• Lopez-Lopez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Heather Sampah, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0593

    Court reverses denial of motion to suppress pre-arrest incriminating statements because defendant was effectively detained as if he were under arrest

  • White v. Fana

    Publication Date: 2023-07-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis Dozier, (Attorney at Law), Rincon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Molly Howard, Evan Barker, (Howard Barker Lane, P.C.), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0283

    Court vacates revised parenting order that included self-executing visitation provisions because they did not give paramount import to a child's best interests

  • Day v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leonard Myers, (Ocmulgee Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Gray, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Eatonton, Cara Fiore, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit), Gray, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0316

    Court affirms convictions for sexual exploitation of children over defendant's contentions of trial court error, insufficient evidence, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Rijal v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Creal, (Attorney at Law), Forest Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Finch, (Solicitor General of Forsyth County), Cumming, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Dekalb County Solicitor’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0357

    Court affirms convictions for DUI and passing an emergency vehicle over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claims of trial court error

  • The Augusta Press, Inc. v. Roundtree

    Publication Date: 2023-06-12
    Practice Area: Government | Public Records
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randolph Frails, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, Tameka Haynes, (Frails & Wilson), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0552

    Sheriff Deputy's Incident-Response Body-Cam Footage Not Subject to Disclosure Under Georgia's Open Records Act

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  • In the Interest of K. R., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-06-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Villarreal, (Attorney at Law), Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jennifer Ennerberg, (Public Defenders Office Cherokee Judicial Circuit), Cartersville, Shalen Nelson, Mark Cicero, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee; Evan Stapler, (Attorney at Law), Bremen, Jon Veal, Lisa Dowda, Cedartown, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0570

    S Dependency Finding Was Supported by Evidence Minor Child Was Physically Abused by Her Adoptive Parent

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Oden, (The Office of the Appellate Defender Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lenny Krick, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0155

    Court affirms convictions for family violence battery over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Duncan et al. v. Rawls et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-25
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Foust, Allan Parks, David Walbert, (Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P. C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Balser, John Toro, Letitia McDonald, Julia Barrett, (King & Spalding, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0258

    Court vacates an order that an in terrorem clause in a trust document bars any claim that challenges the validity of the document.

  • Quint v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-04-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Adkins, (Attorney at Law), Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Whiteside, Joseph Morales, Alexander Grace, (Gwinnett County Solicitor-General’s Office), Lawrenceville, Lisamarie Bristol, (Office of the Public Defender Alcovy Judicial Circuit), Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0024

    Court affirms DUI convictions and affirms ruling that trial court did not err when it admitted evidence of defendant's refusal to submit to a blood test

  • Jones v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2023-04-12
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Benjamin Driggers, (B. Dave Driggers, P.C.), Macon, Jarome Gautreaux, (Gautreaux Law, LLC), Macon, F. Wilson, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Corrie Hall, Duke Groover, (James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP), Macon, Samuel Alderman, (Attorney at Law), Macon, Wallace Miller, (Wallace Miller III, LLC), Macon, Mary Eva Hutcherson, (Alderman & Hutcherson), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1685

    Court rejects arguments from beneficiaries of an auto insurance policy that the policyholder had higher uninsured motorist coverage limits