Feder v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-06-12Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Justice BethelAttorneys:For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clarke & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.Case number: S24A0528
Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to inconsistent jury verdicts and claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel
Gray v. State
Publication Date: 2024-06-12Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Justice McMillianAttorneys:For plaintiff: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of the Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Sarah Jane Thomas, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Harry Steven Ruth, Lenny I. Krick, Shannon Elysia Hodder, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.Case number: S24A0570
Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's claim that the trial court should have issued a self-defense jury instruction because of an attempt to prevent a felony
Isaac v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-06-11Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Justice McMillianAttorneys:For plaintiff: Jerry W. Chappell, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Harry Steven Ruth, Thomas L. Williams, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.Case number: S24A0014
Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and trial court jury instruction error
Jackson v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-06-11Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Justice WarrenAttorneys:For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jessua Calhoun Hornsby, Bradfield M. Shealy, (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Valdosta, for appellee.Case number: S24A0382
Court affirms convictions for felony murder and a firearms offense over defendant's claims of ineffective assistance where his trial counsel did not challenge the prosecutor's closing remarks
Walmart Stores East, LP v. Leverette
Publication Date: 2024-06-10Practice Area:Personal Injury
Industry:Retail
Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Justice BrownAttorneys:For plaintiff: Robert Hill, (McLain & Merritt), Atlanta, Jack Reiter, Sydney Feldman, (Gray Robinson, P.A.), Miami, for appellant.For defendant: Welles Gilliland, (Nick Schnyder Law Firm), Marietta, Maxwell Thelen, Seth Lowry, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for appellee.Case number: A24A0115
Court affirms $1 million nominal damages award against Walmart in a premises liability and injury case, rejecting Walmart's arguments as to excessive damages and bias
Cobb County v. Floam et al.
Publication Date: 2024-06-07Practice Area:Government
Industry:State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Presiding Justice PetersonAttorneys:For plaintiff: Hugh William Rowling, Jr., Lauren Smith Bruce, Elizabeth Ahern Monyak, (Cobb County Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellant.For defendant: Ray Stallings Smith, III, (Smith & Liss, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Logan B. Winkles, Jonathan David Loegel, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, Justin Thomas Golart, Zachary Mullinax, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Walter White, (Haynie, Litchfield,Crane & White, P.C.), Marietta, William A. Pinto, Jr., (Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.Case number: S24A0599
Court reverses order granting declaratory relief to residents who challenged a county boundary redistricting, finding that they could not show a need for guidance for future conduct
Garrison v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-06-06Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Judge MarkleAttorneys:For plaintiff: Jad Johnson, Victor Aloisio, (Office of the Public Defender, Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit), Lafayette, for appellant.For defendant: Clayton Fuller, John Franklin, (Lookout Mountain Circuit District Attorney’s Office), LaFayette, for appellee.Case number: A24A0010
Court affirms convictions for drug possession and trafficking and rejected defendant's claims of improper exclusion of evidence and ineffective assistance of trial counsel
Ebersole v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-06-06Practice Area:Criminal Law |
Evidence
Industry:Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Judge WatkinsAttorneys:For plaintiff: Nicole Baker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Acworth, for appellant.For defendant: Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Gainesville, Patrick Shuler, (Hall County District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, for appellee.Case number: A24A0518
Court affirms convictions in an attempted rape and aggravated assault case over defendant's challenges to admission of evidence and allegations of cumulative error
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. v. Gibson
Publication Date: 2024-06-03Practice Area:Banking and Finance Laws |
Civil Procedure
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Presiding Judge McFaddenAttorneys:For plaintiff: Thomas Tucker, (Tucker Long, P.C.), Augusta, Christopher Kanne, (Duane Morris, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.For defendant: David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, John Gibson, Augusta, for appellee.Case number: A24A0268
Court reverses order denying attorney fees and mandating document production, and affirms dismissal of defamation claim on the basis of Georgia's anti-SLAPP statute
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