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  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-07-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Smith, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Hartwell, and Leon Jourolmon, Assistant District Attorney, Elberton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1541

    The state gave race-neutral reasons for striking six African American prospective j

  • March 31, 2009 |

    Changing Climate

    The new White House regime shakes up environmental policy.

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  • Reed v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick S. Ferris, Douglas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, Waycross, John A. Rumker, Assistant District Attorney, Douglas, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A2009

    The defendant admitted that he shot the murder v

  • February 28, 2009 |

    Court Imposes 1-to-1 Punitive Damages Ration

    The 3rd Circuit follows the lead of the Supreme Court, establishing a 1-to-1 ratio between compensatory and punitive damages.

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  • November 30, 2008 |

    The Year in Review

    20 Stories the In-House Bar Couldn't Ignore.

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  • Lawson v. Entech Enters. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-11-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A08A1053

    The def owned no duty to the decedent, since the fatal vehicular accident between a truck belonging to the def 's subcontractor and the decedent occurred off the job site where the de

  • Reed v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-09-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A08A1024

    The defendant's convictions for aggravated assault and armed robbery were based on the same conduct, i.e., pointing a gun at the victim with the intent to ro

  • Georgia Dept. of Transp. v. Baldwin

    Publication Date: 2008-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A1463; A08A1464

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing the plaintiff's expert to opine on the issue of whether a DOT foreman should have detected a downed stop sign during an inspection, since

  • June 30, 2008 |

    Case Highlights Perils of Elected Judgeships

    As Caperton v. Massey Energy wended its way through the courts in West Virginia, critics of judicial elections held it up as a case study ...

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  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-04-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S08A0554

    Defendants convicted after a trial are not similarly situated to defendants, who plead guilty, since defendants, who plead guilty, have admitted to having committed a