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Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 21 de junio de 2023
EFFICIENCY LODGE, INC. v. NEASON
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia anuló un fallo que exigía a un motel de estadía prolongada usar procedimientos judiciales de desalojo contra residentes de largo plazo, al determinar que los tribunales inferiores usaron la prueba legal equivocada para decidir si los residentes eran inquilinos o huéspedes de hotel.
We leave it for the trial court to apply this framework in the first instance, consistent with this opinion. 1. Background (a) Legal Framework Two legal relationships are at issue in this case. Both are be- tween a property owner and a person who occupies that property, and both are defined by statute. Under either relationship, if the occupant fails to pay...
The second relationship is that of innkeeper and guest. An inn is a “tavern[ ], hotel[ ], [or] house[ ] of public general entertainment for guests,” and a guest is “a person who pays a fee to the keeper of an inn for the purpose of entertainment at that inn.” OCGA § 43-21- 1. Unlike a landlord, an innkeeper does not need to file a writ of possession to...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 21 de marzo de 2023
In the Matter of Willie George Davis, Jr
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia ordenó la inhabilitación del abogado Willie George Davis Jr. tras determinar que manejó indebidamente el patrimonio de su hermana y los fondos en fideicomiso de su sobrino huérfano, y desafió repetidamente las órdenes del tribunal de sucesiones.
2. Special Master’s Report and Recommendation. (a) Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law. In her second report and recommendation, the Special Master summarized the procedural history of the disciplinary proceeding, including that she had granted partial summary judgment as to Davis’s violations of GRPC Rules 1.7 (a) and (b), 1.15 (I) (a) and (c), 1.15...
(1) consultation with the lawyer, pursuant to Rule 1.0 (c); (2) having received in writing reasonable and adequate information about the material risks of and reasonable available alternatives to the representation[;] and (3) having been given the opportunity to consult with independent counsel. 3 GRPC Rule 1.15 (I) (a) provides: A lawyer shall hold funds...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 29 de junio de 2023
WELCH v. PAPPAS RESTAURANTS, INC. (Two Cases)
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia aclaró que si un delito en la propiedad de un negocio era razonablemente previsible depende de la totalidad de las circunstancias, no solo de la prueba de un delito idéntico anterior, y que normalmente es una cuestión que decide el jurado.
5 As stated in a familiar case, “[t]he risk reasonably to be perceived defines the duty to be obeyed[.]” Palsgraf v. Long Island R. Co., 248 N.Y. 339, 344 (162 NE 99) (1928). 6 The concept of reasonable foreseeability relevant to duty is different Of course, a finding that third-party criminal conduct was reasonably foreseeable and thereby gave rise to a...
was breached. See, e.g., Jackson v. Post Properties, Inc., 236 Ga. App. 701, 703 (2) (513 SE2d 259) (1999) (whether the extra window locks offered by the apartment complex were sufficient to demonstrate ordinary care and whether the plaintiff’s rape “was the result of the flimsy nature of the [builder-installed] windows” were issues for the jury’s...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 19 de septiembre de 2023
In THE MATTER OF ROBERT MALLORY CRAWFORD (Two Cases)
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia suspendió a un exjuez de tribunal superior del ejercicio de la abogacía durante tres años tras determinar que tomó dinero de un registro judicial al que no tenía derecho y mintió al respecto, rechazando la sanción más severa de inhabilitación recomendada por el juez especial disciplinario.
II. Special Master’s Recitation of the Underlying Facts In his report, the special master laid out the underlying facts as follows. In August 2002, Crawford was hired by D. C. and B. W. to answer a summons in a foreclosure action seeking a writ of possession, which concerned a property that was titled to another individual, A. T. Crawford filed a complaint...
As to the various alleged violations of Rules 1.15 (I) and (II),7 the special master stated that they were premised on the facts that 7 Rule 1.15 (I) (a) provides, in pertinent part, that “[a] lawyer shall hold funds or other property of clients or third persons that are in a lawyer’s possession in connection with a representation separate from the lawyer’s...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 21 de agosto de 2023
Annunziata v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de un hombre por un tiroteo en un club nocturno, dictaminando que el juez de primera instancia hizo bien en no decirle al jurado que podía condenarlo por el delito menor de homicidio voluntario en su lugar.
