• Gilmore v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Gilmore, (Self Represented), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sandra Wisenbaker, Zachary Taylor, (Coweta County Solicitor General's Office), Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0793

    Email Evidence Supported Conviction For Misdemeanor Offense of Making Harassing Communications

  • In re Estate of Marvin Mobley, Jr., Deceased

    Publication Date: 2023-10-18
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wesley Taulbee, (Clay Taulbee & Myers, LLC), Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nancy DeVetter, (DeVetter Law Firm), Tybee Island, for appellee; Julianne Glisson, (Weiner Shearhouse Weitz Greenberg & Shawe LLP), Savannah, Joshua Mobley, Alexandria, Kiondra Mobley, Yigo, Marion Mobley, Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0827

    Court affirms probate court order that two adult children did not prove by clear and convincing evidence that a decedent who died intestate was their father

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Williams, (The Law Offices of Jeffrey S. Williams, LLC), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, Cliff Head, (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, Kelly Nugent-Chavis, (Cherokee County District Attorney's Office), Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1156

    Evidence Supporting Drug Trafficking Conviction Extended Beyond Mere Presence In Car Where Drugs and Paraphernalia Were Found

  • Martin-Argaw v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Christopher Lewis, (Gwinnett Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0990

    Court affirms convictions for attempted murder over defendant's contention that trial court erroneously excluded evidence about a witness's pending criminal indictment

  • Abercrombie v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Scarborough, Atlanta, Wiley Franklin, (Office of the Circuit Public Defender-Atlanta), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Kevin Armstrong, Lyndsey Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1046

    Court affirms denial of defendant's statutory double jeopardy plea in bar, finding that his guilty plea to certain charges did not bar prosecution of other charges

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  • Bassett v. Winfield Farm, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-06
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn Pinckney, Brent Savage, (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Muller, (Goodman, McGuffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP), Savannah, Daniel Snipes, (Taulbee, Rushing, Snipes, Marsh & Hodgin, LLC), Statesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1134

    Court approves summary judgment for vehicle owner and against party who was injured when the owner's teenage daughter took her vehicle without first asking

  • Yeomans v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0927

    Court affirms convictions for sale and possession of methamphetamine over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel