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  • Ransom v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-06-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pamela T. Britt, Grayson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Jon W. Setzer District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0421

    Evidence of the defendant's escalating obsession with the victim and threatening phone calls to her, as well as a kerosene-soaked, partially burned, mailing label addressed to the defendant found on

  • Everett v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer R. Burns Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Margaret E. Heap, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0630

    Given the overwhelming evidence against him, the defendant could not show prejudice from his trial counsel's failure to object to the introduction of his prior conv

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gabrielle A. Pittman, Michael L. Edwards and Jennifer Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Isabel M. Pauley, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2426

    The trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion for a mistrial after the state introduced evidence of an independent act placing his character at issue without complying with Uniform Superio

  • Aceves v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Dawn H. Taylor, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2254

    Defense counsel was not deficient for not raising a futile objection to the state's argument, which stressed that the victim testified that she would never forget the defendant's face as long as sh

  • Vega v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Krista C. Dunning, William S. Lewis and Jennifer R. Burns, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Anne M. Elmore, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0023

    The state's failure to produce a completely inaudible videotape did not violate

  • Overton v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
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    Case Number: A08A1192; A08A1193; A08A1194; A08A1717

    The evidence supported the first two defendants' convictions for multiple crimes, arising out of the kidnapping and death of a store's assistant manager and the second two defendants' RI

  • Boone v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A08A1300

    The investigator's statement during def 's custodial interview that "he would talk to the District Attorney's office" at a later time about having a warrant against the de

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