• Northway v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles S. Herman Bignault & Carter, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Rafter Ratchford & Rafter LLP, Claude M. Kicklighter Jr., Springfield, and Andrea A. Smart, Rincon, for appellees.

    Case Number: S12A0492

    The city council failed to state a claim for relief in its petition to remove an elected mayor from o

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emory B. Bazemore, Tybee Island, and Richard M. Darden, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Christine S. Barker, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A1800

    Confinement, as it relates to the 10-year limitation period for impeaching a witness with a prior felony conviction, does not include that portion of a sentence served while on probation or p

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney and Christine S. Barker, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: S08G1733

    The defendant's August 2001 convictions could not be used as proof of a prior felony conviction under OCGA § 16-10-52, since neither those convictions, nor their pre-conviction charges, were the fel