Filter This View

  • Paul v. Keene

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Wayne Crowley Bush, Crowley, Leverett & Leggett LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William H. Larson, Thomas P. Allen III Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier LLP and Miguel A. Garcia Jr. Westmoreland, Patterson & Moseley LLP, Macon, for appellees.
    Case Number: S00A0389

    The defendants were entitled to a jury trial in the plaintiffs' quiet title action because their was a genuine dispute as to whether the plaintiffs and the defendants had agreed to partition the dis

  • Moore v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon V. Forehand Allen & Forehand, Moultrie, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Valdosta, Andrew W. Pope, Assistant District Attorney, Moultrie, Charles M. Stines, Cairo, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wesley S. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0563

    The defendant was not entitled to a charge on eyewitness identification in the absence of a contention at trial that a witness misidentifie

  • Hampton v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Moulton Moulton & Massey LLC, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Anne C. Allen, Jeffrey W. Hunt, Assistant District Attorneys, Carrollton, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1391

    The trial court was not required to ensure that opening and closing statements were rec

  • Cotton v. Cotton

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard W. Schiffman Jr. and Kurt A. Kegel Davis, Matthews & Quigley PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth I. M. Behrman and Kenneth H. Schatten, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1679

    Trial court should have admitted the parties' original divorce decree which set out the husband's alimony obligation since it established the judgment he was seeking to m

  • Dyer v. Souther, Ex'r

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank J. Beltran and Charlotte K. Perrell Beltran & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jack M. Carey Carey, Jarrard & Walker, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1294

    Trial court erred in directing a verdict on caveators' claim that will was the product of undue influence by propounder of will since there was sufficient circumstantial evidence to raise a jury que

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ellis R. Garnett, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1581

    The trial court erred in charging the jury that it could consider the number of witnesses on each

  • Fox v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Nuckolls, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Cecelia M. Harris, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99G0561

    Defendant's waiver of his right against unreasonable searches and seizures as a special condition of probation was invalid, since it was not part of his plea bargain agreement and a parole officer t

  • Somchith v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn N. Haddad, Clarkesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, Toccoa, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1779

    The trial court properly refused to give defendant's requested charge on adultery since he and the murder victim were not ma

  • Carruthers v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Beall IV, Peachtree City, and William S. Callahan, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, D. Brandon Hornsby, Verda Andrews-Stroud, Assistant District Attorneys, Jonesboro, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Allison B. Goldberg, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Joseph L. Chambers Sr. Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Ga., Smyrna, Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Ctr. and Michael Mears, MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S99P1418

    In his closing argument, the prosecutor improperly quoted directly from the Bible as authority for the jury imposing the death sentence against defe

  • Wilson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John H. Bradley Waddell, Emerson & Buice and Jon P. Carr, Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gray, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Patricia B. A. Burton, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Joseph L. Chambers Sr. Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Ga., Smyrna, Jeffrey Ertel Georgia Resource Ctr. and Michael Mears, MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S99P0651

    Prospective juror who was formerly a defense attorney and stated that 99.9 percent of all defendants are guilty did not have to be removed for cause since he stated he believed he could render a fai