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  • Dekalb County School District et al v. Gold et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-18
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Leslie J Bryan, Allegra J. Lawrence, Lisa Michele Haldar, Thomas Robinson Bundy, III, (Lawrence & Bundy LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy E. Barnes, John Frank Salter, Jr., (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Jason James Carter, Jason James Carter, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Kelly Jean Long Pridgen, Larry Wayne Ramsey, Jr., G. Joseph Scheuer, (Association County Commissioners of Georgia), Atlanta, W. Brooks Stillwell, III, (Brooks Stillwell LLC), Savannah, Jennifer Neison Herman, (Savannah City Attorney's Office), Savannah, J. Anderson Davis, Lee Barrett Carter (Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis, LLP), Rome, Gwin Copeland Hall, Caroline Elizabeth Porter, (Georgia Municipal Association), Atlanta, Phillip L. Hartley, (Harben, Hartley & Hawkins, LLP), Gainesville, for Amicus Appellant. Donald C. English, (Southern States Pba, Inc.), McDonough, Michael Thomas McGonigle, (Georgia Association of Educators), Tucker, Julie Johanna Oinonen, Mario Bernard Williams, (Williams Oinonen LLC), Atlanta, Matthew McKeithan Pence, (Professional Association of Georgia Educators), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S18G1419

    Trial court erred in granting summary judgment on a breach of contract matter for School District over employees' challenge to suspension of retirement plan payments.

  • Colquitt v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Johnny Colquitt, Waycross, appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah D. Wellborn, Emily Kathleen Richardson, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1204

    Trial Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Hear Motion to Withdraw Plea Entered 25 Years Earlier

  • Mitchum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore, Mathew Gilbo, Meagan Hurley, Ezra Addison Gantt, (Mercer Law School), Macon, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, Andrea Lynn Clark, Gabrielle Lynn Biggs, (Mercer Habeas Project), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Billy Joe Nelson, Jr., John Thomas Durden, Jr., (Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Hinesville, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0554

    Petition for habeus corpus and not an extraordinary motion for a new trial is the appropriate remedy for deprivation of a defendant's Constitutional rights

  • Cowen v. Clayton County et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-01
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Wage and Hour Litigation
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard P. Lindsey, (Lindsey & Lacy, P.C.), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jack R. Hancock, Arash Ali Sabzevari, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Forest Park, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0784

    State Court Judge Had No Clear Legal Right to Seek Mandamus Relief For Unpaid Back Pay

  • Walker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Joseph Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council, Appellate Division), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Richard Ashley Mallard, Keith A. McIntyre, (Ogeechee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0818

    Court affirms murder and other convictions over defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

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  • Cox v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Lang Adams, Richard G. Milam, Cynthia Trimboli Adams, Elizabeth Knight Bobbitt, (Towaliga Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Barnesville, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0791

    Court affirms murder conviction over defendant's objections to evidence, assistance of counsel, and trial court error.

  • Jacobs v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, Michelle Chapman McIntire, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0723

    Court affirms ex-wife's murder convictions over claims of ineffective assistance of counsel with respect to battered person arguments

  • The State v. Coleman

    Publication Date: 2019-09-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Teri Brown Walker, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Dustin Jeremiah Lee, (Fulton County Office of the District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tanya F. Miller, (Law Office of Tanya F. Miller), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0603

    Statutory Time Limit on Charging Juvenile Did Not Apply to Juvenile Who Was Released Prior to Running of Time Period

  • Morton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dawn Hunsicker Taylor, (Dawn H. Taylor, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0899

    Court affirms murder and other convictions over defendant's multiple claims of error.

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jane S. Dansie, (Toombs Circuit Public Defender's Office), Thomson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Patrick Doupé, Dennis C. Sanders, (Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomson, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0861

    Jury Instruction on Self-Defense Not Faulty For Inclusion of "Spirit of Revenge" Language