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  • Givens v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-05-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael G. Schiavone and Steven L. Sparger Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Jon Hope, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General,, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0509

    The witness's testimony that defendant promised to give him insurance money for killing the victim satisfied the nexus requirement for admission of evidence of a life insurance p

  • Padilla v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario A. Pacella, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Daniel G. Ashburn, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1795

    Fact that defendant was the only mixed-race male in the photographic array did not taint the pretrial identification procedure since several of the photographs showed men with similar characteri

  • Foster v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel G. Alderman III and Bond H. Almand Almand & Wiggins, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan R. Tawse Jr., Solicitor General, and Arthur J. Creque, Assistant Solicitor General, Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A2054

    Criminal prosecution for violating an unconstitutionally vague animal control ordinance was b

  • Battles v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Folsom, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Lori A. Huff, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, Marsha G. Boniface, Assistant District Attorney, Moultrie, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0112

    Defendant's admission that he hit the victim and evidence that the victim died from a head blow supported defendant's murder convi

  • Stinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Alonza Whitaker, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A2069

    The trial court erred in failing to charge the jury that the state had to disprove the murder defendant's affirmative defense of accident beyond a reasonable

  • Ucak v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derek H. Jones, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Thomas A. Cole, Herman M. Kilgore, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0257

    Defense counsel made a legitimate tactical choice in deciding not to request a continuance to call a psychiatrist who acknowledged that jurors might have difficulty accepting his opinion that defend

  • Holmes v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General,, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0004

    The omission of a sua sponte charge on the specific forcible felony underlying a defendant's justification charge is not harmful as a matter o

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick G. Longhi, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1785

    The evidence showed that the defendant committed the felonies underlying his murder conviction while acting in concert with the actual sh

  • Payne v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ellis R. Garnett, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1679

    Defendant was not entitled to a mistrial based on the prosecutor's closing argument that defendant's voluntary use of alcohol and drugs did not excuse his co

  • Williams v. Lawrence

    Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, and W. Swain Wood Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Lawrence, Hardwick, proceeded pro se. Amicus appellee: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S00A1487

    Parole officer's hearsay testimony at defendant's parole revoc hearing did not violate defendant's due process right of confront