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  • Hall v. Lewis

    Publication Date: 2010-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Richard Tangum, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Paul E. Greenwalt, Heidi Oertle and Ann. H. MacDonald Schiff Hardin LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.
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    Case Number: S09A1862

    Trial counsel's purported deficient performance in presenting an actual innocence theory, rather than voluntary manslaughter, did not prejudice the defe

  • Sharp v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg Georgia Capital Defender, Buddy M. Mears, Atlanta, and Therese M. Day, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Anna G. Cross, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A2025

    Photographs of the victim's body tied to a cemetery tree were admissible to demonstrate her inj

  • Merritt v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. David Wolfe and Robert A. Susor L. David Wolfe PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1476

    There is no conflict between the term of years sentencing option in O.C.G.A. § §16-6-1 b and 17-10-6.1 and the Court's ruling in State v. Velazquez, 283 Ga. 206 2008 that life without parole cannot

  • Humphreys v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchel D. Durham, Jimmy D. Berry, Marietta, Carl P. Greenberg Georgia Capital Defender, Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Ctr., Atlanta, and Holly L. Geerdes Geerdes & Kim LLC, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Teresa M. Schiefer, Assistant Attorney General, and Richard A. Malone Prosecuting Attorneys' Council, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09P1428

    The statutory aggravating circumstance set forth under O.C.G.A. § 17-10-30 b 10 regarding murders committed for the purpose of avoiding, interfering with, or preventing lawful arrest, does not exten

  • Manley v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, appellants. Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S10A0136, S10A0137

    In some cases, defendants may present an objective and significant disparity in parol eligibility on cross-examination of a state's wi

  • Spurlock v. Department of Human Resources

    Publication Date: 2010-02-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott E. Spurlock, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Martin L. Fierman, Eatonton, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mark J. Cicero, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and John R. Sikes, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1475

    The trial court applied a high income deviation from the presumptive child support award without making all of the required findings under O.C.G.A. § 19-6-1

  • Adams v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Askew, District Attorney, Samuel Altman District Attorney's Office, Swainsboro, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1998

    Absent a showing of prejudice, there is no reversible error, if the trial court gives the petit jury oath after the opening of evidence, but prior to the jury's delibera

  • Mann v. Blalock

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas R. Ballard Jr. Fears, Lawrence & Turner PC, Jackson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry S. Mayfield Smith, Welch & Brittain LLP, Barnesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1804

    The trial court erred in finding the administrator's deed from appellant to decedent's nephew conveyed fee simple title, rendering null and void the restriction placed on the property in the deceden

  • Hatcher v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1856

    The defendant's inculpatory statements to arresting were admissible, because they were spontaneous and voluntary and not the product of police interrog

  • Shivers v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phyllis R. Williams, Decatur, and Jimmonique R. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1713

    The defendant killed the victim with a single gunshot to the chest, after returning to the victim's home following an arg