• Remler v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura D. Hogue, Susan Dalton Raymond, (Hogue Griffin), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Cook Jones, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta; Timothy Patrick Dean, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A1075

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence trial court jury instruction error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Ramirez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Alane Penn, Sandra Ann Partridge, (Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office), Cumming, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0905

    Court affirms malice murder conviction in a case involving severe elder neglect and rejects defendant's contention of insufficient evidence of malice

  • Lovell v. Raffensperger et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristen Lovell, Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas L. Cathey, Fort Gordon, Bryan Keith Webb, Russell David Willard, Elizabeth Wilson Vaughan, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William James Keogh, III, Jordan Bell, (Hull Barrett, P.C.), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0887

    Court affirms dismissal of actions against State and county election officials for non-compliance with sovereign immunity waiver requirements under the Georgia Constitution

  • Collington v. Clayton County, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John David Hadden, Darren Wade Penn, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Benjamin Frederick Windham, (Ben F. Windham, P.C.), Locust Grove, Robert Walker Garrett, (Morgan & Morgan Atlanta, PLLC), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jack R. Hancock, Arash Ali Sabzevari, Wes C. Jackson, Jacob Edward Daly, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Charles Madden Cork, III, (LAW OFFICES OF CHARLES M. Cork, III), Decatur, for Amicus Appellant; Kellye C. Moore, (Walker Hulbert Gray & Moore, LLP), Perry, for Amicus Appellee; Daniel C. Prout, Jr., (Waldon Adelman Castilla McNamara & Prout), Atlanta, for Other Party.

    Case Number: S22G1146

    Court verifies that OCGA § 36-11-1 applies to official-capacity claims against county sheriffs, and rules that presenting the claim to a county governing authority satisfies the presentment requirement

  • The State v. Franklin

    Publication Date: 2024-02-06
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Reuven Melnick, (Jonathan R. Melnick PC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0842

    Court reverses trial court's suppression of statement taken while defendant was hospitalized and medicated, affirming the need for coercive police conduct for involuntariness

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  • In the Matter of Steven Ryan Webster.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig A. Webster, (Webster Law Group, Inc.), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24Y0019

    Court accepts attorney's voluntary petition to surrender his license in a case involving financial mismanagement and trust account violations in relation with real estate services

  • In the Matter of Ashutosh S. Joshi.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-19
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Vincent Chandler, (Chandler Law LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23Y0975

    Court accepts attorney's voluntary surrender of his license in a disciplinary action involving misrepresentation and unauthorized contact with a represented party in a murder case

  • Brixmor New Chastain Corners SC, LLC v. James

    Publication Date: 2024-01-16
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles R. Beans, (McLaughlin Law Firm), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Sims Stein, (J. Stein Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23G0795

    Court of clarifies legal considerations and standards that should be applied to spoliation of evidence issues for purposes of assessing sanctions in premises liability actions

  • The State v. Shropshire

    Publication Date: 2024-01-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ruth M. Pawlak, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Vance Patterson, (The Law Office of Brian V. Patterson, LLC), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23G0310

    Court clarifies legal standards for merger analysis in cases involving separate charges of child molestation and aggravated child molestation

  • Sumter County et al. v. Morris et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-16
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raleigh Willis Rollins, H. Thomas Shaw, (Alexander & Vann, LLP), Thomasville, Hayden Hooks Hooks, (Arnold & Hooks LLC), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ralph F. Simpson, (Simpson Mediation Services), Cobb, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23G0169

    Court clarifies county's obligation in road maintenance, emphasizing the need for county authority to accept the dedication of a road for public use before the county is obligated to maintain it