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  • Collier v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheueli C. Wang Georgia Public Defender Standards Council Appellate Division, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Mary K. Ware, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A0050

    Any error in the trial court's jury charge on impeachment of a witness by his or her conviction on a drug offense was harmless in light of the jury instruction as a whole, which made plain that the

  • Weaver v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-02-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy L. Eidson, Cordele, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, Cordele, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A0113

    Under the circumstances, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in proceeding with the trial in the defendant's absence after he was removed from the courtroom for disruptive beh

  • Sharpe v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Julayaun M. Waters, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1883

    The trial court's Allen charge did not improperly coerce the jury, as the jury deliberated for a considerable time after the trial court gave the instruction and reaffirmed its verdict when p

  • Glenn v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason W. Swindle, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Anne Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1378

    Evidence, including the victim's DNA in blood found on the defendant's boots, the headboard of the defendant's bed and a napkin recovered from the trunk of his car, supported the defendant's convict

  • Brinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-01-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph D. Weathers Weathers Law Office, Moultrie, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gary W. Edwards, District Attorney, Albany, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1644

    The defendant shot and killed the victim in front of the pizza store where he worked, because he had once dated and remained close f with the co-defendant's girlf

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas B. Ammar Georgia Justice Project, Judith A. O'Brien, Sarah E. Scott, and Tracey K. Ledbetter Southerland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sheila E. Gallow, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Clark D. Cunningham Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S10A1301

    An eyewitness at the scene identified the defendant as one of the shooters involved with a murder and several aggravated ass

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. B. Edwards III Edwards & Edwards, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Tracy K. Chapman, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Mary K. Ware, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1315

    Admission of the victim's hearsay statements to her mother and a friend regarding the defendant's prior physical abuse did not violate the defendant's confrontation right, since the statements were

  • Baker v. Wellstar Health Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason R. Manton The Manton Law Firm LLC, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Henry D. Green Jr. and Mary P. Adams Green & Sapp LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellants: Traci G. Courville Oates & Courville, Columbus, and J. Marcus E. Howard Pope & Howard PC, Atlanta. Amicus Appellees: Thomas S. Carlock, Eric J. Frisch Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Brian W. Looby, Donald J. Palmisano Jr. Medical Ass'n of Ga., Simuel F. Doster Jr. and Hunter S. Allen Jr. Allen, McCain & O'Mahoney PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S10A0994

    The qualified protective order granted in this case was too broad, because the order should have limited the defendant's inquiry to matters relevant to the plaintiff's medical condition, which are a

  • Lanier v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel H. Altman, District Attorney, Tony A. May, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1040

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the defendant's motion for a mistrial based on a police officer's passing statement about defendant's parole officer during cross-examination

  • Pointer v. Roberts

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles M. Cork III, Macon, and Randy J. Ebersbach Kam, Ebersbach & Lewis PC, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Erica L. Parsons Wilson, Morton & Downs LLC, Decatur, Joseph R. Cruser, Raymond R. Grant III Cruser & Mitchell LLP, Norcross, Frederick M. Valz III and Albert P. Moore Jr. Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10G0644

    Judgment in Roberts v. Pointer, 301 Ga. App. 531 2009, rev