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  • Lopez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, David Michael Wolfe, Elizabeth Overcamp Evans, Clayton McLean Fuller, (lookout mountain judicial Circuit district attorney’s office), Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1165

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • 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
    Industry:
    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

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  • 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

  • In re Bessie Mae Blake.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-15
    Practice Area: Elder Law | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lester Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nancy DeVetter, (DeVetter Law Firm), Tybee Island, Mara Block, (DeVetter Law Firm), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1397

    Court vacates order on conservator's breach of fiduciary duties and remands for determination of appointment of personal representative and potential guardian-ad-litem for decedent's estate

  • Cox-OTT et al. v. Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-15
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hungeling, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Adam Rubenfield, (Hungeling Law, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith Blackwell, Steven Collins, Meredith Kingsley, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1733

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of attorney in a legal malpractice lawsuit

  • In the Interest of M. J. H., a child.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-15
    Practice Area: Family Law | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily Davis, (Ross & Pines LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: April Hall, Austell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1764

    Court affirms custody and dependency decisions in complex international family law case, finding that returning a child to his home country would be in his best interests despite known risks

  • Cooper v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Katie Borodin, Eliot Abt, (The Abt Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Bruce Harvey, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Eatonton, Christian May, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit), Greensboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1317

    Court affirms conviction for drug trafficking over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of trial counsel