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  • Bradley v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-02-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S07A1706

    The defendant admittedly shot the victim in the back, hip and hand outside a of convenience

  • Wood v. Wood

    Publication Date: 2008-01-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S07F1474

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in determining that a home in Tattnall county was t e's separate property, since the husband quitclaimed any interest he had in the property to

  • Allen v. Yost

    Publication Date: 2008-01-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
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    Case Number: S07A1355

    The petitioner's appeal contesting the results of November 8, 2005 election to city council was moot, since the term of office for the seat she sough has now ex

  • Velazquez v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-01-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
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    Case Number: S07A1418

    The evidence at the competency hearing authorized the special jury to find that the defendant failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he was incompetent to stand trial for felony m

  • Chumley v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-01-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
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    Case Number: S07A1280

    The trial court plainly erred in expressing its opinion about voluntariness of the defendant's admission that he killed his m

  • Gregory v. Clive

    Publication Date: 2007-10-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Bart Gary, Neil L. Wilcove, Theodore Freeman and Donald J. Grate Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George P. Shingler, Matthew D. Williams, Jonathan R. Granade Casey Gilson PC, Atlanta, Allen W. Bodiford and Ted N. Echols, Stockbridge, for appellees. Amicus appellant: R. Jonathan Hart, Emily E. Garrard, Savannah, David A. Basil, Carrollton, and James F. Grubiak, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S06G2138

    Public duty doctrine does not extend to city building inspectors, since this doctrine only applies to cases involving police prote

  • Lindsey v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Yurachek Mark Allen Yurachek & Assocs. and Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07A1220

    The trial court harmfully erred in allowing the prosecutor to question the defendant about his extensive misdemeanor arrest r

  • Patel v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul S. Liston, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott L. Ballard, District Attorney, Randall K. Coggin, Assistant District Attorney, Fayetteville, and Cindy L. Spindler, Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07A0889

    The defendant was entitled to a mistrial, after the trial court improperly expressed its opinion during defense counsel's opening that the state had established venue in Fayette c

  • Georgia Pine Community Serv. Bd. v. Summerlin

    Publication Date: 2007-07-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary L. Seacrest and Annarita M. Busbee Seacrest, Karesh, Tate & Bicknese LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cale H. Conley, Richard A. Griggs Conley Griggs LLP, Atlanta, and C. Frederick Overby Overby Law Office PC, Columbus, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Loretta L. Pinkston and Jennifer L. Dalton, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S06G1461

    Both O.C.G.A. § 9-11-4 and 50-21-35 apply to service of process under the Georgia Tort Claim

  • Rivera v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-07-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Teresa M. Schiefer Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Ctr., Holly L. Geerdes Geerdes & Kim LLC and Richard A. Malone Prosecuting Atty's Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S07P0151

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying a mistrial or failing to give curative instructions, based on the state's narrowly tailored and logical argument that the defendant presented