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  • 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

  • Heidt v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Bonds The Bonds Law Firm, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, Michael T. Muldrew, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1430

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in disqualifying one of the defendant's attorneys for a conflict of int

  • PEOPLE, ETC., res, v. ALLEN FLOYD, ap

    Publication Date: 2012-12-31
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Eng, P.J.; Mastro, Rivera, Skelos and Dillon, JJ.
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    PEOPLE, ETC., res, v. ALLEN FLOYD, ap — Motion by the appellant pro se for leave to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County, rendered February 25, 2011

  • IN RE JUAN L., A PERSON ALLEGED TO BE A JUVENILE DELINQUENT, ap

    Publication Date: 2012-12-31
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Mazzarelli, J.P., Friedman, Catterson, Renwick, Freedman, JJ.
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    Case Number: 8464

    8464. IN RE JUAN L., A PERSON ALLEGED TO BE A JUVENILE DELINQUENT, ap — PRESENTMENT AGENCY Tamara A. Steckler, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Amy Hausknecht of counsel), for ap —

  • IN RE FIDAN G., A PERSON ALLEGED TO BE A JUVENILE DELINQUENT, ap

    Publication Date: 2012-12-31
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Friedman, J.P., Acosta, Renwick, Richter, Román, JJ.
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    Case Number: 8883

    8883. IN RE FIDAN G., A PERSON ALLEGED TO BE A JUVENILE DELINQUENT, ap — PRESENTMENT AGENCY. Andrew J. Baer, New York, for ap — MICHAEL A. CARDOZO, CORPORATION COUNSEL, NEW YORK (

  • IN RE FONTAINE O., A PERSON ALLEGED TO BE A JUVENILE DELINQUENT, ap

    Publication Date: 2012-12-31
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Division, First Department.Mazzarelli, J.P., Moskowitz, DeGrasse, Manzanet-Daniels, Clark, JJ.
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    Case Number: 8909

    8909. IN RE FONTAINE O., A PERSON ALLEGED TO BE A JUVENILE DELINQUENT, ap — PRESENTMENT AGENCY Tamara A. Steckler, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Susan Clement of counsel), for ap 

  • PEOPLE, res, v. MARLON SULLIVAN, def-ap

    Publication Date: 2012-12-31
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Mazzarelli, J.P., Moskowitz, DeGrasse, Manzanet-Daniels, Clark, JJ.
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    Case Number: 8908

    8908. PEOPLE, res, v. MARLON SULLIVAN, def-ap — Richard M. Greenberg, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Thomas M. Nosewicz of counsel), for ap — Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Dis

  • PEOPLE, res, v. SOLOMON WRIGHT, def-ap

    Publication Date: 2012-12-31
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Mazzarelli, J.P., Moskowitz, DeGrasse, Manzanet-Daniels, Clark, JJ.
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    Case Number: 8901

    8901. PEOPLE, res, v. SOLOMON WRIGHT, def-ap — Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (David Crow of counsel), and White & Case LLP, New York (Benjamin Rose and Alan Schindle