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  • CL SNF, LLC et al. v. Fountain

    Publication Date: 2021-10-11
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Dispute Resolution | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Emmett Quirk, Kellie Turner Holt, (Quirk & Quirk, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Brian Terry, Jennifer Lauren Peterson, (Bondurant, Mixson, & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Bethany Lynn Schneider, (Schneider Injury Law), Atlanta, Katherine G. Hughes, Gretchen Holt Wagner, (Wagner Hughes LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Jason Edward Bring, William Jerad Rissler, Kara Gordon Silverman, (Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S20G1292

    Court-Appointed Guardian of Adult Ward Had Authority to Enter Into Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreement on Ward's Behalf

  • Smith v. Long County Board of Elections and Registration et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-15
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S21A0591

    Trial Court Properly Considered Alleged Cumulative Voting Errors In Determining New Election Not Necessary

  • The State v. Owens

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Burke Olivia Doherty, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Beth Shubow, (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0640

    Court reverses grant of a new trial in a felony murder case, finding no error by the trial court as toa verdict form, and vacates and remands one count for resentencing

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Jones Walker, (Eastern Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Savannah, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Bradley Robert Thompson, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0504

    Court affirms murder conviction over defendant's challenge based on new evidence in post-trial testimony from a key witness

  • Vivian v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-27
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin A. Davis, Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Marc A. Mallon, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0877

    Trial Court Had No Sua Sponte Duty to Advise Defendant Seeking New Counsel of His Right to Represent Himself

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  • Gilliam v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Kraus Kraus, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0941

    Principles of Judicial Economy Will No Longer Support Exercise of Supreme Court Jurisdiction

  • Williams v. Harvey et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Construction | Transportation
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Erwin, (Powell & Erwin, P.C.), Camilla, Frank Mitchell Lowrey, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, W. Earl McCall, (McCall Williams, LLC), Albany, Henry E. Williams, (Henry Williams Law Office, LLC), Albany, Gregory Terrell Williams, (The Law Offices of Gregory Terrell Williams, LLC), Camilla, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, Jonathan Bradley Spital, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Roger Edward Harris, Douglas Lee Clayton, (Swift Currie Mcghee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, Bruce Wheat Kirbo, Jr., (Kirbo & Kendrick), Bainbridge, for appellee. James E. Butler, Jr., Joel O. Wooten, Jr., Brandon Lee Peak, Rory A. Weeks, (Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer LLP), Columbus, Robert Henry Snyder, Jr., (Schreeder, Wheeler, & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S20G1121

    Contemporaneous Objection Required When Moving Party Believes Motion in Limine Has Been Violated During Closing Argument

  • Bedford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack Morris Downie, (Downie Law Firm, LLC), Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Samuel Howard Altman, John Alexander Fitzner, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0253

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendants' contentions of insufficient evidence, trial court error, and trial court abuse of discretion

  • Acosta v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Michael Reba, (The Law Office of Stephen M. Reba, LLC), Decatur, Jessica Ruth Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Penny Alane Penn, Sandra Ann Partridge, (Forsyth County District Attorney's Office), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0247

    Court affirms malice murder and child cruelty convictions over defendant's contentions of error in admission of pre-arrest testimony and denial of a jury charge

  • Rice v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Bos, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0314

    Trial Court's Failure to Give Accomplice Charge Likely Had No Effect on the Outcome of Felony Murder Trial