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  • Ebersole v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: 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

  • Pham et al. v. Buckhead Walk Association, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-06-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Barash, (Law Office of Jonathan A. Barash), Atlanta, William Cromwell, (Carter Cromwell Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori Christman, Louis Levenson, (Levenson & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0370

    Court vacates summary judgment order that had been in favor of a landlord in a dispossessory action for failure to hold an oral argument, notwithstanding withdrawal of request for argument

  • Garrison v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: 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

  • Crawford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Bradley, (Ocmulgee Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Eatonton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0217

    Court affirms child molestation convictions and rejects ineffective counsel claim over his trial counsel's decision not to strike and remove a juror for cause

  • State v. Mrozowski

    Publication Date: 2024-06-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Fitzner, Aaron Palmer, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Swainsboro, Jamey Sherrod, (Office of the District Attorney For Middle Judicial Circuit of Georgia), Lyons, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brandi Payne, (Middle Circuit Public Defenders Office), Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0331

    Court affirms suppression of evidence in police encounter lacking probable cause for a stop and the subsequent escalation of the encounter to a second tier

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  • PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. v. Gibson

    Publication Date: 2024-06-03
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: 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

  • The Radiology Group, LLC v. Marks

    Publication Date: 2024-05-31
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angelo Merolla, (Merolla & Gold, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Craig Allen, (Spears Moore Rebman & Williams), Chattanooga, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0139

    Court reverses default judgment against defendant due to plaintiff's late filing of service proof, which delay extended defendant's response time

  • Tamayo v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Forrest Shealy, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Elizabeth York, (District Attorney Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0534

    Court affirms convictions in child cruelty and battery case over defendant's challenges to his indictment and the constitutionality of a statute, and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Miller, (Attorney at Law), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anna Johnson, Samir Patel, Erle Newton, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit - District Attorney’s Office), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0533

    Court affirms conviction in child molestation case and rejects defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel; over failure to object to jury's consideration of notes written by defendant

  • MCCloud v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David West, (David West & Associates), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Brooks, Winder, James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, Hannah McLear, (Barrow County Da’s Office), Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0126

    Court affirms child abuse convictions and rejects defendant's challenges to circumstantial evidence and trial procedures, admission of certain evidence, and claims of ineffective assistance