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  • Whitley v. Schwall

    Publication Date: 2005-10-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Howard, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Cary Ichter, Christopher S. Anulewicz and James L. Hollis Balch & Bingham LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Edward T. Garland, Robin S. Loeb and Anne H. Coolidge-Kaplan Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S05A0765

    Mandamus is not an available r to seek review of a trial court's ruling, which is subject to appellate review, because the availability of judicial review is an adequate legal r

  • Dorsey v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn R. Keyes, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, and John E. Floyd Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S05A0897

    The state was entitled to theorize to the jurors that former DeKalb County Sheriff Sidney Dorsey killed Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown in order to prevent Brown from investigating and uncovering evidenc

  • Preer v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2005-03-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Lea and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William P. Rowe III, Ellijay, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A2035

    The defendant's properly filed petition for habeas relief could be transferred to his new county of dete

  • Al-Amin v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-06-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Martin Martin Bros. PC, Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Anna E. Green, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Ruth M. Pawlak, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A0151

    The surviving victim identified the defendant as the man who opened fire on two deputy sheriffs who were attempting to execute a bench warrant for his a

  • Baugh v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel, William C. Lea Garland, Samuel and Loeb PC and Tony L. Axam Axam, Adams & Secret PA, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Anne E. Green, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0473

    The state improperly bolstered its witnesses' testimony by introducing their prior consistent statements through the testimony of a detective, even though the defense did not suggest on cross-examin

  • O'Heron v. Blaney

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hunter S. Allen Jr. and Kara A. Hicks Allen & Weathington PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Albert M. Pearson III Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Thomas S. Carlock, Daniel J. Huff, Eric J. Frisch Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Robert B. Remar Rogers & Hardin, Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Nicholas A. Lolito Georgia Assoc. of Criminal Defense, Atlanta, and George T. Jackson Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah.
    Case Number: S02G1784

    O.C.G.A. § 19-7-5 provides immunity to those who have reasonable cause to report suspected child abuse and for those who make such a report in good

  • Decatur Auto Ctr. v. Wachovia Bank NA

    Publication Date: 2003-06-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Mason and Brian J. Harris Mason, Harris & Bahr LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Ratz Gray & Gilliland PC, Edward T. M. Garland Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, and Mark V. Spix Spix, Krupp & Reece, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellant: Jerome J. Froelich Jr. and David M. Kupsky McKenney & Froelich, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S02G1549

    The plaintiff could seek recovery in a conversion suit for the full value of a check which the defendant bank deliberately honored after processing and charging the plaintiff for a stop-payment

  • State v. Vogleson

    Publication Date: 2002-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Jennifer M. Daniels, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sara M. T. Yeager, Ruth L. Rocker and Demetria N. Williams DeKalb County Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S01G1642

    The trial court violated the defendant's right of confrontation when it refused to allow defense counsel to question defendant's accomplice about the amount of prison time he thought he was avoiding

  • Cox Enters. Inc. v. Nix

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter C. Canfield and Thomas M. Clyde Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Edward T. M. Garland and Nelson O. Tyrone III Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01G0743

    The Supreme Court reinstated the grant of summary judgment to a publishing company and its newspaper on an attorney's defamation claim arising out of two articles that characterized him as a crimina

  • Turan v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-02-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip C. Smith, District Attorney, Penny A. Penn, Assistant District Attorney, Cumming, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1649

    Although it initially appeared that the defendant's estranged wife was the victim of a carjacking, numerous items found at the scene indicated that robbery was not the motive and evidence that the v