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  • Crosdale v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cerille B. Nassau, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0447

    The defendant never asserted at trial that the conversation he had with an assistant pastor after he killed his wife and her cousin was privileged under former O.C.G.A. § 24

  • Norwood v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long D. Vo Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Kathryn L. Powers, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0379

    The trial court properly declined to merge the aggravated assault and felony murder counts for sentencing purposes, since each required proof of a fact the other did not and they were separate and d

  • Aikens v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0404

    The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for the unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, even though there was evidence that the co-conspirator never allowed the defendant to

  • Norred v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Donnelly, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, Jon R. Forwood, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0405

    The evidence supported the verdict finding the defendant guilty but mentally ill after he murdered his sister and attempted to murder an sister and his m

  • IN RE GABRIEL ANTHONY MCC., AND ANOTHER, CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS, ETC., MARIANNE THERESA MCC., A/K/a MARIANNE THERESA T., res-ap, LEAKE AND WATTS SERVICES, INC., pet-res

    Publication Date: 2015-06-08
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Tom, J.P., Sweeny, Moskowitz, DeGrasse, Richter, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 15309-15309A

    15309-15309A. IN RE GABRIEL ANTHONY MCC., AND ANOTHER, CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS, ETC., MARIANNE THERESA MCC., A/K/a MARIANNE THERESA T., res-ap, LEAKE AND WATTS SERVICES, INC.

  • PEOPLE, res, v. KENNETH J. LYNCH, a/k/a JOHN LYNCH, def-ap

    Publication Date: 2015-06-08
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Tom, J.P., Sweeny, Moskowitz, DeGrasse, Richter, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 15302-15303

    15302-15303. PEOPLE, res, v. KENNETH J. LYNCH, a/k/a JOHN LYNCH, def-ap — Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Carl S. Kaplan of counsel), for ap — Cyrus R.

  • CITY NATIONAL BANK, plfap, v. MORELLI RATNER, P.C. def-res

    Publication Date: 2015-06-08
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Gonzalez, P.J., Mazzarelli, Acosta, Clark, Kapnick, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 15332

    15332. CITY NATIONAL BANK, plfap, v. MORELLI RATNER, P.C. def-res — Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York (Robert L. Weigel of counsel), for ap — Kasowitz, Benson, Torres &

  • In the Matter of East Ramapo Central School District, Appellant v. John B. King Jr., as Commissioner of Education, et al., Respondents, 519463

    Publication Date: 2015-06-08
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    Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department
    Judge: Before: Peters, P.J., Egan Jr., Rose and Lynch, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: David J. Butler of Morgan Lewis, Washington, D.C., of counsel, Minerva & D'Agostino, PC, Valley Stream.
    for defendant: For Respondents: Jeffrey W. Lang of counsel, Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany.
    Case Number: 519463

    Cite as: Matter of East Ramapo Central School Dist. v. King, 519463, NYLJ 1202728474961, at *1 (App. Div., 3rd, Decided June 4, 2015) 51

  • White v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheueli C. Wang Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Arthur C. Walton, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason M. Rea, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0319

    Merger of the aggravated assault and murder convictions was not required, as there was evidence of a "deliberate interval" between the defendant shooting the victim and the subsequent beating, since

  • State v. Sutton

    Publication Date: 2015-06-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy G. Vaughn, District Attorney, Lauren C. S. Finley District Attorney's Office, Eastman, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mitchell M. Shook and Paul W. Calhoun III Salter, Shook Tippett, Vidalia, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0355

    The defendant acted in self-defense in shooting his brother-in-law and was thus immune from prosecution under O.C.G.A. § 16-3-24.2; accordingly, the trial court properly dismissed the murder indictm