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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

Walker v. State

Publication Date: 2012-03-23
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold B. Baker, Georgia Capital Defender, Tifton, and Gerald P. Word, Georgia Capital Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Gregory W. Winters, District Attorney, John A. Regan, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S11A1449

The trial court properly denied the defendant's speedy trial motion as premature, since O.C.G.A. 17-7-171 b requires that more than two terms of court expire before a defendant is entitled to discha

Newton v. State

Publication Date: 2012-02-17
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason W. Swindle Drummond & Swindle, Carrollton, for appellant.
for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Jeffery W. Hunt, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
Case Number: A11A2141

The trial court properly admitted evidence of the defendant's prior drug conviction as a similar transaction to show his bent of mind and course of conduct in operating a methamphetamine laboratory

Vann v. Finley

Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel W. Hamilton Shepard Plunkett Hamilton, Augusta, for appellant. Joseph R. Neal Jr., Douglas M. Nelson, Stanley C. House, Augusta, Christopher J. Hudson, Martinez, and Charles M. Cork III, Macon, for appellees.
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Case Number: A11A1323

The trial court properly denied summary judgment on the basis of official immunity in a wrongful death case, where some evidence showed that the fire inspector had a ministerial duty to enter the mo

Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ Church in Savannah v. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia Inc.

Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neil A. Creasy Simpson & Creasy PC, and Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellants. James L. Elliott Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding PC, Valdosta, Thomas A. Withers Gillen, Withers & Lake LLC, Savannah, and Mary E. Kostel The Episcopal Church/Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia, David H. Gambrell, John Hinton IV Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, John E. Tomlinson, Loganville, and Joshua D. Hawley The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, D.C. Amicus Appellee: Jon V. Forehand Allen, Forehand & Adams LLP, Moultrie, Brenda C. Youmas Edwards & Youmas LLC, W. Warren Plowden Jr. Jones Cork & Miller LLP, Macon, William B. Marianes McGuireWoods LLP, and Nicholas C. Moraitakis Moraitakis, Kushel, Pearson & Gardner LLP, Atlanta.
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Case Number: S10G1909

Neutral principles of law established that the c property at issue was held in trust for the benefit of the parent c

Miller v. State

Publication Date: 2011-10-28
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for Tonya Miller. Henry A. Hibbert Cromwell & Hibbert, Atlanta, for Jabaris Miller. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Clinton K. Rucker, Chief Senior District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Lenny I. Krick, Senior Assistant District Attorneys, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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Case Number: S11A0752; S11A0914

The trial court violated the def 's confrontation right when it allowed a judge to testify to the contents of two petitions for temporary protective injunctions previously filed against the de

Ward v. State

Publication Date: 2011-09-02
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Smith, Athens, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Elberton, for appellee.
Case Number: A11A1426

The state did not violate the defendant's speedy trial rights, despite the presumptively prejudicial 34-month delay between his arrest and filing his motion to dismiss and the fact that the delay wa

Chatman v. State

Publication Date: 2010-10-15
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: George T. Jackson Jackson and Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Larry Chisholm, District Attorney, Savannah, and Cecilia Harris, Assistant District Attorney, Waycross, for appellee.
Case Number: A10A0953

The defendant could not show a reasonable probability that the result of the trial would have been different absent counsel's alleged deficie

September 12, 2010 |

Labor: Supreme Court to Address "Cat's Paw" Theory in Employment Discrimination Case

The Supreme Court's decision in Staub v. Proctor Hospital will resolve a circuit split on the degree of influence necessary to apply "cat's paw" theory.

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Martis v. State

Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Smith, George T.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samir J. Patel Public Defender's Office, Cartersville, for appellant.
for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, and Richard A. Hull, Assistant District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellee.
Case Number: A10A0445

Corroborated information from the confidential informant provided probable cause for issuance of a search wa