The evidence presented at Appellant’s trial showed that, in the early morning hours of May 25, 2019, Appellant arrived at a nightclub with two companions. They attempted to enter, but were not admitted, causing Appellant to become upset. Sloan Duckie, the event organizer, explained to Appellant that Appellant had paid for only one entry, and that he would...
Appellant did not leave as instructed. After Price walked back into the nightclub, Appellant began “egging [Price] on” and attempted to reenter the nightclub, telling Price to “come outside.” Surveillance footage from the nightclub’s entrance showed Appellant beckoning to someone inside the nightclub while standing outside the entrance; Price coming out of...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 15 de marzo de 2023
TAYLOR, EXR. v. THE DEVEREUX FOUNDATION, INC. (And Vice Versa)
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó el límite de $250,000 en daños punitivos de Georgia en un caso de agresión sexual contra un centro de tratamiento de Georgia, y determinó que el límite no viola el derecho a un juicio con jurado, la separación de poderes ni la igualdad de protección ante la ley.
Judgments affirmed in Case Nos. S22A1060 and S22X1061. All the Justices concur, except Colvin, J., who concurs specially as to Division III, and Ellington, J., who dissents as to Division III and concurs specially as to Division VIII. Peterson, P. J., disqualified. Ga. App. 495, 495-496 (716 SE2d 559) (2011) (discussing the party’s depositing into the court...
As evidence of her attorney fees, Taylor presented the contract signed by McGee and then Taylor agreeing to pay her attorneys a 40 percent contingency fee for trial work as well as affidavits from five attorneys, employed by three law firms, who worked on the case. Three attorneys from the first law firm described their qualifications; averred that the 40...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 16 de mayo de 2023
King v. King, Jr
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia respondió una pregunta certificada de una corte federal de apelaciones, dictaminando que cuando alguien en una relación confidencial con otra persona también tiene deberes fiduciarios hacia ella, una falta deshonesta de divulgación puede sustentar una demanda por incumplimiento de deber fiduciario según la ley de Georgia.
1. Background On September 6, 1985, when Appellant was almost seven years old, his father died in a plane crash. After Peggy filed a wrongful death suit against the airline on her and Appellant’s behalf, she reached a settlement with the airline in 1989 that set aside at least $200,000 for Appellant’s benefit (“the Settlement Funds”). The check for the...
As best I can tell, this Court traditionally has answered almost all of the certified questions that an eligible court has sent to us. 2 But there are limits on what this Court should expend its resources answering, and onto what types of questions this Court should give its imprimatur of finality. One express limitation is that we should not answer what...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 16 de mayo de 2023
WARD v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas por asesinato y agresión agravada de dos hombres que participaron en un apuñalamiento fatal en una prisión, rechazando impugnaciones a las pruebas, la seguridad de la sala, las restricciones a un testigo y una conversación privada de un fiscal con un testigo.
The next day, Ward’s counsel again objected to the police 9 CERT stands for Correctional Emergency Response Team. presence, noting that 12 officers were in the courtroom, in addition to the CERT. Dewberry’s counsel joined in the objection, and added, “I don’t think it’s necessary. . . . Particularly since he’s wearing a device that will incapacitate him...
The trial court did not abuse its discretion in making just such a judgment here. This trial was for murder and aggravated assault occurring inside a prison and involving rival gangs. All three defendants were designated maximum security inmates, and two of the defendants had substantial disciplinary records from prison. And although at least two of the...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 2 de noviembre de 2023
Jenkins v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia revocó las condenas de Larry Jenkins por doble asesinato, dictaminando que su clara solicitud de un abogado mientras era ingresado en la cárcel fue una invocación válida de sus derechos Miranda, aunque un interrogatorio formal aún no había comenzado.
Captain Doug Lewis with the Department of Natural Resources — who had been working alongside other law enforcement agencies to help secure the crime scene — testified that he also heard a radio call reporting that a white van had been seen in Jesup by the overpass and that law enforcement was requesting assistance for “some people that were fleeing” from...
Ken Mullis, a deputy with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department, testified that he had been part of the search for the missing Chevy Lumina van and the suspects on January 9. According to Deputy Mullis, he had been “listening to the radio traffic from the airplane” when he heard that the van had been located. He got into his patrol car and headed toward the...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 13 de julio de 2023
In the Matter of Keith Chance Hardy
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia inhabilitó al abogado Keith Chance Hardy tras determinar que robó fondos de clientes, abandonó los casos de tres clientes y nunca respondió a la investigación del Colegio de Abogados del Estado.
