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  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A2083

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions arising from the shooting of his girlfriend and the burning of her body inside her vehicle to conceal her

  • March 8, 2013 |

    Television’s 13 greatest fictional lawyers

    Other than doctors, and possibly media workers with unreasonably large New York apartments, few professions are quite as attractive to scriptwriters as lawyers.

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  • November 19, 2012 |

    Innocent Coinsured Spouse Cannot Recover for Fire Loss Due to Intentional Loss Exclusion, Iowa Supreme Court Now Holds

    The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that a coinsured who set fire to an insured dwelling to commit suicide had the requisite intent to “cause a loss”…

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  • King v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Hicks and Amanda Gaddis Law Office of Gregory Hicks, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Cannon, Solicitor General, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1151

    The evidence did not support the defendant's conviction for tampering with evidence, after she allegedly swallowed marijuana during a struggle with off

  • Sabb v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-09-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Sheppard, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, District Attorney, and Marlene Zekser, District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0904

    The evidence sufficiently established that the defendant had joint constructive possession of cocaine found in her renta

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Burns Public Defender's Office and Falen Cox Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, and Nancy Brimberry, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1623

    The defendant did not sufficiently show that missing physical evidence warranted a continuance or a mis

  • Jordan v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, District Attorney, and Teresa Klein District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1229

    The evidence, including the 11-year-old victim's testimony, photographic evidence and testimony from a sexual assault nurse examiner supported the defendant's convic

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Nathan, Assistant Public Defender, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, and Arvo Henifin, District Attorney's Office, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0654

    The burglary count in the defendant's indictment was sufficient to survive a general demurrer, even though burglary was mislabeled as aggravated battery, because the averments in the indictment corr

  • May 23, 2012 |

    11 noteworthy in-house career moves

    Charting some of the most recent GC and in-house appointments

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  • Adel v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-03-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee W. Fitzpatrick, Kennesaw, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A1397

    The trial court properly admitted testimony elicited from the roommate of the victim's acquaintance regarding his direct observations about the acquaintance's whereabouts around the time of the m