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  • Benton v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, 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, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Mary C. Greaber Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A1085

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony after he shot into a crowd of people who were fig

  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Persse Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Joshua B. Smith, Assistant District Attorneys, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Mary C. Greaber Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A1035

    State had every right to pursue a thorough and sifting cross-exa on on the issue of defendant's pre-arrest silence after defense counsel opened the door to that line of questioning on direct ex

  • Cushenberry v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra G. Dawson, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian K. Fortner, District Attorney, Ryan R. Leonard, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Emily K. Richardson, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth M. Haase, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A1039

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion to exclude evidence showing his association with a gang in his trial for felony murder and conspiracy to commit armed ro

  • Bank of N.Y. Mellon v. Slavin, 250841

    Publication Date: 2016-11-30
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    Court: Supreme Court, Rensselaer County
    Judge: Justice Henry Zwack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys For Plaintiff: Tracy Ellis Williams, Esq., of counsel, Eckert Seamons Cherin & Mellot, LLC, White Plains, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant Erin Slavin: Arthur R. Frost, Esq., of counsel, Frost & Kavanaugh, P.C., Troy, NY.
    Case Number: 250841

    Cite as: f N.Y. Mellon v. Slavin, 250841, NYLJ 1202773325289, at *1 (Sup., Rensselaer, Decided November 21, 2016) CASENAME f New York Mellon f/k/a

  • Metro Sixteen Hotel, LLC v. Davis, 159720/2013

    Publication Date: 2016-11-30
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York County, Part 19
    Judge: Justice Kelly O'Neill Levy
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    Case Number: 159720/2013

    Cite as: Metro Sixteen Hotel, LLC v. Davis, 159720/2013, NYLJ 1202773325007, at *1 (Sup., NY, Decided November 1, 2016) CASENAME Metro Sixteen Hotel, LLC, Hire

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chaunda Brock Brock Law LLC, Atlanta, for Williams. Ashutosh S. Joshi Joshi Law Firm PC, Mark J. Issa The Issa Law Firm PC, and Jonathon J. Majeske, Atlanta, for Smith. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Matthew M. Youn, Assistant Attorney General, and Sheila E. Gallow, General Counsel U.S. Dep't of Homeland Sec., Atlanta, for State.
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    Case Number: S16A0834; S16A0835

    The evidence supported defendants' convictions for murder, burglary and related c

  • McMullen v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft III Public Defender's Office, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla H. Zon, District Attorney, Melanie M. Bell, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason M. Rea, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0937

    The evidence as a whole was sufficient to prove venue beyond a reasonable doubt in defendant's trial for murder and other offenses after he followed his on-again off-again girlfriend down a road and

  • Shepard v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David G. Williams Jr. and David R. Phillips Public Defender's Office, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, Brian V. Patterson, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Athens, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Mary Catherine Greaber Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0884

    Detectives' acknowledgement that defendant wanted a deal, that he perhaps could get some arrangement and that they would talk with the district attorney did not constitute an improper hope of benefi

  • Trim v. Shepard

    Publication Date: 2016-11-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maryann F. Blend, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Daniel W. Hamilton Shepard, Plunkett, Hamilton Boudreaux LLP, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0960

    The habeas court properly denied defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, as he failed to show that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel on a

  • ROBERT CANNELLA, ap, v. JUVAL SPECTOR, a/k/a YUVAL SPECTOR, ETC. res

    Publication Date: 2016-11-29
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Dillon, J.P.; Dickerson, Maltese and Duffy, JJ.
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    ROBERT CANNELLA, ap, v. JUVAL SPECTOR, a/k/a YUVAL SPECTOR, ETC. res — Motion by the respondents to dismiss an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, entered July 8,