• Robert Ray Whipkey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herman Kilgore, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan Treadaway, Joyette Holmes, John Edwards, D. Reynolds, John Melvin, (Chief Assistant District Attorney Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0897

    Court reverses trail court order that had vacated an earlier discharge order and that had adjudicated a defendant guilty of drug possession

  • Steen-Jorgensen v. Huff

    Publication Date: 2019-12-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Hughes, (Robert W. Hughes, Jr. & Associates, PC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dewey McKenzie, (Willis McKenzie LLP), LaGrange, for appellee. James Baker, (James G Baker, PC), LaGrange, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0807

    Court vacates dismissal and remands case for more complete findings on a trial court's declining to exercise jurisdiction over a petition for adult guardianship

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Kleinrock, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Deborah Wellborn, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1195

    Court remands case for vacating of one of a defendant's two sentences because of trial court's failure to merge

  • Roberts et al. v. Dupont Pine Products, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-12-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent Savage, (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Gilbert, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, Anne Herring, (Coleman Talley LLP), Atlanta, Daniel Studstill, (Studstill Firm LLP), Nashville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1404

    Defendant's Affirmative Defenses Did Not Facially Support Trial Court's Sua Sponte Dismissal of Complaint

  • Georgia Interfaith Power & Light et al. v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2019-12-06
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Public Utilities
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt Ebersbach, Stacy Shelton, Jillian Kysor, (Southern Enviromental Law Center), Atlanta, Roy Barnes, John Salter, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Greene, Steven Hewitson, Thomas Reilly, (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Christopher Carr, Daniel Walsh, Robin Cohen, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A1426

    Public Service Commission's Order Following Scheduled Review of Construction Monitoring Report Was Not Final For Review Purposes

  • Zacchaeus Holt v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teri Walker, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Genevieve Holmes, Cara Clark, (GPDC Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Teri Walker, Paul Howard, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0814

    Court reverses denial of motion for new trial due to improper admission of character evidence

  • Parker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Kleinrock, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emily Richardson, Sherry Boston, Deborah Wellborn, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1009

    Court affirms mistrial ruling over defendant's double jeopardy and trial court error objections.

  • The State v. Baker

    Publication Date: 2019-10-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Smith, Henry Syms, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Stewart (Augusta Public Defender's Office), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1545

    Court Did Not Err in Relying on Federal Case Law to Grant Motion for a New Trial Based on Dismissal of Juror After Deliberations Had Begun

  • Gray v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Otobong Ukpong, Sherry Boston, Destiny Bryant, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1258

    Court affirms order voiding a modification of a sex offender's sentence due to trial court's lack of jurisdiction to order that modification.

  • The State v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2019-09-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carrie Coleman, Thomas Buscemi, (District Attorney's Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (Keith Higgins, P.C.), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1478

    Court vacates order that excluded prior acts evidence in family violence matter and remands case for reconsideration