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  • Gates v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Saraliene S. Durrett, Atlanta, 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 Vicki S. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1407

    The evidence, including two eyewitnesses' testimonies, supported the def 's convictions for malice murder and various other crimes in connection with the shooting death of a man who sent the de

  • Collymore v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Mack Jr. Mack Harris PC, Forest Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: James L. Wright III, District Attorney, Blair D. Mahaffey, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, 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: S15A1509

    The trial court did not err in allowing the jury to use a yardstick and a ruler during its deliberations, since the yardstick and the ruler did not have the effect of introducing new evidence, they

  • Welch v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth W. Sheppard, Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew Min-soo Youn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1393

    The Court partially vacated the defendant's convictions and remanded the case for resentencing, because the trial court erred in merging a possession of a firearm by a convicted felon count into a m

  • Simpson v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth W. Sheppard, Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, Elizabeth O. Evans, Assistant District Attorney, LaFayette, 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: S15A1365

    An aggravated assault count against the defendant should have merged with a murder count, since the aggravated assault was the predicate felony of the felony murder c

  • The People v. Ramrup, 3115-2013

    Publication Date: 2016-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx County, Criminal Term, Part 16
    Judge: Justice Richard Lee Price
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Appearances of Counsel: Steven Epstein, Esq., Barket Marion Epstein & Kearon, LLP.
    for defendant: Joseph Loloi, Assistant District Attorney, Office of the Bronx District Attorney
    Case Number: 3115-2013

    Cite as: The People v. Ramrup, 3115-2013, NYLJ 1202747569419, at *1 (Sup., BX, Decided January 12, 2016) CASENAME The People of the State of New York, Plaintif

  • Matter of K.M.

    Publication Date: 2016-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York County, Part 33
    Judge: Justice Alexander Hunter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Movant: Karen Edelman-Reyes, Esq., New York County District Attorney's Office,
    for defendant: Respondents: Mary Beth Feerick, Esq., Mental Hygiene Legal Services. Jose Velez, Esq., State of New York Attorney General's Office.
    Case Number: [Index Number Redacted by Court]

    Cite as: Matter of K.M., [Index Number Redacted by Court], NYLJ 1202747569797, at *1 (Sup., NY, Decided January 11, 2016) CASENAME In the Matter of the Applica

  • Churchill v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Walker III, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford P. Bowden, District Attorney, Tifton, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Aimee F. Sobhani, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1487

    The trial court did not err in admitting photographs that depicted the 3-month-old victim after autopsy incisions, because the photographs were necessary to show a material fact—that the defendant p

  • Roberts v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly Roberts, Unadilla, proceeded pro se. Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Joshua B. Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S15A1409

    The trial court did not err in accepting the defendant's guilty plea to felony murder, as there was a sufficient factual basis for his guilty plea and the record showed that his plea was intelligent

  • In the Matter of Nicholas Pagano

    Publication Date: 2016-01-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas Pagano, Savannah. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S16Y0126

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and imposed a Review Panel reprimand after the attorney abandoned a client's legal matter, resulting in dismissal of the c

  • In the Matter of Tony C. Jones

    Publication Date: 2016-01-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Alexander J. Bartko Polsinelli PC in Case No. S13Y0138 only, Kenneth B. Hodges III in Case No. S13Y0138 only, Atlanta, and Tony C. Jones, Albany. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Bryan M. Cavan Miller Martin PLLC in Case No. S15Y1641 only, Atlanta, James M. Collier Collier Gamble, Dawson, and James W. Hurt in Case No. S15Y1641 only, Cordele.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11Y1626; S13Y0138; S15Y1641

    The Supreme Court reinstated an attorney to the practice of law after finding that he complied with all conditions for reinstat