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  • Hood v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward H. Brumby Jr., Public Defender, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian V. Patterson, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jon R. Forwood, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Vicki S. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0064

    The evidence, including the defendant's own statement, was sufficient to authorize a rational jury to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of felony murder and the other crimes for w

  • Stanbury v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric J. Taylor Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, David K. Getachew-Smith Sr., Chief Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0321

    The trial court committed plain error in not providing a jury charge on the necessity of corroborating accomplice testimony, and the Court therefore reversed the defendant's convictions for murder a

  • Giddens v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-05-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua D. Holt and Leisa G. Johnson Public Defender's Office, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory W. Edwards, District Attorney, Heather H. Lanier, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Albany, 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: S16A0256

    A defendant's retrial for convictions that have been reversed or vacated due to trial error is not barred by an inconsistent acqu

  • Hyde v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-05-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hopton Hyde, Waycross, proceeded pro se. 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, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S16A0698

    The defendant's sentence of life without the possibility of parole, which the trial court imposed under Georgia's recidivist statute, O.C.G.A. § 17-10-7 subs c, was void, because § 17-10-7 sub

  • Cheley v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-05-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret E. Heap, District Attorney, Jennifer P. Guyer, Assistant District Attorney, Lyndsey H. Rudder, Savannah, 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: S16A0003

    The defendant did not unambiguously and unequivocally invoke his right to remain silent before making incriminating statements to investigators about his involvement in a m

  • Blackwell v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-05-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenya B. Herring Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Kevin C. Armstrong District Attorney's Office, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Scott O. Teague, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0270

    The defendant waived his right to withdraw his guilty plea when he agreed to testify against his co-indictees as part of a plea

  • Bucaj v. Capra Re, 50826/2014

    Publication Date: 2016-05-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Supreme Court, Westchester County
    Judge: Justice Lawrence Ecker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Baker Leshko Saline & Blosser, LLP, White Plains, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant Capra Re Inc.: Paganini, Cioci, Pinter, Cusumano & Farole, Melville, NY. Attorneys for La Fontanella Restaurant: Kelly & Meenagh, LLP, Poughkeepsie, NY.
    Case Number: 50826/2014

    Cite as: Bucaj v. Capra, 50826/2014, NYLJ 1202758685465, at *1 (Sup., WE, Decided May 20, 2016) CASE NAME Vincent Bucaj, Plaintiff v. Capra Re Inc. and La Font

  • Darling v. McLaughlin

    Publication Date: 2016-05-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry J. Marlowe, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0071

    The habeas court failed to consider the relevant statutory factors in determining whether the petitioner's motion to voluntarily dismiss his pro se petition for habeas corpus relief was p

  • Olds v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-05-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles E. Arnold Jr. and Jeffrey L. Lee Jr. Public Defender's Office, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory W. Edwards, District Attorney, and Heather H. Lanier, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Albany, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Michael S. Carlson, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, John S. Melvin, John R. Edwards, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, and Donald P. Geary, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur.
    Case Number: S15G1610

    In light of the Supreme Court's clarification of a decision upon which the C f Appeals relied in affirming the defendant's convictions for false imprisonment and battery, the Court vacated the

  • ESTATE OF BELLA DAVIS, plf-res, v. RUSKIN MOSCOU FALTISCHEK, P.C. ap, DENISE DAVIS, a/k/a, DENISE ROZ NONPARTY-res

    Publication Date: 2016-05-26
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Rivera, J.P.; Cohen, Maltese and Lasalle, JJ.
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    ESTATE OF BELLA DAVIS, plf-res, v. RUSKIN MOSCOU FALTISCHEK, P.C. ap, DENISE DAVIS, a/k/a, DENISE ROZ NONPARTY-res — Application by the appellants to withdraw an appeal from an order of