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Howard Russell Yntema v. Leah Smith
Publication Date: 2024-10-17
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Family Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Nicholas Paul Martin, (Martin Demelfi, LLC), Atlanta, Ulice Sauls, III, (Sauls Law Group LLC), Peachtree Corners, for appellant.
For defendant: Dawn Hunsicker Taylor, (Dawn H. Taylor LLC), Suwanee, for appellee; Kathryn T. Franklin, (Franklin Family Law, PC), Buford, for other party.
Case number: S24C0850

Court denies review of speech restriction order in a divorce proceeding, but acknowledges potential due process concerns for nonparties

In the Matter of Cory D. Raines.
Publication Date: 2024-10-17
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
For defendant: Cory D Raines, (Raines Legal Group PC), Atlanta, for appellee; Charles David Jones, (Charles D. Jones Attorney at Law LLC), Griffin, for other party.
Case number: S24Y0996

Court disbars attorney for misappropriation of client funds in two personal injury cases

Gallegos-Munoz v. State
Publication Date: 2024-10-17
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Ellington
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
For defendant: Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, John Williams, Clifford Louis Kurlander, John Stuart Melvin, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
Case number: S24G0214

Court vacates child molestation conviction and remands case for application of correct current standard to assess admissibility of victim's alleged false accusation against a third party

Gonzalez v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-10-16
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Bethel
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
For defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Craig Joseph Pake, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Penny Alane Penn, Jennifer Lynn Scalia, (Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office), Cumming, for appellee.
Case number: S24A0913

Court affirms malice murder conviction, and rejects defendant's claims of improper admission of his pre-Miranda statement and claims of improper evidence collection

Catoosa County Republican Party et al. v. Henry et al.
Publication Date: 2024-10-16
Practice Area: Election and Political Law
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: David Edward Oles, Alpharetta, Catherine Scott Bernard, Jordan Alexander Johnson, (Bernard & Johnson, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
For defendant: Alan Christopher Norton, (Luther-Anderson, PPLP), Chattanooga, Archibald A. Farrar, Jr., Catherine Farrar Jackson, (Farrar & Corbin, P.C.), Summerville, Bryan Paul Tyson, (The Election Law Group/Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Lawrence Alan Stagg, (Stagg Law Firm, LLC), Ringgold, for appellee; Sarah E. Thompson, Statesboro, Susan P. Opraseuth, Alpharetta, for Neutral Amicus; Brent William Herrin, (Small Herrin, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
Case number: S24A0917

Court dismisses appeal by local Republican Party organization in an election dispute over candidate qualification, stressing the importance of timeliness in election challenge cases

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Pyne v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-10-16
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice LaGrua
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Kalki Yalamanchili, (Y’Chili Law LLC), Athens, for appellant.
For defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Grace Guthrie Griffith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Thomas L. Williams, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
Case number: S24A0670

Court affirms convictions for murder and other crimes, and rejects claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and improper closing argument by prosecutor

Jones v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-10-15
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Ellington
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Andrew Van Thomas, II, (Andrew V. Thomas II, PC), Valdosta, for appellant.
For defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, Ian Louis Sansot, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Douglas, for appellee.
Case number: S24A0647

Court affirms convictions in a double murder case and rejects claims of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

Melancon v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-10-15
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Pinson
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Leigh Ann Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
For defendant: Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
Case number: S23G1128

Court vacates conviction for second degree murder and other crimes and clarifies cause in fact and legal causation requirements in murder cases

Brock v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-10-15
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Colvin
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Paulding County Public Defender’s Office), Dallas, for appellant.
For defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Craig Joseph Pake, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anthony Brett Williams, Matthew Wayne Rollins, (Paulding County District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee.
Case number: S24A0669

Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes and rejects defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and alleged misstatement of law of self-defense

City of Milton v. Chang et al.
Publication Date: 2024-10-11
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Markle
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Joseph Key, (J. Scott Key, LLC), Madison, for appellant.
For defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Christopher Simon, Tyler Bridgers, (The Simon Law Frim PC), Atlanta, Jed Manton, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Atlanta, Madeline McNeeley, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Brookhaven, for appellee.
Case number: A24A0802

Court affirms $30 million verdict against the City of Milton in fatal accident case, rejecting City's claims of sovereign immunity, and orders pre-judgment interest and nunc pro tunc judgment