• Swearngin v. Rowell

    Publication Date: 2020-08-12
    Practice Area: Evidence | Privacy
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candace Rader, (Attorney at Law), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Pryor, (Michael P. Pryor, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0236

    Court affirms extension of a protective order against a stalker who challenged evidence admission of certain evidence and claimed trial court's abuse of discretion

  • The State v. Walker

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton Hayes, Sara Grainger, David McElyea, Emily Labutta, (Cherokee County Solicitor-General's Office) Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Sessions, (The Sessions Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0544

    Unspecified Dismissal of Prosecution After Statute of Limitations Had Expired Constituted Impermissible Dismissal With Prejudice

  • Allison v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jana Jacobson, (Public Defender Northern Judicial Circuit), Royston, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White, (District Attorney), Hartwell, Michael Coveney, (District Attorney's Office of the Northern Judicial Circuit), Danielsville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0552

    No Error in Admission of Child Forensic Examiner's Interview Of Child Molestation Victim

  • Saik et al. v. Brown et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-05
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Tallant, Jonah Howell, (Miles Patterson Hansford Tallant, LLC), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Teague, (Attorney at Law), Cumming, Keisha Martin Chambless, (Teague & Chambless), Cumming, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0777

    Court affirms summary judgment for land owners seeking to subdivide a plot of land and against owner of adjacent land, who did not exhaust their administrative remedy

  • Best v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Harrison, (Public Defenders Office Oconee Judicial Circuit), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bradford Childers, Timothy Vaughn, (Assistant District Attorney), Eastman, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0418

    Court affirms defendant's convictions for attempt to commit murder and other crimes over her contentions of evidentiary error and insufficient assistance of counsel

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  • Tucker v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kindall Browning, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Bibler, George Hartwig, (Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney), Perry, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0715

    Evidence Is Sufficient to Support Statutory Rape Conviction; Trial Court Did Not Err in Failing to Appoint 'Conflict-Free Counsel'

  • Dellinger-Allen et al. v. O'Brien

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Bachman, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, Joseph Shelley, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Aaron Kappler, (Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti, P.C.), Peachtree Corners, Aaron O'brien, (Thompson O'Brien), Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0087

    Court affirms the striking of a defamation claim but reverses the striking of a breach of contract claim in a dispute involving contractual professional counseling services

  • In the Interest of A. G., a child.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ivy Shepherd, (Ashley Miles, PC), Darlen, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Johnson, (District Attorney), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0054

    Court reverses an adjudication that a child was delinquent because the trial court applied an incorrect standard of proof in making that adjudication

  • Chaney v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ian Bucy, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michelle Harrison, Bradfield Shealy, (Southern Judicial Cir. District Atty Ofc), Valdosta, Michelle Johnson, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough), Atlanta, Zachary Register, (Tifton Judicial Circuit), Tifton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0287

    Probation Condition Prohibiting Contact of Any Kind With Any Child Under 18 Was Overly Broad

  • In Re Haney

    Publication Date: 2020-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, Kayci Timmons, (Miller & Key PA), McDonough, Alan Tucker, (Alan David Tucker, Esq. P.C.), Brunswick, JIM WRIGHT, (District Attorney Henry County Courthouse), McDonough, Adrienne Browning, (Adrienne Browning, Attorney at Law, P.C.), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Ekonomou, Atlanta, Jacquelyn Johnson, Thomas Buscemi, (District Attorney's Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, for appellee. Stephen Tillman, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Brunswick, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A0472

    Police Officer Lacked Standing to Challenge Trial Court's Brady Ruling