• Austin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Troy Golden, (Assistant Public Defender), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melinda Wynne, Gregory Edwards, (District Attorney's Office, Dougherty Judicial Cir), Albany, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0914

    Court rejects defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and trial court evidentiary error but remands for resentencing in accordance with rule of lenity

  • Taylor v. Ameris Bank

    Publication Date: 2020-10-28
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Bodiford, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeremy McCullough, (Aldridge Pite Haan, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1052

    Court affirms denial of guarantor's motion for summary judgment and determines that guarantor's waiver of statute of limitations defense did not violate public policy

  • Wright v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Chappell, (Solo practicioner), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Oliver Browning, (District Attorney), Cedartown, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1353

    Trial Court Did Not Abuse Its Discretion in Not Appointing Defendant New Counsel or in Finding That Defendant Voluntarily Waived Her Right to Counsel

  • Day v. Bernard et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger Day, (Coffee Correctional Facility), Nicholls, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Tina Piper, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1019

    Prisoner Stated Claim Against Parole Board For Gross Abuse of Discretion

  • Calloway-Spencer v. Spencer

    Publication Date: 2020-07-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Austin Buerlein, (Elovitz, Edwards, O'Nan & Buerlein, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Onyema Farrey, (Anene Farrey & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0546

    In Divorce Action, Court Reverses Finding That Wife Gifted Townhome to the Marital Unit, and Remands for Application of the Source of Funds Rule

  • Law Journal Press | Digital Book

    Library of Pennsylvania Family Law Forms, Fourth Edition

    Authors: Joseph S. Britton

    View this Book

    View more book results for the query "*"

  • Braddock v. Lindsey et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Burns Scott, (Burns & Burns, PC), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Howard, (Attorney at Law), Sandersville, Heather Braddock, Sandersivlle, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0024

    Court rejects biological parent's appeal of an award that granted custody of a child to her grandparents and affirms custody award

  • American Civil Liberties Union, LLC v. Zeh

    Publication Date: 2020-07-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Legal Services | Non-Profit
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Batson, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, Leslie Eason, Tiffany Taylor, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP), Atlanta, Sean Young, (American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Georgia, Inc), Atlanta, Brian Hauss, (American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Of Georgia, Inc), New York, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brent Savage, Robert Tanner, (Savage, Turner, Durham, Pinckney & Savage), Savannah, for appellee. David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A0251

    Anti-SLAPP Statute Motion Properly Denied Where Responding Party Established Probability of Prevailing on Defamation Claim

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa Klein, (Teresa Klein Law, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, (District Attorney), Lawrenceville, Brandon Delfunt, (Attorney at Law Office of the District Attorney), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0742

    Trial Court Did Not Abuse its Discretion in Denying Motion for a Mistrial; Court Properly Instructed Jury to Disregard Special Agent's Testimony That He Targeted Gang Members

  • Pollard v. Queensborough National Bank & Trust Company

    Publication Date: 2020-07-21
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Pitts, (Pitts Law, LLC), Appling, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Overstreet, (Klosinski Overstreet, LLP), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0622

    Guarantor Was Released From Further Obligation When Lender Released and Compromised With His Co-Guarantors

  • Brown v. The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2020-07-16
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin Wilson, (Frails & Wilson), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Atlanta, Angela Cusimano, Peter Fisher, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Garrett Murphy, (Brennan, Wasden & Painter LLC), Augusta, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A0344

    Court affirms dismissal of medical malpractice claim because defendant did not include all required information in his ante litem notice