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  • Lucas v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald J. Jordan Adams, Jordan & Treadwell PC, Brian G. Combs, Milledgeville, and Patrick Keenan Southern Ctr. for Human Rights, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gray, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Karen A. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Center, Michael Mears MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta, and Linda A. Malone William and Mary College Sch. of Law, Williamsburg, Va.
    Case Number: S01P1069

    The trial court's error in allowing the state's opening comments and testimony about the victims' worth and the impact of their deaths was harmless in light of the state's corroborating evidence tha

  • Butler v. Turner

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert S. Stubbs III Banks, Stubbs, Neville & Cunat LLP, Cumming, and Dana A. Azar, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Browning and Carla F. Bright Browning & Tanksley, Marietta, for appellee. Amicus appellants: Ashley Carraway Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Nancy R. Lindbloom Georgia Legal Servs. Program Inc., David A. Webster, Eric G. Kocher, Vicky O. Kimbrell, Lisa J. Krisher and Phyllis J. Holmen, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S00G1928

    The consent judgment that defendant signed in a prior Department of Human Resources suit for child support was not res judicata as to his representations of his income because plaintiff was not a p

  • Scott v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-11-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie C. Weaver, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, Kenneth A. Dasher, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1640

    Defendant shot and killed a pizza store employee during a ro

  • Dawson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas M. West and Robert H. Citronberg, Atlanta, for Dawson. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Susan W. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for the state. Amicus appellant: Emmet J. Bondurant Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore, Robert L. Tsai American Civil Liberties Union, Natsu T. Saito Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, and Amy G. Donnella, St. Davids, Penn.Michael Mears, MultiCounty Public Defender, Stephen B. Bright Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, and Althea L. Buafo Buafo & Assocs., Macon, for Moore. Timothy G. Vaughn, District Attorney, Eastman, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for the state. Amicus appellant: Emmet J. Bondurant Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: S01A1041, S01A1210

    The future use of electrocution as a means of executing death sentences in Georgia would violate the Georgia Constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punis

  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard M. Darden, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton, Jr., District Attorney, Kimberly D. Rowden, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1176

    Defendant shot the victim in the back and side after the victim accused him of stealing a video game and fired a shot over defendant's

  • Rhode v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John F. Nebl, Decatur, Francis N. Ford Adams & Ford LLP, Eatonton, and Holly L. Geerdes Multi-County Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frederic D. Bright, District Attorney, Gregory L. Bushway, Assistant District Attorney, Gray, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Karen A. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Center, Michael Mears MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta, and Linda A. Malone William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va.
    Case Number: S01P0708

    The trial court did not err in admitting defendant's voluntary juvenile confessions to unrelated crimes during the sentencing phase of his death penalty trial after determining that the confessions

  • Heard v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-09-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen T. Maples, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Angel Wheeler, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0636

    O.C.G.A. § 5-6-38 requires a trial court order granting, denying, or otherwise finally disposing of a party's motion for a new trial in order to extend the time for filing a notice of a

  • Cox v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-09-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick D. Head, District Attorney, Richard H. Kimberly Jr., Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0754

    Defendant shot and killed his common law wife in the presence of their 3-year-old dau

  • In re Bates

    Publication Date: 2001-09-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and E. Duane Cooper, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Allen E. Bates Allen E. Bates & Assocs., Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y0614

    Attorney voluntarily surrendered his license to practice law based on his federal convictions for mail fraud and money laund

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory A. Hicks and James K. Luttrell, Woodstock, for Thomas. Carlton C. Carter, Canton, for Taborn. Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Maria B. Golick, Dana J. Norman, Jack E. Mallard, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01A0146; S01A0321

    Evidence obtained by foreign police is generally admissible regardless of whether foreign authorities comply with the Fourth Amen