• Avery v. State of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2014-07-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles K. McKnight Jr. and Gary J. Toman Nations, Toman & McKnight LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Donald R. Donovan, District Attorney, Steven J. Messinger, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, James R. Woodward Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, William T. Cable Jr., James J. Phillips Talley, Richardson & Cable PA, Dallas, Norman S. Fletcher, and Lee B. Carter Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis LLP, Rome, for appellees.

    Case Number: S14A0792

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