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  • Brownlow v. Shofield

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hardy Gregory Jr. Gregory, Christy & Maniklal, Cordele, Bobby L. Cook Cook & Connelly, Summerville, and Thomas W. Tucker Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Daniel W. Hamilton Plunkett, Shepard, Plunkett & Hamilton, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A1149

    The state violated Brady by withholding information that the victim shook his head in the negative when the prosecuting attorney asked him 10 days before trial whether the defendant committed a spec

  • Prince v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark L. Pickett Donaldson, Bell & Pickett PC, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, Gregory W. Edwards, Alex J. Kaplan, Assistant District Attorneys, Albany, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A1108

    The defendant admitted in an audiotaped statement with police that he killed the v

  • Clyde v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ellis R. Garnett, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles M. Ferguson, District Attorney, Cuthbert, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0054

    The evidence was insufficient to show the defendant's guilt as either a party to the crimes or a conspi

  • Printis v. Bankers Life Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney L. Moore Jr., Atlanta, for appellant. Thomas M. Byrne and Thomas W. Curvin Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S02G1697

    O.C.G.A. § 33-31-4 a authorizes the sale of "total of payments"-gross balance decreasing term coverage-credit life insurance in connection with installment

  • Oliver v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronnie K. Batchelor, Lawrenceville, Stephanie S. Benefield and Hollie G. Manheimer Stuckey & Manheimer, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0242

    The defendant's videotaped statements about his criminal record were admissible because they were freely and voluntarily given without hope of benefit or fear of injury after defendant was advised o

  • Carter v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Billy M. Grantham, Donalsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Brown Moseley, District Attorney, Joseph K. Mulholland, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0364

    The circumstantial evidence supported defendant's conviction for felony murder based on the underlying crime of child cr

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-01-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Jill M. Zubler and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1659

    The trial court properly admitted ER photographs of the 22-month-old murder victim showing the standard treatments and procedures initiated in an attempt to resuscitat

  • Young v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Chambless, Dawn G. Benson and Charles K. Wainright II Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless LLP, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Frank J. Klosik Jr. and Robert J. McCune Greer, Klosik & Daugherty, Atlanta, for appellee. Neutral Amicus Representation: Antoinette D. Johnson Smolar & Assocs., Atlanta. Amicus Appellant: H. Andrew Owen Jr., Roger E. Harris Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, David A. Cook, William T. Clark, Atlanta, Temple Sellers, Decatur, and Marilyn J. Allen, Marietta.
    Case Number: S01G0589

    The 2-year statute of limitation for medical malpractice claims does not provide for the commencement of the limitation period upon the termination of a health care provider's treatment of a p

  • Northside Equities Inc. v. Hulsey

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Lehman Franklin Jr., Statesboro, Brent J. Savage and Christopher D. Britt Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles B. Tanksley Browning & Tanksley, Marietta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Christopher T. Terrell Stokes & Murphy PC, College Park, Irwin W. Stolz Jr. and John J. Barrow Winburn, Lewis, Barrow & Stolz PC, Athens.
    Case Number: S01G1307

    Scientific evidence of a driver's blood alcohol level can create a factual question as to whether the driver was noticeably intoxi

  • Preer v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leonard L. Franco, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Alonza Whitaker, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0265; S02A0266

    During a fight with another group of men, the defendant and two other men produced pistols and began firing, killing the v