With regard to SDBD No. 7623, the record shows that Hardy was appointed as a “conflict defender” to represent a client who was charged with murder, tampering with evidence, and other charges. On or about September 5, 2019, Hardy had his first meeting with the client and told her that he believed he could get a bond on her charges, but that she would need...
9 Rule 1.15 (I) (a) provides that a “lawyer shall hold funds or other property of clients or third persons that are in a lawyer’s possession in connection with a representation separate from the lawyer’s own funds or other property”; that “[f]unds shall be kept in one or more separate accounts maintained in an approved institution”; and that “[o]ther...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 19 de diciembre de 2023
In the Matter of Steven Ryan Webster
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia aceptó la entrega voluntaria de la licencia de abogado de un abogado, tratada como disbarment, luego de que admitiera manejar mal fondos de clientes en cinco cierres inmobiliarios distintos.
PER CURIAM. This disciplinary matter is before the Court on a petition for voluntary discipline filed by Steven Ryan Webster (State Bar No. 745245) prior to the issuance of a formal complaint. See Bar Rule 4- 227 (b). In his petition, which concerns five underlying disciplinary matters, Webster, who has been a member of the State Bar of Georgia since 1992,...
Regarding SDBD No. 7751, Webster admits he was signed as a title insurance agent by a title company in 2013. As part of his agency agreement, Webster issued title insurance for his clients and provided various settlement services. But Webster failed to provide reconciliations for the title company’s review, failed to remit premiums collected for the title...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 19 de septiembre de 2023
Funvestment Group, LLC v. Crittenden
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia resolvió que el dinero que una empresa gana al arrendar máquinas de entretenimiento operadas con monedas, como juegos de arcade, está exento del impuesto sobre ventas y uso de Georgia, igual que el dinero jugado directamente en esas máquinas.
(b) Sales and use tax In 1951, the General Assembly enacted the “Retailers’ and Consumers’ Sales and Use Tax Act,” see Ga. L. 1951, p. 360, which authorized the levy and collection of a general sales and use tax, now codified at OCGA § 48-8-1 et seq. It is the intention of the General Assembly in enacting this article to exercise its full and complete power...
————————————————————— 5 The “retailer” is defined as “[e]very person making a sale or sales of tangible personal property at retail.” OCGA § 48-8-30 (b) (1). whom the property is leased or rented.” Id. “A person who leases or rents property to others” is a “dealer,” and the dealer is required to collect the sales and use tax from the person to whom the...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 31 de mayo de 2023
In the Matter of David Roberson
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la decisión de negar la solicitud de David Roberson para ser readmitido en el Colegio de Abogados del Estado de Georgia, al determinar que no demostró estar rehabilitado ni haber pagado la restitución completa.
an agreement for, charge, or collect an illegal or clearly excessive fee); 31 (d) (2) (upon conclusion of a contingent fee matter, the lawyer shall provide the client with a written statement stating the following: (i) the outcome of the matter; and, (ii) if there is a recovery: (aa) the remittance to the client; (bb) the method of its determination; (cc)...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 19 de diciembre de 2023
CLEMENTS v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó las condenas por asesinato de London Clements y Eric Velazquez, ambos relacionados con la muerte a tiros de un agente del condado de Hall durante una serie de robos y una persecución policial en julio de 2019.
The evidence presented at trial showed that, on the morning of July 2, 2019, two residents of Hall County discovered that their vehicles had been stolen overnight and reported the thefts to law enforcement. On the afternoon of July 7, law enforcement officers discovered the stolen vehicles — a 2009 red Dodge Caliber and a 2002 silver Toyota Avalon — parked...
While investigating the pawnshop burglaries on the morning of July 6, law enforcement officers learned that several automobile dealerships had also been broken into overnight, including Los Plebes Auto Sales, Texano Auto Sales, Texas Trucks and Autos, and Eddie’s Auto Sales.4 Francisco Cuella, the owner of Los Plebes Auto Sales, testified that, when he...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 21 de agosto de 2023
Demuro v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de Joshua DeMuro por disparar a Kevin Gilman, al determinar que el jurado tuvo suficiente evidencia para rechazar su alegato de legítima defensa y no encontrar error reversible en las instrucciones al jurado.
