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  • In the Matter of R. Dale Perry.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-13
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Dale Perry, Gainseville, for appellee; Patrick H. Head, Marietta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S24Y0071

    Court disbars attorney for multiple violations of Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct in various client matters

  • Bradley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George William Thomas, Robert L. Sirianni, Jr., (Brownstone, P.A.), Winter Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani T. Willis, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0010

    Court affirms convictions for murder and assault over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • In the Matter of Christopher Ryan Breault.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Ryan Breault, (Breault Trial Attorneys PC), Columbus, for appellee; Daniel S. Reinhardt, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Joshua Clark Bell, (Joshua C. Bell, LLC), Whigham, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S23Y0807

    Court rejects Special Master's and Review Board's recommendations for attorney discipline and remands for a comprehensive analysis of GRPC violations under ABA Standards

  • In the Matter of Derric Crowther.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kim Monroe Jackson, (Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC), Atlanta, Ivan Andrew Gustafson, (Law Office of Ivan Gustafson), Atlanta, for appellee; Jo Carol Nesset-Sale, (Mediation & Law Office of Jocarol Nesset-Sale), Athens, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S23Y1117

    Court rejects Special Master's and review Board's recommendations and orders disbarment in attorney misconduct cases involving trust account violations and mismanagement of settlement funds

  • Adams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Allen Hoort, Frances C. Kuo, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1207

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of the evidence, and contentions of evidentiary error and ineffective assistance of counsel

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  • Weems v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Allen Hoort, Frances C. Kuo, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Mario Kladis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1179

    Court affirms malice murder convictions over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of the evidence, and contentions of error in admitting and commenting on evidence

  • The State v. Randall

    Publication Date: 2024-02-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Athens, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Eric Michael Whitmore, (office of the solicitor General), Athens, William Washington Fleenor, Ethan Merritt Makin, (Athens-Clarke County Solicitor General’s Office), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffery Alan Rothman, Anna Green Bolden, (Daniels & Rothman PC), Athens, for appellee; Greg Allen Willis, Jessica Jones, Casey A. Cleaver, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Hunter Joseph Rodgers, (J. Ryan Brown Law LLC), Newnan, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1118

    Court vacates order suppressing evidence of a defendant's refusal to submit to a blood test and remands for consideration of issue under Rule 403, rather than analyzing the constitutional issue

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Cook Jones, Brian Walter DeBlasiis, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1159

    Court affirms convictions and sentence for malice murder and other offenses over defendant's contentions of evidentiary errors and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Shellman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Cook Jones, Brian Walter DeBlasiis, Melanie Nicole Fenley, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1089

    Court affirms convictions for murder and firearm possession over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and improper admission of the murder victim's journal

  • Remler v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura D. Hogue, Susan Dalton Raymond, (Hogue Griffin), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Cook Jones, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta; Timothy Patrick Dean, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1075

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence trial court jury instruction error, and ineffective assistance of counsel