• Stroud v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis Hewitt, (The Appellate Division - Georgia Public Defender Council), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Patrick Doupé, Ali Pauline Ritch, (Toombs Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Thompson, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0069

    Court affirms convictions for murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to the sufficiency of evidence amid conflicting witness testimonies, and to denial of a directed verdict motion

  • Milton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Allan Rogers, (The Law Office of James A. Rogers), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Patrick Doupé, Ali Pauline Ritch, (Toombs Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Thompson, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0068

    Court affirms convictions for murder and gun possession over defendant's challenge to the sufficiency of evidence amid conflicting testimonies from witnesses

  • Fleureme v. City of Atlanta et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maxwell Thelen, Seth Lowry, (445 Franklin Gateway SE), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laura Yellig, Hermise Pierre, Tracey Hackett, (Fulton County Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0316

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury lawsuit against a municipality because plaintiff did not strictly adhere to statutory ante litem notice requirements

  • Culverson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Thomas, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Mulholland, Christopher Quinn, Banks Smith, (South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Bainbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0543

    Court affirms convictions for invasion of privacy and sexual battery over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence, juror's post-evidence review of an exhibit, and claims of cumulative error

  • Buchanan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean Lowe, (Assistant Public Defender), Ringgold, Jonathan Hamrick, (Cox Byington Twyman LLP), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Natalee Staats, (Assistant District Attorney - Floyd County), Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0475

    Court reverses sex offender registration conviction because the State failed to present sufficient evidence of the time frame for the violation

  • Law Journal Press | Digital Book

    New Jersey Estate Litigation 2014

    Authors: Michael R. Griffinger, Paul F. Cullum III

    View this Book

    View more book results for the query "*"

  • Strickland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Hewitt, (Appellate Attorney GPDC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney’s Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0344

    Court affirms child molestation convictions and rejects defendant's due process claim that was based on a 20-year delay and his contentions of insufficient evidence

  • The State v. Carlton

    Publication Date: 2024-05-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shalena Jones, Gabriel Justus, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Phillips, Jonathan Phillips, (Phillips Carson & Phillips), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0134

    Court reverses dismissal of charges filed more than four years after a criminal incident, finding that indictment did not need to refer to COVID-19 emergency extension of statute of limitations

  • City of Canton v. Brandreth Holdings, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Dyer, Laura Rollins, (Dyer & Rusbridge, P.C.), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bain, Douglas Flint, (Flint, Connolly & Walker, LLP), Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0019

    Court affirms denial of motion to dismiss in an inverse condemnation case against the City, which had argued to dismiss the case due to a failure to adhere to ante litem notice requirements

  • Clemons v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Conklin, (Conklin Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Thomas Williams, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0083

    Court affirms denial of hearing on motion to withdraw a 12-year old guilty plea, which motion had been withdrawn by the defendant after he entered his initial plea

  • Noellien v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Jefferson, (Attorney At Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Leslie Coots, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0011

    Court affirms drug convictions based on circumstantial evidence over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and his argument that he was merely present at the crime scene