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  • Pierce v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-10-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Pierce, Oglethorpe, proceeded pro se. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11A1232

    O.C.G.A. § 17-10-32.1 applied to defendant's 1999 crimes and that statute required a finding of at least one statutory aggravating circumstance to sentence a defendant to life without parole in case

  • Tunali v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-10-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant. Nina M. Baker, Solicitor General, and Julian A. Mack Solicitor General's Office, LaGrange, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1158

    The Department of Public Safety rules at issue were subject to judicial notice because they were promulgated pursuant to the Georgia Administrative Procedur

  • October 21, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

    Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr has nabbed government attorney MOLLY BOAST for its antitrust and competitive pr

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  • Haley v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristin i. Jordan and Brett M. Willis Public Defender's Office, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, , Jennifer D. Hart, Conley J. Greer, Assistant District Attorneys, Gainesville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellant: Joseph M. Beck, William A. Pequignot Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Emmet J. Bondurant Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, John F. Gelzer III Garland, Samuel & Loeb and Sidney L. Moore III Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S11A0606

    In the catchmekiller" case, the state failed to prove specific intent to support the defendant's conviction for tampering with evidence with intent to prevent apprehension and obstruct prosecution o

  • J&D Trucking v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2011-07-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald R. Ryan Jr. Allen, Kopet & Assocs. PLLC, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert L. Lambert Jr., Barney, for appellee. Other party representation: Delece Brooks State Bd. of Workers' Compensation, Atlanta, and Marci R. Rosenberg, Dunwoody.
    Case Number: A11A0660

    The trial court erred in reversing an order of the Appellate Division of the State Board of Workers' Compensation because the Appellate Division failed to make any substituted findings of fact, whic

  • April 12, 2011 |

    Meaning of Collapse

    Discusses collapse as defined in the ISO 1991 and 2000 homeowners, and reviews various court decisions pertaining to collapse.

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  • March 31, 2011 |

    It's Complicated

    Environmental lawyers say that regulating greenhouse gases (GHGs) under the Clean Air Act in the manner proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is bound ...

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  • Triple Eagle Assocs. Inc. v. PBK Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: S. Renee Huskey and Cary Ichter Ichter Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ann M. Vaughn, Kenya L. Patton and Jack C. Lance Jr., Blairsville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A0988

    The trial court erred in holding that a settlement agreement requiring property to be "marketed" within a "suitable period of time" was unenforceable for lack of certainty and definit

  • September 23, 2010 |

    State FAIR Plans

    Gives state-by-state descriptions of coverages offered under state FAIR plans.

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  • State v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2010-08-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman and Jesse D. Evans, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tony L. Axam Axamlaw and Calvin A. Edwards Jr., Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A0070

    State v. Crane, 247 Ga. 779 1981, overruled, as the felony murder statute requires only that the defendant's felonious conduct proximately cause the death of another p