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  • Sauls v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew C. Krull, Solicitor General, Douglasville, and Courtney L. Mays, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12G1292

    The officer's omission of the sentence, "Your refusal to submit to the required testing may be offered into evidence against you at trial," from the implied consent notice violated OCGA § 40-5-67.1

  • Bulloch v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard J. Weintraub and Benjamin B. Alper The Law Offices of Howard J. Weintraub PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Columbus, Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Raymond C. Mayer, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Elizabeth A. Brandenburg and Marcia G. Shein Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg, Decatur.
    Case Number: S13A0129

    Trial counsel was not deficient for calling the defendant as the only defense witness, since it was reasonable trial strategy to not present evidence in order to preserve the right to make the final

  • Hoehn v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robbin Shipp The Fuller Shipp Law Group LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorneys, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0474

    The court harmlessly erred in failing to sustain the defendant's objection to a juror's improper question directed toward a prosecution witness during

  • State v. Grube

    Publication Date: 2013-06-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, LaFayette, and Alan C. Norton, Assistant District Attorney, Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: William D. Cunningham and Benjamin T. Bradford Wm. David Cunningham PC, LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12G1565

    Identification of a victim in an indictment by use of an alias or other name by which the victim is generally known sufficiently informs a defendan he victim's identity and apprises the defenda

  • Eversbusch v. Eversbusch

    Publication Date: 2013-06-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Connie H. Buffington, Margaret R. Martin, and Jonathan J. Tuggle Boyd Collar Nolen & Tuggle LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shiel G. Edlin, Carla M. Schiff Stern & Edlin, and Larry H. Chesin Parks, Chesin & Walbert PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0494

    The essential terms of a postnuptial agreement, which the wife had prepared, were not present and agreed upon by the pa

  • Wellstar Health Sys. Inc. v. Jordan

    Publication Date: 2013-05-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry D. Green Jr., Mary P. Adams, and Daniel J. Moriarty Green & Sapp LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Amicus Appellants: Hunter S. Allen Jr., Simuel F. Doster Jr. Allen, McCain & O'Mahony PC, and Jason E. Bring Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Atlanta. Meri K. Benoit and Thomas W. Malone Malone Law Office, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellees: Gary P. Bunch, Carrollton.
    Case Number: S12G1629

    The trial court erred in granting a medical malpractice plaintiff's motion to compel the production of transcripts of ex parte physician interviews defense counsel conducted pursuant to a qualified

  • You v. JP Morgan Chase Bank NA

    Publication Date: 2013-05-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Ates, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Amicus Appellant: Charles R. Bliss, Karen E. Brown, John R. Bartholomew IV Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc., and David A. Webster, Atlanta. Shanon J. McGinnis, Joseph D. Wargo, Michael Wolak III, Julie C. Jared, Amy L. Hanna Wargo & French LLP, Atlanta, Sarah B. Akins, Megan U. Manly, and Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Monica K. Gilroy and Tania T. Trumble Dickenson Gilroy LLC, Alpharetta.
    Case Number: S13Q0040

    In considering three certified questions regarding the operation of Georgia's law governing non-judicial foreclosure, the Supreme Court held that the holder of a deed to secure debt does not have to

  • Blake v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Robinson III Robinson & Assocs., Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Luana P. Nolin, Sheryl D. Freeman, Assistant District Attorneys, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1852

    The defendant was not eligible for life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, since he committed his crimes in December 2008, prior to the effective date of the amendment to the murder sen

  • Brockman v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard C. Hagler Hagler, Henderson, Jackson & Walters, Columbus, George T. Jackson Jackson & Schiavone, and Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, William D. Kelly Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Dana E. Weinberger, Sabrina D. Graham, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and David R. Helmick Waldrep, Mullin & Callahan, Columbus, for appellee. Other party representation: Richard A. Malone, District Attorney, Jesup, and Brian Kammer Georgia Resource Ctr, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S12P1490

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for felony murder and criminal attempt to commit armed robbery, as the statutorily required aggravating circumstance was established since the defe

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-02-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer A. Trieshmann Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1548

    The Court noted that the cases in which the Court of Appeals relied on the "actual evidence" test to merge aggravated assault crimes before the "required evidence" test in Drinkard v. Walker, 281 Ga