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  • Ford a/k/a Beebe1 v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-11-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S11A0909

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in overruling the defendant's objections to certain testimony on re-direct, as defense counsel impeached the witness on cross-examination, the state was

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-09-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Yurachek Yurachek & Assoc. LLC, Jennifer S. Hanson, Bruce S. Harvey and K. Julie Hojnacki, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mary K. Ware, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A0766

    Although the defendant argued that the only evidence supporting his convictions was the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice, the witness at issue was not an accomplice to murder and the other

  • Mullin v. Roy f/k/a Mullin

    Publication Date: 2010-10-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory D. Golden Kupferman & Golden, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Teresa A. Mann Mann & Moran PC, East Point, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10F1120

    The trial court had discretion to order a lump-sum child support payment under the circumstances of this

  • Windsor f/k/a Bank v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard N. Hubert and Nicholas S. Papleacos Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Dana L. Jackel and Christopher L. Phillips Jackel & Phillips PC, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A0102

    O.C.G.A. § 9-2-60 b provides that any action where no written order issues for five years is automatically dism

  • Hicks v. Heard

    Publication Date: 2010-04-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven K. Leibel, Dahlonega, for appellant.
    for defendant: Render C. Freeman, Michael J. Blakely Jr. Andersen Tate & Carr PC, Duluth, and Jeffrey P. Yashinsky Schur, McDuffie & Morgan, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S09G1508

    In iff's vicarious liability action, the burden-shifting paradigm in Allen Kane's Major Dodge v. Barnes, 243 Ga. 776 1979, supported the grant of summary judgment to the defendant, because the

  • Lawrence v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary K. Bahl, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Bradfield M. Shealy, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Sheila E. Gallow, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1677

    The defense counsel was not deficient for strategically deciding not to cross-examine certain of the state's witnesses, as cross-examining those witnesses would have given them a chance to further i

  • Carson v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-05-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roderick K. Bridges, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0365

    Any error in admitting evidence that the defendant cut a witness more than 17 years before the murder was harmless, given the strength of the evidence against

  • In the Interest of K. R.

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lori B. Duff Jones & Duff LLC, Loganville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Williamson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Melanie R. Metcalf, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08G1611

    O.C.G.A. § 5-6-35 a 12 applies to child custody proceedings and modifications of child custody filed on or after January 1, not orders entered after January 1,

  • Sanford v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luana K. Walsh, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1636

    An adult's consumption of alcohol is irrelevant to the issue of char

  • Acevedo v. Kim f/k/a Acevedo

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A0798

    Weaver v. Jones, 260 Ga. 493 1990 decided the question of whether father's petition seeking a declaratory judgment as to his obligation for past child support stated a claim for r