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Baker v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-04-03
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, James Travis Griffin, (Hogue Hogue Fitzgerald & Griffin, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Herbert Hartwig, Rodrigo L. Silva, William Marshall Kendall, (Houston County District Attorney's Office), Perry, for appellee.
Case number: S23A0860

Court reverses malice murder conviction due to admission into evidence of a rap music video showing the defendant with a gun, which the court deemed to be more prejudicial than probative

In the Matter of Andrea Jo Anne David-Vega.
Publication Date: 2024-04-03
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
For defendant: David S. Lipscomb, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, Christine Anne Koehler, (Law Office of Christine Koehler), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Adam Marshall Hames, (The Hames Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for Other Party.
Case number: S24Y0099

Court rejects Special Master's recommendation for a suspension and instead disbars attorney for serious professional misconduct, including fabrication of evidence and false statements

Madera v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-04-02
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Bethel
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: David Russell Willingham, (Willingham Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Leslie Anna Coots, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
Case number: S24A0148

Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's claims of trial court evidentiary errors and ineffective assistance of trial counsel

Sinkfield v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-04-01
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: David Allen Hoort, Frances C. Kuo, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, Sarah Jane Thomas, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case number: S23A1201

Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's claims of insufficient evidence, improper denial of a motion to suppress evidence, and ineffective assistance of counsel

Carnegay v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. et al.
Publication Date: 2024-03-26
Practice Area: Civil Appeals
Industry: Retail
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Hodges
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Craig Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Savannah, Steven West, (Days & West, P. C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
For defendant: Leslie Becknell, Michael Miller, Douglas Smith, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham, LP), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case number: A23A1758

Court affirms summary judgment for retailer and against plaintiff who sued for battery and false imprisonment after a security officer beat him with a baton in a shoplifting incident

Kirkland v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-03-21
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Ellington
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Jacob Dennis Rhein, (Law Offices of Jacob D. Rhein), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case number: S23A0942

Court affirms murder convictions in arson-related deaths over defendants' challenges to sufficiency and admission of evidence, alleged trial court errors, and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

In the Matter of Deirdre Maria Stephens.
Publication Date: 2024-03-20
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
For defendant: David S. Lipscomb, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Patrick E. Longan, (Walter F. George School of Law Mercer University), Macon, John Ryd Bush Long, (John R. B. Long, P.C.), Augusta, for other party.
Case number: S24Y0049

Court rejects Review Board's recommendation of suspension and instead agrees with a Special Master's assessment, resulting in disbarring of an attorney for severe misconduct

On Point Window Treatment, Inc. v. 208 Clinton Place, LLC
Publication Date: 2024-03-19
Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
Industry:
Court: Supreme Court, Kings
Judge: Justice Aaron D. Maslow
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Murad Sardar of counsel, Molod, Spitz & DeSantis, P.C., New York City.
For defendant: For Defendant: Christopher G. Conway of counsel, Stern & Stern, Esqs., Brooklyn.
Case number: 529783/2023

Landlord Not Allowed to Circumvent Negligence Liability; Matter of Public Policy

U.S. Bank National Association v. Joerger
Publication Date: 2024-03-19
Practice Area: Real Estate
Industry:
Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
Judge: Justice Thomas F. Whelan
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Attys for Plaintiff: Knuckles, Komosinski, & Manfro, LLP, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
For defendant: Attys. for Def. Phyllis Joerger: The Ranalli Law Group, PLLC, Hauppauge, NY.
Case number: 206156/2022

Court Finds No 'Legitimate Legislative Purpose' to Support FAPA's Retroactivity

Lopez v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-03-19
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, David Michael Wolfe, Elizabeth Overcamp Evans, Clayton McLean Fuller, (lookout mountain judicial Circuit district attorney’s office), Ringgold, for appellee.
Case number: S23A1165

Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of trial counsel

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