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In re Moss

Publication Date: 2010-10-01
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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 country-regionGeorgiaplaceCityAtlantaGary A. Moss, Chamblee. Anthony B. Askew, Review Panel Chairperson King & Spalding LLP, placeCityAtlanta
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Case Number: S10Y0590

An attorney was disbarred for failing to remit funds collected for his client, commingling the funds and converting the funds to his ow

Hyperdynamics Corp. v. Southridge Capital Management LLC

Publication Date: 2010-08-06
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Bernes, Debra
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles M. Cork III, Macon, Mark F. Dehler, Michael E. Perez Mark F. Dehler LLC, Decatur, Edwin J. Schklar Schklar, Ney & Heim LLC, Atlanta, Richard L. Tate, Richmond, Texas, John M. O'Quinn The O'Quinn Law Firm, James W. Christian Christian Smith & Jewell LLP, Kent Watts, Mike Watts and Harry Briers Hyperdynamics Corp., Houston, Texas, for appellant.
for defendant: Jeffrey R. Joyce, Laura J. Geissler Joyce, Thrasher, Kaiser & Liss LLC, Mark E. Grantham DLA Piper US LLP, Atlanta, Caryn G. Schechtman, Howard Schrader DLA Piper US LLP, New York, NY, Lonnie Simpson DLA Piper US LLP, Tampa, Fla., Perrie M. Weiner, Edward D. Totino DLA Piper US LLP, Michael S. Rosenblum and Amy M. Caves Law Offices of Michael S. Rosenblum, Los Angeles, Calif., for appellees. Other party representation: Robert E. Whitley Whitley & Associates, Donald A. Loft, Leslie A. Allen Morris, Manning & Martin, Otto F. Feil III, John L. Taylor Jr., Cheralynn M. Gregoire Chorey, Taylor & Feil, Atlanta, Michael J. Dell Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY.
Case Number: A10A0362

The were subject to personal jurisdiction in Georgia pursuant to the concept of conspiracy jurisdiction, which attributes the acts of one conspirator in furtherance e conspiracy to other member

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

Heard v. State

Publication Date: 2010-07-23
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Carley, George H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herman M. Kilgore Maddox Kilgore PC, Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Jesse D. Evans, John R. Edwards, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S10A0866

Evidence showed that the 15-year-old defendant voluntarily and knowingly waived his Miranda rights, before giving his custodial stat

Boggs v. State

Publication Date: 2010-07-16
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Bernes, Debra
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer R. Burns, Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, and Melanie Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
Case Number: A10A0269

Officers saw the defendant and his accomplice flee from a man left in a crumbled heap on a sidewalk in downtown Savannah and saw the defendant drop the man's stolen backpack during pu

State v. Jackson

Publication Date: 2010-07-09
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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

Turner Broadcasting System Inc. v. David McDavid

Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Bernes, Debra
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Lamberth Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, and Thomas G. Hungar Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellant.
for defendant: Steven J. Rosenwasser, Joshua F. Thorpe and Jill Pryor Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Hugh B. McNatt Balch & Bingham and Jeffrey J. Swart Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta.
Case Number: A09A2314

There was sufficient evidence for the jury to find an enforceable oral contract, since the defendant made many objective manifestations of intent to be bound, including statements such as we have a

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Allen v. State

Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice G. Kenner, Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Clint C. Malcolm District Attorney's Office, Covington, for appellee.
Case Number: A09A2107

Defendant's aggravated battery and aggravated assault convictions merged for sentencing pur

Lawrence v. Lawrence

Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin L. Fierman, Eatonton, for appellant.
for defendant: Kice H. Stone Stone & Driggers LLC, Macon, for appellee.
Case Number: S09A1370

The parties' antenuptial agreement was clearly a contract made in contemplation of divorce, not a contract made in contemplation of marriage, thus, the agreement was not subject to O.C.G.A. § 19-3-6