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  • Barnett v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers, Sheueli C. Wang Georgia Pub. Defender Standards Council and Leigh S. Schrope, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, Newnan, Anne C. Allen, District Attorney, Tara M. Wilson, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1554

    The defendant fatally shot the victim in the head and the victim identified the defendant as the sh

  • Spears v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gabriel T. Cliett and Brandi D. Payne, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: William S. Askew, District Attorney, Swainsboro, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Amy E. Hawkins Morelli, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0195

    The defendant shot the victim three ran home to get his mother's car, returned to the scene and shot the victim at close range three more

  • Moreland v. Austin

    Publication Date: 2009-01-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Don C. Keenan, Allan L. Galbraith and Charles H. Allen The Keenan Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Henry D. Green Jr. Green & Sapp LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Jarome E. Gautreaux O'Neal, Brown & Sizemore, Macon, Lee T. Wallace The Wallace Law Firm LLC, Atlanta. Amicus appellee: Tracy M. Field, Ashley S. Kelly and Robert T. Strang III Arnall, Golden & Gregory LLC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S08G0498

    HIPAA's privacy rule precludes defense attorneys in medical malpractice cases from interviewing the plaintiff's prior treating physi

  • Garza v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-02
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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: Cecilia M. Cooper, District Attorney, and Daniel P. Bibler, Assistant District Attorney, Americus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07G1628

    The child victim's movements were of short duration and occurred as minor incidents in the course of the defendant's false imprisonment o

  • City of Greenville v. Bray

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S08A0692

    The city's appeal of the qualification of appellee for mayor was moot since the city delayed filing its appeal until after the election results showed that the appellee prev

  • Garza v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
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    Case Number: S07G1628

    The child victim's movements were of short duration and occurred as minor incidents in the course of the defendant's false imprisonment o

  • Moreland v. Austin

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S08G0498

    HIPAA's privacy rule precludes defense attorneys in medical malpractice cases from interviewing the plaintiff's prior treating physi

  • Whatley v. Terry

    Publication Date: 2008-10-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A1076

    The defendant could not show prejudice from the state's failure to give him an audio recording of an eyewitness's statements, in which the eyewitness gave contradictory statements regarding

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-10-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
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    Case Number: S08A0889

    The defendant broke into his ex-girlfriend's home, shot his ex-girlfriend and her male companion to death, and took two minor children from the

  • Washington v. McKibbon Hotel Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-07-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
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    Case Number: S08A0584

    The appellant's inchoate or defeasible title to property he acquired in a tax sale did not ripen by prescription into a fee simple title, despite his occasional cleanup and mowing of the propert