Several neighbors called 911 to report hearing shots fired. DeMuro immediately surrendered to the first responding officer and said, “I shot him[.]” The officer asked, “[W]here is the gun?” DeMuro answered, “I put them in the truck.” The forensics team located two guns on the front seat of DeMuro’s truck, a Glock 30-S, which was unloaded, and a Glock 20,...
317 Ga. 155 FINAL COPY S23A0647. DEMURO V. THE STATE.
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 7 de marzo de 2023
Allaben v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la tercera condena por asesinato de un hombre del condado de DeKalb por estrangular a su esposa, al determinar que las pruebas respaldaban el asesinato con malicia y que el delito fue juzgado correctamente en el condado de DeKalb.
Allaben returned to Georgia on January 5 and drove to the Clayton County home of a former co-worker, who talked with him for approximately two hours and then accompanied him to surrender to a neighbor who was a City of Morrow police officer. A Clayton County officer who responded to a call confirmed that a human body was in Allaben’s pickup truck, wrapped...
315 Ga. 789 FINAL COPY S23A0061. ALLABEN v. THE STATE.
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 5 de julio de 2023
In the Matter of Richard H. Middleton, Jr
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia aceptó la solicitud de un abogado de Savannah de renunciar a su licencia de abogado luego de admitir que retuvo indebidamente el dinero de un acuerdo de $100,000 de un cliente en su cuenta fiduciaria para uso personal.
PER CURIAM. This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the petition for voluntary surrender of license filed by Richard H. Middleton, Jr., (State Bar No. 504912) before the issuance of a formal complaint. See Bar Rule 4-227 (b) (2). In this petition, Middleton admits that in connection with a single client matter he violated Rules 1.15 (I) (c) and 1.15...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 2 de mayo de 2023
Perrault v. State
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia confirmó la condena por asesinato de un exoficial de policía de Eatonton, al hallar suficiente evidencia de que mató a su esposa a pesar de su afirmación de que ella se disparó a sí misma, y rechazó sus demás argumentos de juicio.
Perrault’s eight-year-old daughter, B. P., told the responding officer that when she got home from school, her father and Amanda were arguing, so she hid in her closet. She eventually came out to see what was going on and heard Amanda say, “[J]ust let me get my purse and I’ll leave.” Then she saw her father push Amanda out the front door. While the officer...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 7 de marzo de 2023
In the Matter of David John Pettinato
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia impuso una suspensión de diez días al abogado David John Pettinato, igualando la disciplina que ya recibió en Florida por representar falsamente la independencia de un tasador y por no corregir con prontitud un testimonio falso en una declaración.
Regarding the other matter, in March 2016, prior to Pettinato’s representation of two policyholders in a lawsuit against their insurer, the policyholders had submitted a proof of loss that was not notarized in their presence when they signed it. In August 2016, Pettinato sued the insurer on behalf of the policyholders, and in November 2017, the...
PER CURIAM. This disciplinary matter is before the Court on a petition for voluntary reciprocal discipline filed by David John Pettinato (State Bar No. 426068), pursuant to Rule 9.4 (b) of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct (“GRPC”) found in GA Bar Rules 4-102 (d) and 4-227 (b). In his petition, Pettinato, who has been a member of the State Bar since...
Opinión de la Corte Suprema · Supreme Court of Georgia · 6 de septiembre de 2023
In the Matter of Nevada Michael Tuggle
Resumen de Georgia Commons (escrito con IA): La Corte Suprema de Georgia rechazó una suspensión de un mes recomendada para un abogado de Georgia que abandonó a dos clientes, al considerar que la sanción era demasiado leve dada la gravedad de su conducta indebida, y devolvió el caso para más investigación de hechos antes de decidir una sanción más dura.
The client learned of the judgment only when she began receiving garnishment notices in July 2017. The client tried to contact Tuggle but was unable to reach him. In the following weeks, the client made repeated attempts to obtain her file from Tuggle, to no avail. Tuggle returned her file only after she filed a Bar grievance against him. Although Tuggle...
Although the Special Master did not make an express finding that the letter was not authentic, he did state that “[Tuggle’s] behavior subsequent to allegedly sending the letter is not consistent with” his having sent it. September 2017, when the client retained new counsel to try to get the judgment set aside. Ultimately, the client was successful in...
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