Huber v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-05-28Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Justice McMillianAttorneys:For plaintiff: Frances C. Kuo, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Cheryl Banks Hightower, Louie Craig Fraser, (Dublin Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Dublin, for appellee.Case number: S24A0170
Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's challenges to evidence and sufficiency of evidence, and ineffective assistance, where defendant was not the direct executor of the crime
Smith v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-05-28Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Justice PinsonAttorneys:For plaintiff: Daniel Horne Petrey, (Dekalb County Public Defender’s Office), Decatur, for appellant.For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Sarah Jane Thomas, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Ashley Cecelia O’Neal, Roderick B. Wilkerson, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.Case number: S24A0236
Court affirms felony murder conviction and rejects defendant's claims that he should have been allowed to testify that he had PTSD, and that use of a military charge was improper impeachment
Powell v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-05-28Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Justice LaGruaAttorneys:For plaintiff: Thomas A. Withers, Sr., (Withers Law Firm PC), Savannah, for appellant.For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Charles Keith Higgins, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Brunswick, Joseph Kenneth Mulholland, Moruf O. Oseni, (South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Bainbridge, for appellee.Case number: S24A0239
Court reverses denial of general demurrer to indictments of former police officers for oath violations in a cased related to potential Brady violations and failures to investigate misconduct
Schmitt v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-05-27Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Presiding Justice PetersonAttorneys:For plaintiff: John Aspinwall Garland, Donald Franklin Samuel, Kristen Wright Novay, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta,for appellant.For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Mary Catherine Norman, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Mario Kladis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.Case number: S24A0036
Court reverses convictions for malice murder and other crimes due to error in failing to instruct the jury on accident as a defense
Sconyers v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-05-27Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Justice EllingtonAttorneys:For plaintiff: Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bobby Lee Christine, Kevin Richard Majeska, (Columbia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Evans, for appellee.Case number: S24A0139
Court affirms convictions in child murder case over defendant's challenges to evidence, jury instructions, and witness impeachment
Hooks v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-05-27Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Justice PinsonAttorneys:For plaintiff: John Terry Bolden, (Bolden & Little LLC), Waycross, for appellant.For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, Alexander John Markowich, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Waycross, for appellee.Case number: S24A0037
Court affirms convictions in a felony murder case over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence which was all circumstantial with no physical evidence connecting defendant to the crimes
Pittman v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-05-24Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Chief Justice BoggsAttorneys:For plaintiff: David D. Marshall, (Law Office of David D. Marshall), Marietta, for appellant.For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Oliver Jackson Browning, Jr., (Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Cedartown, for appellee.Case number: S24A0013
Court affirms murder and arson convictions over defendant's multiple procedural challenges regarding evidence, alleged impartiality of District Attorney, and denial of a mistrial
U.S. v. Esteras
Publication Date: 2024-05-24Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitJudge: Circuit Judge Richard J. SullivanAttorneys:For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number: 22-1804
Frias' Sentence Vacated; He Was Middleman In, Not 'Organizer or Leader' of, Fentanyl Ring
Sauder v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-05-24Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Justice WarrenAttorneys:For plaintiff: Wade M. Crumbley, McDonough, for appellant.For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Faith Donnell Worley, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gregory A. Futch, William Jeffrey Langley, (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Blairsville, for appellee.Case number: S24A0011
Court affirms convictions for murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence, admission of evidence, and jury instruction and other errors
Wang v. Leo Chuliya Ltd.
Publication Date: 2024-05-24Practice Area:Tax |
Wage and Hour Litigation
Industry:Food and Beverage
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNYJudge: District Judge Nelson S. RománAttorneys:For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number: 23-CV-2463
Damages Claim Under Internal Revenue Code Not Stated; Willfulness Inadequately Pleaded
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