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  • Grell v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Jon W. Setzer, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1177

    The Supreme Court vacated one of the defendant's two aggr assault convictions, as he fired the two gunshots at issue without a deliberate interval and thus they did not constitute separate agg

  • Young v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael S. Phillips Phillips & Sellers LLP, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Katherine R. Thrower, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and David R. Helmick Waldrep, Mullin, & Callahan, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1403

    The Supreme Court vacated the defendant's separate convi and sentence for burglary because it served as the predicate offense for his felony murder convi

  • Platt v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Wadkins, Stephen A. Craft, and Victoria L. Novak Public Defender's Office, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Michael E. Craig, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Brittany N. Jones, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1442

    The Supreme Court affirmed the defendant's convictions arising from the shooting death of his pregnant wife, as the evidence supported a finding of implied m

  • Smith v. Ellis

    Publication Date: 2012-09-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard C. Mitchell Mitchell & Shapiro, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jeremy R. Davis, Scott D. Huray and Christopher A. Whitlock Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1174

    Ridley v. Monroe, regarding no liability settlements under O.C.G.A. § 34-9-15 was correctly decided, but even under Ridley, the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers' Compensation Act did not au

  • Terry v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-09-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Jr. and Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0788

    Russell v. State, overruled, to the extent that it can be read as holding that a trial court must instruct a jury that it is precluded from finding a defendant guilty of felony murder, if it finds t

  • Couch v. Red Roof Inns Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Davis K. Loftin, Jeffrey N. Mykkeltvedt Mykkeltvedt & Loftin LLC, Gilbert H. Deitch and Andrew T. Rogers Deitch & Rogers LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Burke B. Johnson Buckley King LPA, Gainesville, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Charles M. Cork III, Macon. Amicus Appellee: Jacob E. Daly and Sun S. Choy Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta. Neutral Amicus: Thomas A. Eaton, Michael L. Wells University of Ga. Law Sch. and Andrew J. Hill III Blasingame Burch Garrard & Ashley PC, Athens.
    Case Number: S12Q0625

    A jury is allowed to apportion damages among a property owner and criminal assailant and jury charges or a special verdict form requiring such apportionment would not violate a plaintiff's constitut

  • Danenberg v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Bell Jr. Bell & Brigham, Augusta, and Robert W. Cullen, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gregory L. Bushway, Keagan W. Goodrich, Assistant District Attorneys, Gray, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0524

    The statutory procedure for appointing a psychiatrist to examine defendants who raise an insanity defense did not violate the defendant's due process r

  • Crosson v. Conway

    Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maureen C. Crosson, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Teresa B. Klein District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee. Neutral Amicus: J. David Miller, District Attorney Prosecuting Atty's Council of Ga., Gary D. Bergman Prosecuting Atty's Council of Ga., Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.Attorneys
    Case Number: S12A0328

    Hicks v. Scott, 273 Ga. 358 2001 is overruled, and compliance with the procedural requirements of O.C.G.A. § 9-14-52 is required for appellate jurisdiction over all habeas peti

  • Hill v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-06-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernard S. Brody, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine R. Thrower, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0948

    Trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to cause a defense witness to testify at trial because the witness's prior test contradicted the defendant's test

  • Mayor & Aldermen of the City of Savannah v. Batson-Cook Co.

    Publication Date: 2012-06-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory K. Morgan Cohen Pollock Merlin & Small PC, Elizabeth B. Hodges, Atlanta, James B. Blackburn and Peter A. Giusti City of Savannah, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert S. Glenn Jr. Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, Stanley Karsman, Savannah, Charles J. Willis, Mark L. Degennaro Willis McKenzie LLP, LaGrange, Adam M. Hames The Hames Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, Brian J. Vella and Jennifer A. Mahar Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, Vienna, Va., for appellees.
    Case Number: S11G1814

    Uniform Superior Court Rule 25.3—providing the threshold requirements for a motion to recuse to be assigned to another judge for determination—does not authorize a discretionary determination on the