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  • Hoard v. Beveridge

    Publication Date: 2016-03-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Bowers and Joshua M. Moore Balch Bingham LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth G. Lindsey Davis, Matthews Quigley PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1685

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in awarding husband attorney fees pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 19-6-2 subsection a in his divorce action against wife after the trial court found that such an

  • Brooks v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leah D. Madden, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Gerald Mason, Assistant District Attorney, Shannon E. Hodder District Attorney's Office, Decatur, 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: S15A1480

    The trial court erred in allowing the State to introduce similar transaction evidence to prove identity, motive and course of conduct in the defendant's murder trial, because it was not relevant to

  • Harris v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leo J. Kight Jr. Public Defender's Office, Woodbine, and Sean Gamble Public Defender's Office, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn L. Johnson, District Attorney, Rocky L. Bridges, Assistant District Attorney, Woodbine, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Andrew J. Ekonomou The Lambros Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1699

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to suppress evidence officers seized from his home, as the officers discovered the evidence while conducting a lawful search pursuant to

  • Crayton v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances C. Kuo and Stephen T. Maples, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, 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: S15A1506

    The trial court properly declined to merge the defendant's aggravated assault conviction into his conviction for felony murder premised on possession of a firearm by a convicted felon for sentencing

  • In the Matter of Monique D. Washington v. Eric K. Edwards

    Publication Date: 2016-03-10
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION THIRD DEPARTMENT
    Judge: McCarthy, J.P., Egan Jr., Rose and Lynch, JJ.
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    Case Number: 520479

    John M. Scanlon, Binghamton, for appellant.Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Broome County (Connerton, J.), entered January 22, 2015, which granted petitioner's applicati

  • Marsha J. Shea et al. v. Steven C. Ives et al.

    Publication Date: 2016-03-10
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION THIRD DEPARTMENT
    Judge: McCarthy, J.P., Garry, Lynch, Devine and Clark, JJ.
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    Case Number: 521579

    Tabner, Ryan & Keniry, LLP, Albany (Thomas R. Fallati of counsel), for appellants.Law Office of Theresa J. Puleo, Albany (Shannon K. Starowicz of counsel), for respondents.A

  • Downey v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Grossman, Public Defender, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, Joe G. Skeens, Sandra Dutton, Assistant District Attorneys, Hinesville, 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: S15A1681

    The evidence was sufficient to support the defendant's convictions as a party to the crimes of murder and related off

  • Rollf v. Carter

    Publication Date: 2016-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore, Ellen K. Begley, Ethan C. Hyde, Adam K. Camara Mercer Law School, Macon, and J. Scott Key Miller Key PA, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1505

    The defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus was procedurally b

  • Graves v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer F. Block Public Defender's Office, Cartersville, 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 Christian A. Fuller, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1357

    The trial court erred in purportedly merging the defendant's two felony murder counts with a malice murder count and then merging two independent felonies with the two felony murder counts, because

  • PEOPLE, ETC., res, v. ANGEL O. RIVERA, a/k/a ANGEL RIVERA, ap

    Publication Date: 2016-03-10
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Leventhal, J.P.; Sgroi, Hinds-Radix and Maltese, JJ.
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    PEOPLE, ETC., res, v. ANGEL O. RIVERA, a/k/a ANGEL RIVERA, ap — Motion by the appellant pro se on an appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County, rendered October 28, 2015