellate review standards in transcript delay appeal dismissals

  • Blash v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis Hewitt, (The Appellate Division - Georgia Public Defender Council), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ronald Edwards Daniels, (Daniels Law LLC), Eastman, Kelli Maria Adams, Timothy Grady Vaughn, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Eastman, for other party.
    Case Number: S23A1096

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes and corrects sentencing error in response to defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Floyd v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), St. Atlanta, Jason Michael McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, Bailey Rachel Simkoff, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1042

    Court reverses conviction for felony murder due to ineffective assistance of defendant's trial counsel relating to a jury instruction on self-defense and felon-in-possession of a firearm

  • Green v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S23A0840

    Court affirms conviction entered on a defendant's voluntary guilty plea and overrules its previous strict application that required a trial court to include application of Boykin rights on the record

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  • In the Matter of Timothy Orman McCalep.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-06
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: S23Y0919

    Court disbars attorney for systemic client abandonment and multiple ethics violations

  • In the Matter of Coulter Clauzell Henry, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-06
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ivan Andrew Gustafson, (Law Office of Ivan Gustafson), Atlanta, for appellee; Kalki Yalamanchili, (Y’Chili Law LLC), Athens, for other party.
    Case Number: S24Y0195

    Court issues public reprimand to attorney for false statement to client amid personal stress

  • First Center, Inc., et al. v. Cobb County, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-06
    Practice Area: Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kirk Randall Fjelstul, Kathryn M. Zickert, William John Diehl, II, (Smith Gambrell Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Russell A. Britt, Pearson Kern Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, Debra Lynn Blair, Hugh William Rowling, Jr., (Cobb County Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0309

    Court affirms dismissal of a lawsuit challenging subdivision wall height rules, basing the dismissal on sovereign immunity grounds

  • Tracie Underwood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristin C. Moore Waller, (Epps, Holloway, Deloach & Hoipkemier), Watkinsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Alan Najjar, James Bradley Smith, (Piedmont Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G0714

    Court vacates its writ of certiorari on defendant's appeal to convictions for drug trafficking and other crimes and rejects defendant's challenge to denial of her motion to suppress evidence

  • Morrell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Lock, (David T. Lock LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Cook Jones, Lyle Burnham, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1166

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes relating to a shooting death and rejects defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and an incomplete record