• Durham v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Jefferson, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon, Randal McGinley, (Newton County District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0356

    Trial Court's Review Supported Conclusion That Six-Year Trial Delay Did Not Deny Speedy Trial Rights

  • Clayton County Civil Service Board v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2020-07-02
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joe Harris, (Mack & Harris, P.C.), Forest Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michelle Youngblood, (Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP), Forest Park, for appellee. Rodney Williams, South Fulton, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A0653

    Court dismisses an appeal by a County Board in an employment termination matter because the Board was not an aggrieved party that had a right to pursue an appeal

  • The State v. Cartee et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Langley, (District Attorney), Blairsville, Samantha Barrett, (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cleveland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Catherine Bernard, (Attorney at Law), Dublin, Jeffrey Wolff, (Attorney at Law), Dahlonega, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0439

    Court affirms order suppressing marijuana-growing evidence seized during a search because the search warrant was not supported by probable cause

  • Pauley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: John McClellan, Leigh Patterson, (Assistant District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0271

    Court reverses defendant's convictions based on statute of limitation flaw in his indictment, but affirms all of the defendant's other convictions.

  • Leslie v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Brandenburg, Leigh Schrope, (Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg), Atlanta, Marcia Shein, (Law Office of Marcia G. Shein, P.C.), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Leonard, Sean Garrett, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0556

    Court affirms defendant's kidnapping and armed robbery convictions over multiple contentions of error

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  • Hicks v. Gabor et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-24
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Dalziel, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Lefkoff, (Lefkoff Law, LLC), Atlanta, Matthew Jones, John Padesky, (Busch, Reed, Jones & Leeper, P.C.), Marietta, Charles Murphy, (Vaughan & Murphy), Atlant, Matthew Steakley, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1648

    Court reverses dismissal of interpleader claimant from surety bond action but affirms dismissal of her counterclaim and other trial court orders

  • Bernier v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kindall Browning, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marie Banks, George Hartwig, (Houston County District Attorney), Perry, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2464

    Evidence Supported Convictions for Child Molestation and Aggravated Child Molestation; Defendant Received Effective Assistance of Counsel

  • Mosby v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, Lee Tittsworth, Samuel D'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1871

    Sex Crime Defendant Failed to Show He Was Prejudiced by Overly Broad Range of Dates Stated in Indictment

  • Womack v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Bickerstaff, Julia Slater, (DA's Office- Chattahoochee Jud. Cir.), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1720

    No trial court error in admission of hearsay testimony when co-conspirator responsible for that testimony is later acquitted.

  • Cross v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford Kurlander, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Deborah Wellborn, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2291

    Court in Rape Trial Properly Admitted Evidence of Two Previous Offenses to Show Motive and Intent; Probative Value of the Other Acts Was 'Great'