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  • Provenzano v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2017-10-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Jonathan Beaudry, Joann Brown-Williams, Robin Krystle Love (Meriwether & Tharp LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles McCall Medlin, Winfield Lennard Pollidore, Erica Faith Byrd (Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0688

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in reducing husband's alimony obligation pursuant to Georgia's "live-in lover" law, O.C.G.A. 19-6-19 subsection (b), because wife voluntarily cohabited in "a meretricious relationship with a third party."

  • Williams v. Heard

    Publication Date: 2017-10-09
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry E. Williams (McCall Williams, LLC), Albany, for appellant
    for defendant: Lawton Chad Heard, Jr. (Tyson Heard, LLC), Camilla, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1004

    Candidate's challenge to the results of a primary election for a seat on a county board of education was moot because the general election had already taken place and she took no action to ensure that her challenge to the primary election results was considered in a timely manner.

  • Neely v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-10-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Benjamin Bennett (Bennett & Connell, LLC), Adel, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill (Department of Law), Atlanta; J. David Miller, Jessica Whittington Clark, Michelle Thomas Harrison (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1145

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for malice murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony and he failed to prove that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance in failing to call a number of witnesses.

  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-10-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia White, Alto, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth (Gwinnett Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0874

    The trial court properly denied appellant's pro se "Petition for Resentencing Under the First Offenders Act" following her 1992 convictions for felony murder and cruelty to children in the death of her 3-year-old son, because the prosecuting attorney did not consent to the filing of the petition as required under O.C.G.A. 42-8-66.

  • Bennett v. Etheridge

    Publication Date: 2017-10-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Thelston Mosley II (Drew Mosley LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dexter Maynard Wimbish (Attorney at Law), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0762

    The habeas court erred in dismissing appellant's motion for new trial following an order discharging the payment of restitution and any arrearage for back child support by the purported biological father of appellant's minor child because, contrary to the habeas court's conclusion, appellant had standing to challenge the court's judgment.

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  • Scott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-09-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad (Haddad Law Group LLC), Tucker, for appellant
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, S. Taylor Johnston (Department of Law), Atlanta; Paul L. Howard Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0721

    Although the evidence supported defendant's convictions for felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm in commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, the Court vacated his sentence and remanded for resentencing based on a merger error.