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  • Brailsford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donell Holiday, (Law Office of Donell Holiday), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Elisabeth Giuliani, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1155

    Court affirms convictions for trafficking a person and attempted child molestation over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and claim of jury charge error

  • Junior v. Graham

    Publication Date: 2023-01-24
    Practice Area: Damages
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben Brodhead. Ashley Fournet, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Darrell Hinson, (Shiver Hamilton, LLC), Atlanta, John Nichols, (Gwinnett District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, Michael Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Cruser, Raymond Grant, (Cruser & Mitchell, L.L.P.), Norcross, Laurie Daniel, Atlanta, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1188

    Court adopts Georgia Supreme Court opinion that a plaintiff may recover both damages under OCGA §13-6-11 and sanctions under OCGA §9-11-68

  • Goldoller Management Services, LLC et al. v. Kristian Smith

    Publication Date: 2023-01-23
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger Sumrall, Paige Cobbs, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Glass, James Robson, (Glass & Robson, LLC), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Charles Hall, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1567

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment for defendant in a premises liability action, finding that injured party had greater knowledge of the threat than defendant

  • In the Interest of E. R., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-01-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Skye Musson, (Musson Law Offices LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Jones, Alison Slagowitz, (Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Aaron Wiles, (Chatham County District Attorney), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1173

    Court affirms trial court's adjudication and disposition of a juvenile custody ruling because defendant failed to raise issues that were the subject of his appeal at trial

  • Daggy v. Daggy

    Publication Date: 2023-01-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Crystal Wright, (Crystal Wright Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emily Carr, (The Carr Law Group), Clevland, William King, (The Manely Firm, P.C.), Marietta, Renee' Richardson, Loganville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1305

    In a divorce case, court reverses child custody order that exceeded a petitioner's request and vacates and remands a fee award for findings of facts and a legal basis

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  • Barnhill et al. v. Alford

    Publication Date: 2023-01-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Neil Marple, (Marple Rubin Family Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa Davis Strickland, Malone Williams Allen, (Buckhead Family Law), Atlanta, Barry Phillip Schwarz, (Barry Phillip Schwarz, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1075

    Court affirms grandmother's standing to file a petition for visitation rights with a grandchild and agrees that grandparent visitation statute is constitutional

  • Harvey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Harvey, Alto, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth A. Baker, Daniel A. Hiatt, Marie Greene Broder, (Griffin Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1083

    Court affirms dismissal of a motion to withdraw guilty pleas and vacates denial of two other motions with instructions on remand to dismiss rather than deny those motions

  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Aaron Loudon-Brown, Whitney Knox Lee, (Southern Center For Human Rights), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher Mark DeNeve, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, Brenda Lopez Romero, Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1051

    Court vacates denial of extraordinary motion for a new trial on a murder charge and remands for a hearing on the defendant's new trial motion.

  • Caviston v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis Hewitt, (The Appellate Division - Georgia Public Defender), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1040

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and arson over defendant's contentions of trial court error on general ground and improper admission of certain evidence

  • Turner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keri Foster Thompson, Hardwick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John H. Cranford, Jr., Jessica L. Williams-Vickery, (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1022

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and firearm possession over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence.