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  • Stinson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelsey Wiley, (Wiley Defense, P.C.), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, (GA Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit), Cumming, Courtney Moore, (Forsyth County District Attorney's Office), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1320

    Court affirms conviction for attempted child molestation ove defendant's claims of erroneous denial of a general; demurrer to an improper indictment and improper admission of a confession

  • In the Interest of L. H., a child.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Green, (The Law Office of Amy L. Green LLC), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Amy Michaud, Bryan Webb, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Shane Geeter, (Attorney at Law), Milledgeville, Hoganne Harrison-Walton, (The Hogan Law Firm LLC), Milledgeville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1454

    Court affirms juvenile court's placement of child with biological family over foster family

  • Newton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Conklin, (Conklin Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Marietta, Cliff Head, Rachel Ashe, (Cherokee County Solicitor Generals Office), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1768

    Court affirms convictions in a domestic violence case over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, ineffective assistance of counsel, and an incorrect jury charge

  • Oladunni v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ibrahim Oladunni, (Hancock State Prison), Sparta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elaine Thompson, Fani Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1679

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to withdraw a guilty plea and in arrest of judgment, but remands for correction of a sentencing error in an incident involving firearms

  • Heaton Erecting, Inc. et al. v. Gierum

    Publication Date: 2024-03-13
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Watts, G. Hoffman, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Moskowitz, (Law Office of David H. Moskowitz), Atlanta, Rebecca Halberg, (Stottlemyer & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee; Amy Urban, (Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation), Atlanta, for other party; Alex Wallach, (George & Wallach, LLLP), Forest Park Kyle Smith, (Evans Warncke Robinson, LLC), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A23A1588

    Court affirms Workers' Compensation Award in a case where injured worker also received income from concurrent dissimilar employment

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  • Patrick et al. v. Kingston

    Publication Date: 2024-03-12
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, Michael Arndt, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Harrison, Jackson Griner, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for appellee; Robert Gardner, (Attorney at Law), Winder, Brian Hansen, (Kutak Rock LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A1527

    Court reverses trial court's order enforcing a settlement in a fatal car accident case because the defendant's acceptance did not comply in full with the pre-lawsuit settlement offer

  • Barker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cashawn Barker, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sonya Chachere-Compton, (Attorney at Law), Douglasville, Jacob Taylor, William Smith, (Douglas County Solicitor General’s Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1501

    Court affirms conviction for lane violation and rejects defendant's statute of limitations challenge, but vacates and remands with directions for the trial court to perform a proper speedy trial analysis

  • Davis v. Taylor

    Publication Date: 2024-03-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carol EllisHoyle, (Ellis Hoyle Law, LLC), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Hassinger, Anna O’donnell, (The Siemon Law Firm), Cumming, Clint Christopher Malcolm, for appellee; Marcy Millard, (The Millard Law Firm), Alpharetta, Ravelle Smith, (The Smith Firm, A Family Law Group, LLC), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A1384

    Court defers to trial court's discretion and affirms custody award to a father in legitimation case where that father was the child's biological parent but was not married to her mother

  • The State v. Middleton

    Publication Date: 2024-03-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Higgins, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leo Kight, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit Public Defender Office), Woodbine, Brian Tyrone, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Jesup, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0422

    On remand and direction from the Georgia Supreme Court, the court vacated its prior judgment and remanded for clarification of an officer's jurisdiction in traffic stop evidence suppression case

  • Cordial Endeavor Concessions of Atlanta, LLC v. Gebo Law LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-03-11
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christine Mast, Thomas Buckler, (Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donna Johnson, Atlanta, Tyler Dillard, (Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1474

    Court affirms $1.15 million damages award for unpaid legal services in a quantum meruit lawsuit filed by an attorney who provided those services