Georgia Supreme Court – March 2017

The Supreme Court of Georgia is the highest judicial authority of the US state of Georgia. The court was established in 1845. In 2017 the justice panel was increased to nine members. The panel are elected by the people those elections are non-partisan.

The hearings scheduled to be shown in March 2017 are:
Mar 6 Heatherly v. The State (S16g1498)
A Man Is Appealing a Georgia Court of Appeals Ruling That Upheld His Conviction in Whitfield County for Theft by Taking

Mar 6 Le v. Sherbondy (S17a0558)
In This Fulton County Case, a Woman Is Appealing a Judge’s Denial of Her Petition Asking the Court to Hold Her Ex-husband in Contempt for Failing to Pay Child Support. The Judge Denied the Contempt Petition Because by the Time She Filed It, the Divorce Action Had Already Been Dismissed. Under Legislation Passed in 2016 by the General Assembly, in the Future the Georgia Court of Appeals, Rather Than the Supreme Court of Georgia, Will Be Handling Appeals in Divorce-related Cases.

Mar 6 Croy v. Whitfield County Et Al. (S16g1452)
The Daughter of an Elderly Man Who Sued Whitfield County After He Was Injured While Riding a County Van Is Appealing a Ruling by the Georgia Court of Appeals That Upholds a Lower Court’s Ruling Against Her.

Mar 6 Georgia Motor Trucking Association Et Al. v. Georgia Department of Revenue Et Al. (S17a0430)
In This Fulton County Appeal, the Georgia Motor Trucking Association and Other Motor Carriers Are Appealing the Dismissal of Their Lawsuit Challenging as Unconstitutional a Georgia Statute That Allows Revenue From Local Motor Fuel Taxes to Be Spent on Things Other Than “public Roads and Bridges.”

Mar 6 Williams v. The State (S17a0543)
A Young Man Is Appealing His Fulton County Murder Conviction and Life Prison Sentence for His Role in the Shooting Death of Another Man During a Marijuana Drug Deal.

Mar 6 Sullivan v. The State (S17a0664)
A Man Convicted of Murder in Floyd County and Sentenced to Life in Prison With No Chance of Parole Is Appealing on the Ground That His Trial Attorney Was Incompetent and
Ineffective in Violation of His Constitutional Rights.

Mar 7 Alina Gibson v. Stewart Gibson Et Al. (S17f0593)
In This Fulton County Divorce Case, a Woman Is Appealing a Judge’s Ruling, Arguing the Trial Court Failed to Include More Than $3.2 Million in Assets That She Was Entitled to Share With Her Ex-husband. Under Legislation Passed in 2016 by the General Assembly, in the Future the Georgia Court of Appeals, Rather Than the Supreme Court of Georgia, Will Be Handling Appeals in Divorce-related Cases.

Mar 7 Oasis Goodtime Emporium I, Inc. Et Al. v. City of Doraville (S17a0421)
In Its Long-time Dispute With the City of Doraville, the Oasis Goodtime Emporium I Adult Entertainment Business Is Appealing a Dekalb County Pre-trial Injunction Against It, Arguing It Is No Longer Operating as a “sexually Oriented Business” – or Sob – as It Now Regularly Features “performances of Serious Artistic Value,” and the City, Therefore, Should Not Deny It a Liquor License.

Mar 7 Doss Wallace v. Gary and Phillip Wallace Et Al. (S17a0528)
The Appeal in This Henry County Case Stems From a Lawsuit Brought by a Man Against His Two Younger Brothers for Paying Him Only $54,200 for His Stock in the Family Business – Its Value When He Left the Company in 1994 – as Opposed to More Than $2 Million – the Value of His Stock in 2015 When the Brothers Notified Him They Would Buy It Back.

Mar 7 Merrill v. Lee (S17a0630)
A Woman Whose Husband Took Her to Court Hoping to Get a Reduced Child Support Obligation Is Appealing a Fulton County Court’s Denial of Her Motion That He Be Required to Pay Her the Nearly $50,000 She Had to Pay in Attorney’s Fees and Legal Expenses. Under Legislation Passed in 2016 by the General Assembly, in the Future the Georgia Court of
Appeals, Rather Than the Supreme Court of Georgia, Will Be Handling Appeals in Divorce-related Cases.

Mar 7 Wynn v. Craven (S17a0580)
In Another Dispute Over Child Support, a Woman Is Appealing a Lowndes County Judge’s Ruling That She Waited Too Long to Formally Complain That Her Former Husband Failed for Many Years to Pay the Full Amount of Child Support He Was Ordered to Pay When They Divorced. Under Legislation Passed in 2016 by the General Assembly, in the Future the Georgia Court of Appeals, Rather Than the Supreme Court of Georgia, Will Be Handling Appeals in Divorce-related Cases.

Mar 20 City of Atlanta v. Mays Et Al. (S17a0629)
The City of Atlanta Is Appealing a Court Ruling That Threw Out Its Annexations of Five Unincorporated Areas of Fulton County.

Mar 20 Laguerre v. The State (S17a0646)
A Man on Trial for Murder in Fulton County Is Appealing a Judge’s Denial of His Claim That He Was Subjected to Double Jeopardy When the Judge Called a Mistrial Eight Days Into His Trial Due to Jurors’ Concerns That the Trial Would Cut Into the Christmas Holiday.

Mar 20 Faubert-Rocha v. Bautista (S17a0643)
A Woman Who Lived With Another Woman Before They Separated, Is Appealing a Bartow County Judge’s Ruling That Found She Had No Legal Right to Bring a Claim for Custody of the 5-year-old Child She Had Helped Raise Since His Birth.

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