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  • Martin v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin L. Albright and William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Michele C. Ivey and Stacey S. Jackson, Assistant District Attorneys, Columbus, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jennifer S. Gill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0691

    The defendant returned to the scene of an earlier altercation with the victim, attacked him and killed him with a

  • Cooper v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Healan III Healan Law Offices, Winder, and Sherry Boston The Chestney-Hawkins Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Anthony B. Williams, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Christopher S. Brasher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A1255

    O.C.G.A. § 40-5-55 a violates State and Federal Constitutional provisions against unreasonable searches and seizures to the extent it requires chemical testing of motor vehicle operators involved in

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody E. Allen, Oglethorpe, proceeded pro se. Dennis C. Sanders, District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S03A1256

    Defendant waived his right to appeal as part of his plea agre

  • Wilson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, St. Marys, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, C. Lance Cross, Amy H. McChesney, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jennifer S. Gill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0548

    The Court overruled a line of cases, which have blurred the distinction between the entire waiver of an ineffective assistance claim and the waiver of only the right to an evidentiary hearing, to ex

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven H. Sadow, Atlanta, and Bobby L. Cook Cook & Connelly, Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Anne E. Green, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0968

    Defendant failed to show how he was harmed by the trial court's decision to dead docket two extra offenses, which the grand jury mistakenly included on the face of the indic

  • Blaylock v. Blaylock

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Mayoue, Paul J. Coburn and Hope C. Allen Warner, Mayoue, Bates, Nolen & Collar PC, Tl, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank W. Virgin Slaughter & Virgin PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0824

    Under O.C.G.A. § 19-5-1, the wife had a substantive right to a jury trial, where the husband raised an issuable defense to her comp

  • Morrison v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard E. Allen, Augusta, and Gary A. Alexion Legal Aid Society, New York, N.Y., for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, and Mitchell P. Watkins, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Michael M. Mears, Holly L. Geerdes, Multi-County Public Defenders, and Therese M. Day Office of Multi-County Public Defender, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S03A0049

    Evidence of the death defendant's crimes was admissible and relevant to show his mental ability and adaptive skills at his mental retardation

  • O'Heron v. Blaney

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hunter S. Allen Jr. and Kara A. Hicks Allen & Weathington PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Albert M. Pearson III Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Thomas S. Carlock, Daniel J. Huff, Eric J. Frisch Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Robert B. Remar Rogers & Hardin, Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Nicholas A. Lolito Georgia Assoc. of Criminal Defense, Atlanta, and George T. Jackson Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah.
    Case Number: S02G1784

    O.C.G.A. § 19-7-5 provides immunity to those who have reasonable cause to report suspected child abuse and for those who make such a report in good

  • Richardson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02G1698

    Application of Georgia's rape-shield statute to evidence about the victim's non-sexual relationship with her ex-boyfriend violated the defendant's confrontation

  • Rush v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier C. Dicks, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Rosemary Brewer, Thomas S. Clegg, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jennifer S. Gill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0554

    Defendant voluntarily and knowingly waived his right to appeal beyond a motion for new trial in exchange for the state's agreement not to seek the death pe