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  • June 30, 2010 |

    SuperConference 2010

    Reports from the Premier Conference for the In-House Bar.

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  • Lewis v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Stephen A. Fern, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1626

    Trial counsel presumably acted reasonably in not calling the wi mother as a defense wi

  • Potter v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Dunn Jr. and Jad B. Johnson Public Defender's Office, Douglas R. Woodruff, Public Defender, LaFayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2109

    The trial court did not err in admitting expert testimony on the scientific method of converting a serum alcohol reading into a whole blood alcohol concentr

  • Arrington v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Sussman and Jeffrey S. Bowman, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Teresa M. Schiefer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09P1028

    The trial court's error in admitting evidence of the defendant's prior family violence battery convictions, over his validity objection, was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, since the battery vic

  • April 30, 2009 |

    Deere & Co. Successfully Defends 401(k) Fee Suit

    Employer doesn't need to tell workers about fee-sharing.

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  • March 31, 2009 |

    Changing Climate

    The new White House regime shakes up environmental policy.

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  • January 31, 2009 |

    Paying it Forward

    In recent years, corporate pro bono has gone from an ideal espoused at conferences for general counsel to a reality in legal departments across the country.

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  • O'Kelley v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
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    Case Number: S08P0916

    Death penalty defendants are entitled to make an opening statement in the sentencing

  • Hendrix v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-10-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A1332

    The trial court did not err in admitting certain pre-autopsy photographs of the murder victims to show nature and location of their inj

  • Petty v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
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    Case Number: S07A1438

    The defendant's request for attorney did not require that questioning cease, since he was not in custody at that