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  • Bishop v. Patton

    Publication Date: 2011-03-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan E. Busch and Jason B. Godwin Busch, Slipakoff & Schuh LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Kristine E. Brown, Acworth, and L. David Wolfe, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S10A1601

    No evidence showed that the defendant had plans to kill his former caretaker-turned-lover when he executed a gift deed to his approximate $125K home to his three minor grandchildren three months pri

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Edwards, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford P. Bowden, District Attorney, and Kevin E. Hutto, Assistant District Attorney, Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A2072

    There was no fatal variance between the allegations in the indictment that the defendant burglarized a dwelling place and the evidence at trial indicating that the witness no longer lived

  • Howard v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James K. Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, James A. Dooley, Assistant District Attorney, and Benjamin Von District Attorney's Office, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A2208

    Under the circumstances, including the complexity of a multi-defendant RICO indictment, 42-month delay did not violate the defendant's constitutional right to a speedy

  • February 21, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

    Greener Pastures: Greater Job Security, More Deals Lead to Lateral Hiring Growth

    At the Texas offices of 19 of the 26 largest firms in the state, lateral hiring rose 10.3 percent in 2010 compared to lateral hires made by the same firms in 2009. Kevin Lashus (pictured) is a Texas

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  • January 6, 2011 |

    Jewelers Block Coverage Form

    The jewelers block policy, written subject to commercial inland marine rules and forms promulgated by Insurance Services Office, provides open perils coverage specifically tailored for the needs of insureds in the retail jewelry trade.

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  • Shuler v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Edwards, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A2086

    The record supported the trial court's determination that the defendant voluntarily and intelligently pled guilty to armed robbery and kidna

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for Sonya Smith. Samuel J. Harris, Cookeville, Tenn., for Joseph Smith. Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, John R. Edwards, Eleanor A. Dixon, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S10A1281; S10A1282

    The evidence authorized the jury to conclude that the defendants committed non-felony acts of abuse that inadvertently led to their son's death as well as felony acts which could serve as the underl

  • October 20, 2010 |

    Commercial Crime Coverage Form - ARCHIVE

    Discusses the changes in the discovery and loss sustained forms as of the May 2006 revisions to the forms.

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  • Whitehead v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-06-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A0313

    The Court overruled Dixon v. State, 285 Ga. 312, 317 677 SE2d 76 2009; Robinson v. State, 283 Ga. 546, 547 661 SE2d 538 2008; Young v. State, 269 Ga. 478, 479 499 SE2d 60 1998 and other similar case

  • June 1, 2010 |

    Camera and Musical Instrument Dealers Coverage Form

    Discusses the ISO camera and musical instruments dealers coverage form, CM 00 21, which provides more specific, open perils coverage than the commercial property form.

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