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  • Whitfield v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David West, (David West & Associates), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Deborah Wellborn, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1621

    Court affirms convictions for sexual misconduct against a grandfather over his contentions of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • In the Matter of Shaquandra A. Woods.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24Y0566

    Court accepts attorney's voluntarily petition for suspension of her law licenses pending her appeal of a criminal conviction for conspiracy to commit wire fraud

  • In the Matter of Andrea Jo Anne David-Vega.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David S. Lipscomb, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, Christine Anne Koehler, (Law Office of Christine Koehler), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Adam Marshall Hames, (The Hames Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S24Y0099

    Court rejects Special Master's recommendation for a suspension and instead disbars attorney for serious professional misconduct, including fabrication of evidence and false statements

  • Baker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, James Travis Griffin, (Hogue Hogue Fitzgerald & Griffin, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Herbert Hartwig, Rodrigo L. Silva, William Marshall Kendall, (Houston County District Attorney's Office), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0860

    Court reverses malice murder conviction due to admission into evidence of a rap music video showing the defendant with a gun, which the court deemed to be more prejudicial than probative

  • Crary v. Clautice et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David S. DeLugas, (National Association Of Parents, Inc. d/b/a Parentsusa), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Jeffrey Rubin, (Rubin Family Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0004

    Court dismisses challenge to constitutionality of grandparent visitation statute and affirms denial of motions for contempt and for fees and expenses that appellant had sought from grandparents

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  • Madera v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Russell Willingham, (Willingham Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Leslie Anna Coots, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0148

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's claims of trial court evidentiary errors and ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • Jennings v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard W Anderson, III, (Truluck Thomason LLC), Greenville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Faith Donnell Worley, (Department of Law), Atlanta, David Parks White, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Hartwell, Jeffrey Lee, (Office of the Elbert County District Attorney), Elberton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0095

    Court affirms murder conviction and rejects defendant's challenges to admission of other acts and hearsay evidence, and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • McKinney v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael S. Katz, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Alex Martin Bernick, Michael Scott Carlson, Bruce Patilloch Dutcher, Jayna Edwards, Adam Robert Abbate, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Christopher David Sperry, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee; Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, John Stuart Melvin, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, Jeffrey T. Wennar, Tucson, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S23G0448

    Court affirms that admissibility of other acts evidence in cases involving the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act are subject to the Rule 403 balancing test rather than a nexus to gang activity

  • Sinkfield v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Allen Hoort, Frances C. Kuo, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, Sarah Jane Thomas, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1201

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's claims of insufficient evidence, improper denial of a motion to suppress evidence, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • City of Winder v. Barrow County

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew (Andy) J. Welch, III, Warren Michael Tillery, Brandon Filson Palmer, Grant E. McBride, John Elwin Stell, Jr., (Smith, Welch, Webb & White LLC), McDonough, Harold David Melton, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Angela Edwards Davis, Gregory Aaron Meyer, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel, Ryan Robert Bowersox, Kevin H. Jeselnik, (Georgia Municipal Association), Atlanta, Quinton G. Washington, David N. Dreyer, (Washington Dreyer & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Keith Robert Blackwell, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Jeffrey Shelton Akins, (Bulloch County Board of Commissioners), Statesboro, Joy Lynn Edelberg, (Horne & Edelberg P.C.), Dahlonega, Patrick DeBorde Jaugstetter, Kenneth Edward Jarrard, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Lawrence Allyn Stockton, Jr., (Stockton & Stockton, LLC), Clayton, Michael Peter Ludwiczak, David D. Gottlieb, (Walker County, Georgia Government), Lafayette, Nancy Ladson Rowan, (Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP), Atlanta, Walter Gus Elliott, II, (Elliott Blackburn PC), Valdosta, Larry Wayne Ramsey, Jr., G. Joseph Scheuer, (Association County Commissioners of Georgia), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee; Ernest Ronald Bennett, Jr., (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Jody Charles Campbell, (Blum & Campbell, LLC), Peachtree Corners, Gregory David Jay, (Chandler, Britt, Jay & Beck, LLC), Buford, Robert Jackson Wilson, (Webb Tanner Powell Mertz & Wilson LLP), Lawrenceville, Kenneth James Lewis, (Lewis LAW), Winder, for other party.
    Case Number: S23G0341

    Court clarifies aspects of the Services Delivery Strategy Act in disputes between municipalities and a county, with specific focus on road maintenance and water utility fees for unincorporated areas