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  • McGahee v. Rogers

    Publication Date: 2006-07-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen W. Bodiford and Martin C. Jones, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: David S. Walker Jr., Snellville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0885

    The trial court erred in ruling that certain debts the husband was required to assume pursuant to his property settlement agreement with wife were not dischargeable in husband's bankruptcy action, s

  • Jones v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert S. Stubbs III Banks, Stubbs, Neville & Cunat LLP, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert J. Grayson Edwards, Friedewald & Grayson, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0388

    The father waived his right to seek downward modification of alimony in form of child support below a pre-determined $1,657.68 per month "floor am

  • Widner v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-07-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key Sexton, Key & Hendrix PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and James L. Wright III, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0443; S06A1547

    Burchette v. State, 278 Ga. 1 2004, disapproving Allen charges such as the one give in this case, postdated defendant's trial and was not retroa

  • Sims v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-06-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sanford A. Wallack, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Robin J. Leigh, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0189

    The defendant shot the murder victim multiple times and a bullet from the defendant's gun hit the aggravated assault victim, paralyzing her from the waist

  • State v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2006-06-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Scott T. Poole, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stacy D. Barnett, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05G1928

    The trial court was not required to charge the jury on equal access to the 12 grams of cocaine officers found in the defendant's vehicle, since the jury was never instructed on any presumption of po

  • Dickens v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, John S. Melvin, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Julie A. Adams, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A2077

    Trial counsel's proffer of an uncalled witness's testimony constituted hearsay and could not serve to establish the defendant's claim that the witness's testimony would have been relevant and favo

  • Amend v. 485 Properties

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce P. Brown and Thuy N. Vu McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jill Warner and Peter B. Glass Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05Q1462

    Real estate brokers must prove that they are the procuring cause of a sale in order to recover for the value of their services in quantum m

  • Chatman v. Mancill

    Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Pereira Thompson & Sweeny PC, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A1862

    The rationale behind the opinion in Ryan v. Thomas, 261 Ga. 661 1991-that one member of the public defender's office could not reasonably be expected to assert or argue the ineffective assistance of

  • Ladzinske v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. M. Raffaur, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott W. Peters, Nathan M. Wheat, David H. Flint Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Atlanta, Eugene C. Reed Jr., William J. Linkous III and Viviane H. Ernstes DeKalb County Law Dept., Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: S05A1866

    Plaintiff could not directly appeal the dismissal of his suit arising after the county department of public works declared a charter school to be exempt from local ordinances and granted all necessa

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Goad, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, Cartersville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0154

    The circumstantial evidence was sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis other than the defendant's