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  • Roberts v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda R. C. Palmer and Edward T. M. Garland Garland, Samuel Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Kathryn L. Powers, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Frances C. Kuo, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1497

    The evidence, although circumstantial, supported the defendant's convictions for malice murder, kidnapping and false imprisonment in connection with the victim's death caused by hyperthermia from en

  • Crowder v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick R. Sullivan and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla H. Zon, District Attorney, Melanie M. Bell, Assistant District Attorney, Elizabeth K. Grofic District Attorney's Office, Covington, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Rochelle W. Gordon, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0961

    Evidence of an allegation that the defendant sexually molested his young cousin was properly admitted at his murder trial, since it was relevant to explain the escalating tension between the defend

  • Jakupovic v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Sadhana P. Dailey District Attorney's Office, Columbus, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A0532

    The presumptively prejudicial near 19-month delay between the grant of the defendant's motion for a new trial on charges of murder and related offenses did not cause the defendant actual prej

  • Pareja v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09G0960

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of alleged, but not previously reported, child abuse, which occurred 26 years before the charged crime, due to its similarity and i

  • Deleon v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-05-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Jennifer C. Bagwell, Gregory E. Radics, Assistant District Attorneys, Gainesville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0206

    The trial court did not err in failing to excuse a juror for cause, who stated several times that he could set aside any preconceived notions, as well as what he had read about the case before trial

  • In re Pronk

    Publication Date: 2007-01-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Mark R. Pronk, Acworth. Gregory L. Fullerton, Chairperson Review Panel, Albany. Edward T. M. Garland Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: S07Y0147

    An attorney, who pled guilty to aggravated assault, voluntarily surrendered his law li

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-10-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, Macon, John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, Lewis M. Groover Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Hinesville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A1041

    The defendant shot his ex-girlfriend through the ear, cut her throat and stabbed her two children to

  • Dorsey v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn R. Keyes, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, and John E. Floyd Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S05A0897

    The state was entitled to theorize to the jurors that former DeKalb County Sheriff Sidney Dorsey killed Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown in order to prevent Brown from investigating and uncovering evidenc

  • Preer v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2005-03-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Lea and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William P. Rowe III, Ellijay, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A2035

    The defendant's properly filed petition for habeas relief could be transferred to his new county of dete

  • Al-Amin v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-06-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Martin Martin Bros. PC, Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Anna E. Green, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Ruth M. Pawlak, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A0151

    The surviving victim identified the defendant as the man who opened fire on two deputy sheriffs who were attempting to execute a bench warrant for his a