• Prodigies Child Care Management, LLC, d/b/a University Childcare Center v. Cotton

    Publication Date: 2023-11-03
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Glenn Moffett, Matthew Ryan Del Campo, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Blaine Alexander Norris, John R Autry, (Blaine A. Norris, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22G0914

    Court rules that there is no special circumstances exception to the doctrine of respondeat superior and that a basic analysis applies in all instances

  • Priester v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Allen Hoort, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anthony Brett Williams, Matthew Wayne Rollins, (Paulding County District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0728

    Trial Court Did Not Err by Failing to Instruct Jury on Justification and Witness Perjury

  • Reese v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0550

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and drug charges over defendant's contentions of trial court jury instruction error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Moulder v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0508

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

  • Owens v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Jayna Edwards, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0607

    Failure to Merge Felony Murder Count Based on Unlawful Possession of Firearm Into Voluntary Manslaughter Verdict Was Not Error

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  • King v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Richard King, (SK Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Buffy Dionne Thomas, Ashley Cecelia O’Neal, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0214

    Appellant Waived Claim Witnesses Should Not Have Been Allowed to Testify Regarding Voluntary Intoxication And Insanity Defense

  • Perez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Christopher Mark DeNeve, Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0276

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and trial court error in denying motions to suppress evidence

  • Taylor v. The Devereux Foundation, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-13
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Constitutional Law | Damages | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Timothy Rogers, Andrew Timothy Rogers, Kara Elizabeth Phillips William Michael D’Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, Melvin L. Hewitt, Jr., Hilary Wayne Hunter, (Isenberg & Hewitt, PC), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Joshua Ferber Thorpe, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Farish Barr, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, Jeff Sandman, (Webb, Daniel, Friedlander, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Maxwell Kent Thelen, Andrew Steven Ashby, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; Ross Warren Bergethon, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Brian Charles Lea, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Matthew J. Rubenstein, (Jones Day), Minneapolis, Letitia A. McDonald, Robert B. Friedman, Erin Munger, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Anna Sumner Pieschel, Philip S. Goldberg, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Atlanta, Washington, David Christopher Hanson, (The Hanson Firm), Atlanta, Anthony J. Sebok, (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law), New York John C.P. Goldberg, (Harvard Law School), Cambridge, for Amicus Appellee; Rosser Adams Malone, (Malone Law Office), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Canton, Rory A. Weeks, (Canella Snyder LLC), Decatur, Jeffrey R. White, (Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C.), Washington, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, James D. Meadows, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, Jacob Edward Daly, Elissa Blache Haynes, P. Michael Freed, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: S22A1060

    Statutory Cap on Punitive Damages Does Not Violate State Constitutional Right to Jury Trial

  • Taylor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Dodd Roth, (Augusta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kelly J. Weathers, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A1003

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failure to Investigate and Make Arguments Relating to Murder Defendant's Mental Health

  • Kelly v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara Mattes, (Barbara Mattes, Attorney at Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gerald Lee Henderson, (Office of the District Attorney Gwinnett Judical Circuit), Lawrenceville, Jared Tolton Williams, Rebecca Ashley Wright, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, Christopher Anders George, (Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0979

    Trial Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Hear State's Out-of-Term Request For Rehearing of Defendant's New Trial Motion