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  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00G1809

    Police report narratives are not admissible under the business re exception to the hearsay rule because they do not have the inherent reliability of other traditional business re

  • Accolades Apartments LP v. Fulton County

    Publication Date: 2001-07-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Parker, Joseph C. Sharp Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Atlanta, for Accolades Apartments LP. William R. Turner, County Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Warren R. Calvert, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Marcia M. Ernst, William Van Hearnburg Jr. Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Shellie R. Cherner, Nicholas G. Dumich Hewitt, Katz & Dumich, Thomas R. Walker Troutman Sanders LLP, Terrill A. Parker Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Beryl H. Weiner, Richard H. Deane Jr., James R. Schulz, Assistant United States Attorney, John Drake Cole Henderson Drake Inc., Nan H. Newman Georgia Power Co., Glenn R. Austin Federal National Mortgage Assoc., L. L. Edge Consolidated Equities Corp., General Electric Corp., General Electric Capital Corp. CT Corp. Sys., Lumbermans Mut. Ins. Co., Atlanta, W. R. Robertson III, Marietta, Thomas Allen Union Central Life Ins. Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, Siamak Kusha Owen, Ayers & Assocs. Inc., Tampa, Fla., Carol Russell State of Maryland Deposit Ins. Fund, Hunt Valley, Md., and GE Appliances Electric Corp., Fairfield, Conn., for Fulton County and others. Amicus Appellant: William H. Dodson II Dodson, Feldman & Dorough LLP, Aasia Mustakeem Powell, Goldstein, Frazier & Murphy LLP, Atlanta, and Carol V. Clark McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb & Nichols, Roswell Accolades Apartments LLP v. Fulton County. Michael J. King, Robert E. Spears Jr. and Joseph H. Akers Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for Aaron Rents Inc. Joseph G. Davis, Laura L. McGinty Welch, Spell, Reemsnyder, Pless & Davis, William B. Brown Heyman & Sizemore LLC, Marcia M. Ernst Smith, Gambrell & Russell, John G. Parker Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Warren R. Calvert, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta for Fourteenth Street Ventures LP Aaron Rents Inc. v. Fourteenth Street Ventures LP.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S00G0952; S00G1477

    The rights and responsibilities of the individual joint venturers determine whether a partnership is f even if the documents controlling the venture expressly state that no partnership was f

  • Givens v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-05-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael G. Schiavone and Steven L. Sparger Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Jon Hope, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General,, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0509

    The witness's testimony that defendant promised to give him insurance money for killing the victim satisfied the nexus requirement for admission of evidence of a life insurance p

  • Cook v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Abda L. Quillian Quillian, Loncon & Edwards LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rene J. Martin III, District Attorney, Tony A. May, Statesboro, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1464

    Out-of-state witness's statements were admissible under the necessity exception to the hearsay rule because the state was unable to secure her presence at

  • Smith & Wesson v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Pope Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, David J. Bailey Jones, Davis, Reavis & Pogue, Richard A. Schneider, William R. Bassett Jr. King & Spaulding, Richard H. Sinkfield, Tony G. Powers Rogers &Hardin, Atlanta, Jeffrey S. Nelson, Gary R. Long Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, Mo., Melissa A. Maye, Yorkville, Ill., James C. Sabalos, Newport Beach, Calif., Thomas E. Fennell Jones, Davis, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, Texas, Lawrence W. Greenwald Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman & Hoffberger, Baltimore, Md., James P. Dorr and Anne-Marie Dega Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Ill., for Smith & Wesson. Susan P. Langford, City Attorney, Nicholas C. Moraitakis Mills, Moraitakis & Kushel, Hezekiah Sistruck Jr. Sistruck & Assocs., Ernest L. Greer Minkin & Snyder, Cheryl D. Cofield, Willie J. Lovett Jr. Office of the County Attorney, R. Clay Porter, Alisa W. Terry Dennis, Corry & Porter LLP, Frank R. Seigel Cofer, Beauchamp, Stradley & Hicks, Matthew W. Clarke, David M. Brown Smith, Gambrell & Russell, and Timothy A. Bumann Budd, Lanier, Gross, Rosenbaum & Greenberg, Atlanta, Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Cochran, Cherry, Givens & Smith PC, New York, N.Y., Samuel A. Cherry Jr., Angela Mason Cochran, Cherry, Givens & Smith PC, Dothan, Ala., Daniel G. Abel, Wendell H. Gauthier Gauthier, Downing, LaBarre, Beiser & Dean, Metairie, La., Kenneth M. Carter Carter & Cates, New Orleans, La., Kevin C. Decie Davis, Saperstein & Solomon PC, Teaneck, N.J., Jack D. Maistros, Keith T. Vernon Climaco, Lefkowitz, Peca, Wilcox & Garofoli, Cleveland, Ohio, Robert C. Tarics, Michael Branisa, Michael Zomcik Tarics & Carrington, Houston, Texas, and William M. Griffin Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock, Ark., for the city of Atlanta. Frank R. Seigel Cofer, Beauchamp, Stradley & Hicks, Atlanta, John S. Kanzler, John Renzulli Renzulli & Rutherford LLC, New York, N.Y., for Glock Inc. Amicus Appellants: Joshua Horwitz Education Fund to End Handgun Violence, Washington, D.C., Michael C. Hewitt Bruinsma & Hewitt, Costa Mesa, Calif. Amicus Appellee: Alfred L. Evans Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S00A1530, S00A1533

    The state court's refusal to dismiss the city's suit against a number of firearms manufacturers, distributors and trade associations was not subject to challenge by an action for man

  • Blake v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melvin Abercrombie Abercrombie Law Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Kristin L. Wood, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1857

    Evidence that defendant threatened to kill the mother of his child shortly before the victim's murder was admissible to rebut his insanity de

  • Atilano v. Board of Comm'rs of Columbia County

    Publication Date: 2001-02-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul W. David, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William J. Keogh III Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, Harry D. Revell Burnside, Wall, Daniel, Ellison & Revell, Leonard O. Fletcher Jr., Wand William L. Fletcher Fletcher, Harley & Fletcher, Augusta, for appellee. Other party representation: Kay Allen, Tax Commissioner, and Pat Hardaway, Probate Judge, Appling.
    Case Number: S00A2058

    County's interest in relocating a private, abandoned cemetery outweighed any competing interests in leaving the cemetery undist

  • In re Adams

    Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harlan S. Miller III Parks, Chesin & Miller PC, Atlanta, Hollie G. Manheimer and E. Stephanie Stuckey Stuckey & Manheimer LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Kathryn L. Allen, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Rebecca S. Mick, Assistant Attorney General, and Hulett H. Askew, Director Officer of Bar Admissions, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0577

    Bar applicant who secured a military discharge by falsely stating under oath that he was a homosexual was denied certification of fitness to practic

  • Bailey v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George D. Bush, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Nancy B. Johnson, Assistant District Attorneys, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1540

    Murder defendant was not entitled to a sua sponte mistrial after the state referred to his co-indictee's guilty pleas during opening argu

  • Johnson v. Griffin

    Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen M. Griffin, Hardwick, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: S00A1860

    Defendant's arising from the parole board's determination that he was no longer eligible for parole was not a cognizable habeas