• Amos v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Jr., Brandon A. Bullard Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Mitchell D. Durham, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, 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: S15A1143

    The modified merger rule did not apply and the trial court properly sentenced the defendant on his murder convi rather than his voluntary manslaughter convi

  • Berrian v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S.V. Weston Trotter Jones LLP, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Titus T. Nichols, Assistant District Attorney, Joshua B. Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, 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: S15A0784

    The defendant's own testimony supported an instruction on self-defense, not mutual c and the trial court therefore did not plainly err in failing to charge the jury on mutual c

  • Fulcher v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter C. McMillan Jr. and Thomas C. Rawlings McMillan Rawlings LLP, Sandersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, Benjamin T. Edwards, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, 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: S15A0743

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions arising out of the shooting death of a man who was having a sexual relationship with the defendant's girlfriend, as the record showed that the day

  • Delaware Cnty. Employees Retirement Fund v. Sanchez, DeFAX Case No. D66704 (Del. Oct. 2, 2015) Strine, C.J. (en banc) (11 pages).

    Publication Date: 2015-10-21
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    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
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    Case Number: D66704

  • The Jobin Organization, Inc. v. Bemar Realty LLC, 061130-2013

    Publication Date: 2015-10-21
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    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk County, Commercial Division, Part 46
    Judge: Judge Emily Pines
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiff: Couch White, LLP, Donald Hillmann, Esq., Jason D. Hughes, Esq., Albany, NY.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendants: Rosenberg, Fortuna & Laitman, LLP, Anthony R. Filosa, Esq., Garden City, NY.

    Case Number: 061130-2013

    Cite as: The Jobin Or tion, Inc. v. Bemar Realty LLC, 061130-2013, NYLJ 1202740221446, at *1 (Sup., SUF, Decided September 25, 2015) CASENAME The Jobin Or

  • Dematteis v. Utica National Assurance Co., 103751/11

    Publication Date: 2015-10-21
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York County, IAS Part 2
    Judge: Judge Kathryn Freed
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Marcia K. Raicus, Esq., Smith Mazure Director Wilkins Young & Yagerman, P.C.
    for defendant: For Defendant: Sherri N. Pavloff, Esq., Farber Brocks & Zane LLP.

    Case Number: 103751/11

    Cite as: Dematteis v. Utica National Assurance Co., 103751/11, NYLJ 1202740221188, at *1 (Sup., NY, Decided October 13, 2015) CASENAME Leon D. Dematteis Constr

  • Bagwell v. Trammel

    Publication Date: 2015-10-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George E. Butler II, Dahlonega, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher D. Elrod Elrod Elrod PC, Oakwood, and R. Thad McCormack, Gainesville, for appellees.

    Case Number: S15A0820

    The trial court did not abuse its broad discretion in granting the plaintiff's claims for an equitable partit real property jointly owned by the parties and an equitable accounting and dissolu

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter K. Odom The Odom Law Firm, Marietta, and Mary Katherine Durant Durant Law LLC, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, John R. Edwards, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, 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: S15A0796

    The trial court's refusal to give the defendant's requested jury instruction on accident did not affect the outcome of the trial, as the jury's conclusion that the defendant acted with malice necess

  • DAVONTAY K. L. (ANONYMOUS), ETC. SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES PETITIONERS-res, SHAQUANNA L. (ANONYMOUS), res-res

    Publication Date: 2015-10-20
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Eng, P.J.; Mastro, Rivera, Dillon and Balkin, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

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    MATTER OF DAVONTAY K. L. (ANONYMOUS), ETC. SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES PETITIONERS-res, SHAQUANNA L. (ANONYMOUS), res-res — (PROCEEDING NO. 2) — Appeals by Shaquanna L. from two orders

  • CANDICE K. ABDOO res, v. THEODORE B. DONSON, ap

    Publication Date: 2015-10-20
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Dillon, J.P.; Miller, Maltese and Lasalle, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

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    CANDICE K. ABDOO res, v. THEODORE B. DONSON, ap — Application by the appellant pursuant to 22 NYCRR 670.8(d)(2) to enlarge the time to perfect an appeal from an order of the Supreme Cou