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  • Ponders v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Micah Gates, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Kenemer, John Helton, Megan Parker, (McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham, LLP), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1780

    Court affirms conviction for child molestation over defendant's multiple contentions of ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Kevin Armstrong, Pareesa Amjadi, (Fulton County Office of the District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1753

    Court affirms convictions for rape and aggravated sodomy over defendant's contentions of jury instruction error, improper admission of prior acts evidence, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Mason v. Permanent General Assurance Corp. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-30
    Practice Area: Contracts | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Irby, (Irby Law, LLC), Vestavia, William Dobson, (Morriss, Lober & Dobson, LLC), Macon, Michael Lober, (Lober & Dobson), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Norman, (Jones, Cork & Miller), Macon, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1529

    Court reverses dismissal of an insured party's claim for a refund or premiums in a dispute over a cancelled auto insurance policy, citing ambiguity in policy terms as a rationale for its decision

  • Jakes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sylvia Goldman, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Leslie Coots, (District Attorney Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1215

    Court affirms convictions for possession of controlled substances and other crimes over defendant's contention that a successor judge improperly ruled on a motion for a new trial

  • Martin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Jones, (Leslie Spornberger Jones LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tammy Coffey, (District Attorney’s Office Baldwin County), Milledgeville, Tuttle Barksdale, (OcMulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Eatonton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1421

    Court affirms convictions for possession of a controlled substance, rejecting defendant's arguments as to the denial of his motion to suppress evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

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  • Toliver v. Dawson et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Wardlaw, (The Law Office of Charles Wardlaw), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Martin, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, Rodney Dillard, (Bake Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC), Birmingham, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1252

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury vehicle accident claim due to expiration of statute of limitations

  • Sullivan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Withers, (Withers Law Firm PC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ian Heap, Daphne Totten, (District Attorney’s Office, Ogeechee Judicial Circuit), Springfield, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1600

    Court reverses revocation of suspended sentence and remands for resentencing because defendant's failure to attend drug treatment was a violation of a general and not a special condition

  • Priester v. Turner et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-24
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter Adams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman Pearson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, Karl Broder, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1465

    Court reverses summary judgment dismissal of an independent loss of consortium complaint filed by a spouse, ruling it was not barred by the procedural dismissal of her husband's personal injury action

  • Wise Business Forms Inc. v. Forsyth County et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-23
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Butler, (Attorney at Law), Dahlonega, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Hamilton, Gregory Meyer, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Julie Jacobs, Christopher Carr, Keilani Parker, Mary Volkert, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Luther Beck, John Zwald, (Beck, Zwald & Associates, LLC), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1459

    Court vacates its previous ruling and adopts Supreme Court opinion that reversed the dismissal of a plaintiff's property nuisance claim, finding that the statute of limitations had not been tolled

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Jones, Bryan Roy, (Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1751

    Court affirms convictions for rape, aggravated Assault, and false Imprisonment over defendant's contentions of Inconsistent verdicts, insufficient evidence, jury instruction error, and improper closing