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  • Purnell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Johnson, Thomas Buscemi, (District Attorney's Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0526

    Potential Jurors' Comments on Sentencing and Parole Were Not Inherently Prejudicial; Trial Court Did Not Err in Declining to Strike Venire

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Lewis, (JCTL Law LLC), Colorado Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Majeska, Henry Syms, (District Attorney, Augusta Jud. Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0299

    Court Did Not Err in Denying Defendant's Motion for a Mistrial; Inadvertent Publication of Part of Witness Interview Did Not Infringe on Defendant's Right to a Fair Trial

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Crawford, (Crawford and Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Langley, Sidney Landreau, (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Blairsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0498

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Declining to Strike Member of the Jury Pool; Prospective Juror Was DA's Wife, But There Was No Possible Bias Found

  • Leggett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Adams, (The Adams Law Group PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tasha Mosley, (District Attorney Harold R. Banke Justice Center), Jonesboro, Charles Brooks, (Office of the Solicitor General of Clayton County Harold Banke Justice Center), Jonesboro for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0173

    Court vacates DUI convictions and remands case to determine if defendant voluntarily waived his right to counsel, and for consideration of other arguments

  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Sheppard, (Attorney at Law), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, (District Attorney), Atlanta, Tristan Gillespie, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0107

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated battery and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

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  • Danmond Slack v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Cribbs, Veronica O'Grady, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Marc Mallon, (Senior Assistant District Attorney Fulton County Courthouse 3rd Floor), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2091

    Court affirms child molestation convictions but reverses child cruelty conviction due to ineffective assistance of counsel

  • City of Pendergrass v. Rintoul et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-07
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Government | Whistleblower Laws
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Caldwell, Earnest Delong, (Delong, Caldwell, Bridgers, Fitzpatrick, Benjamin, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nancy Val Preda, (Attorney at Law), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2071

    Whistleblower Complainants Presented Triable Issues of Fact as to Whether They Were Public Employees

  • In Re Estate of Sean Timothy O'Connell

    Publication Date: 2020-04-21
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Levy, (Fine and Block Attorneys), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Higgins, (Higgins & Dubner), Atlanta, Steven Dubner, (Deming, Parker, Hoffman, Campbell & Daly, LLC), Atlanta, Lacey Briasco, (The Law Firm of Caryn S. Fennell PC), Woodstock, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2254

    Probate Court Properly Found That Appellant and Decedent Were Not Legally Married or in a Common-Law Marriage; Appellant Was Not Decedent's Surviving Spouse

  • City of Lafayette v. Chandler

    Publication Date: 2020-04-16
    Practice Area: Government | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Ray, Ronald Womack, (Womack, Gottlieb & Rodham, P.C.), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Sanders, Nathan Lock, (McCamy Phillips Tuggle & Fordham, LLP), Dalton, for appellee. Theodore Salter, (Theodore Salter, Jr. & Associates, P.C.), Kennesaw, Jason Darneille, (Gower Wooten & Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A2232

    Notice of Intent to Recover "$1,000,000.00" From City For Personal Injury Damages Satisfied Statutory Specificity Requirement

  • Najarian Capital, LLC v. Federal National Mortgage Association

    Publication Date: 2020-04-14
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kane St. John, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Reading, Dallas Ivey, (Aldridge Pite, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2417

    Seller Is Not Required to Give Buyer Reasonable Documentary Proof or Any Type of Reasonable Evidence That a Qualifying Rescission Occurred