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  • Grant v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Hewitt, (Appellate Attorney GPDC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joe Skeens, Billy Nelson, (Office of the District Attorney for the Atlantic Judicial Circuit), Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1575

    Court affirms convictions for armed robbery and firearm possession over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence, highlighting eyewitness testimony and legal standards on weapon apprehension

  • Jimenez v. Houseboats on Lanier, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-08
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Brokerage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashley Hughes, Oniss Cardenas, (Oliver Hughes LLC), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Jay, (Chandler, Britt & Jay, LLC), Buford, for appellee; Daniel Parr, (Weaver Law Firm), Gainesville, Franklin Patterson, (Bart Patterson & Associates LLC), Gainesville, for Other Party.
    Case Number: A23A1551

    Court affirms summary judgment for a bot brokerage firm in houseboat purchase dispute based on purchase agreement's merger clause and language disclaiming warranties

  • In the Interest of T. D. et al., Children (Mother)

    Publication Date: 2024-03-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Bodiford, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, Ben Fierman, (Fierman Law Firm), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Nagel, (Pasley Nuce Mallory & Davis, LLC), Barnesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0371

    Court orders recalculation of child support to consider father's supplemental income from self-employment, but affirms juvenile court's custody and visitation decisions in father's favor

  • In re Estate of Anne Smith Florance, Deceased

    Publication Date: 2024-03-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Flake, Jennifer Shelfer, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Diffley, Marguerite Miller, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, Valerie Mincey, Chipley, Desiree Polmear, Tampa, Melanie Allen, Panama City, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1491

    Court reverses trial court decision that had denied a motion to reject a niece's standing to contest a will, finding that she had no pecuniary interest in the decedent's estate and therefore had no standing

  • Weaver v. Millsaps

    Publication Date: 2024-03-08
    Practice Area: Communications and Media
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Showalter, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Clyde, Jeffrey Fisher, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1234

    Court affirms dismissal of libel action under anti-SLAPP statute, emphasizing that the target of the libel action had engaged in protected speech that addressed issues of public interest

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  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A23A1699

    Court affirms denial of a motion to withdraw a guilty plea in a manslaughter and assault case and rejects defendant's contention of double jeopardy, citing insufficient evidence of factual merger

  • Priester v. Turner et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-24
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter Adams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman Pearson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, Karl Broder, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1465

    Court reverses summary judgment dismissal of an independent loss of consortium complaint filed by a spouse, ruling it was not barred by the procedural dismissal of her husband's personal injury action

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Jones, Bryan Roy, (Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1751

    Court affirms convictions for rape, aggravated Assault, and false Imprisonment over defendant's contentions of Inconsistent verdicts, insufficient evidence, jury instruction error, and improper closing

  • Mohr v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-12-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sydney Strickland, (Strickland & Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Jared Williams, (District Attorney’s Office Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1336

    Court affirms aggravated assault conviction despite defendant's claims of evidentiary errors and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Cooper v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-12-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kaitlyn Beck, (Office of the Public Defender, Western Cir.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Wilson, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1440

    Court affirms revocation of defendant's sentence of probation and his subsequent 18-month prison sentence, and rejects his claims of due process violations and trial court abuse of discretion