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  • Collum v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas E. White and Green B. Moore III Public Defender's Office, Gray, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frederic D. Bright, District Attorney, Milledgeville, Gregory L. Bushway, Assistant District Attorney, Gray, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A2000

    The trial court erred in sentencing the defendant to multiple life sentences, since there was only one v

  • Redwine v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John M. Shelnutt and David Benjamin Ross Berry, Shelnutt, Day & Hoffman PC, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, David R. Helmick, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Vonnetta L. Benjamin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A1060

    The defendant broke into the victim's home, held the victim down and boun with duct tape before the defendant's accomplice stabbed the victim, cut her throat and kicked and bludgeone

  • Rakestrau v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh O. Morris Jr., Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, Bradford R. Pierce, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Frank M. Gaither Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A1625

    Trial counsel were not deficient for failing to interview and present a witness who gave a statement to police, implicating the defendant as the person who stabbed and killed the v

  • Hipps v. Hipps

    Publication Date: 2004-06-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew R. Hall Clarke, Moore & Hall LLP, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas M. Rego, Tallapoosa, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04F0842

    The trial court had authority under applicable federal law to order the husband to name his wife as the beneficiary of any survivor's benefits available as a result of his pre-marital military se

  • Fortson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward D. Tolley and Ronald E. Houser Cook, Noell, Tolley, Bates & Michael LLP, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Hartwell, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A1169

    Causing a defendant to unnecessarily use a peremptory strike on a juror that should have been excused for cause is per se harmful

  • White v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer E. Hildebrand, Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, Lafayette, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0062

    Defendant's wife's statement that the victim probably did not see who shot him was admissible under the necessity exception to the hearsay rule after she invoked the marital priv

  • State v. Lejeune

    Publication Date: 2003-02-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, and Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Atlanta, for the state. Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, and August F. Siemon III, Atlanta, for Lejeune.
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    Case Number: S02A1277; S02A1346; S02A1349

    Police lacked probable cause to search defendant's vehicle that was legally parked in defendant's residential parking space when defendant and his girlfriend were arrested for suspected m

  • Yancey v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold S. Gulliver, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S02A0843

    A statement made by an individual who was under suspicion for the crimes in question did not meet the requirements for trustworthiness under the necessity exception to the hearsay

  • Yancey v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold S. Gulliver, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S02A0843

    A statement made by an individual who was under suspicion for the crimes in question did not meet the requirements for trustworthiness under the necessity exception to the hearsay

  • Hayes v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elliott A. Shoenthal, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Candace K. Slezak, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0022

    The defendant strangled the victim, burned her body and dumped it in a