• Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-10-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Christa L. Kirk, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11A1020

    Sufficient corroborating evidence supported the accomplice's testimony implicating the defendant in the murder and related crimes at

  • Cade v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-10-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Adams Jr. The Adams Law Group PC, Jonesboro, for appellant. Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11A1059

    The defendant told a witness that he choked the victim to death to prevent her from charging the defendant and that witness with

  • Rogers v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-09-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy L. Eidson, Cordele, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, Cordele, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S11A0767

    Although the trial court erred in refusing the defendant's request to charge the jury on unlawful act involuntary manslaughter as a lesser included offense of murder, the error was harmless because

  • Sanders v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-09-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Stephany J. Luttrell, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S11A0729; S11A0947

    Extensive expert medical testimony regarding the condition of the 6-week-old victim, whose vegan parents fed him only soy milk and apple juice and who weighed 3 1/2 pounds when they brought him to t

  • Glass v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Veronica E. Brinson, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Kevin T. McMurry, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S11A0611

    The defendant's aggravated assault charge merged with his felony murder convi

  • Higuera-Hernandez v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cathy M. Alterman, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sheila E. Gallow, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S11A0851

    As conspiracy convi was underlying felony that formed basis for felony murder convi conspiracy charge had to merge into felony murder convi

  • Collier v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheueli C. Wang Georgia Public Defender Standards Council Appellate Division, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Mary K. Ware, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S11A0050

    Any error in the trial court's jury charge on impeachment of a witness by his or her conviction on a drug offense was harmless in light of the jury instruction as a whole, which made plain that the

  • Howard v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alixe E. Steinmetz Public Defender's Office and Kenneth D. Kondritzer, Atlanta, for Howard. Dwight L. Thomas, Atlanta, for Ross. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Stephany J. Luttrell, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S10A2028; S11A0026

    The aggravated assault victims' testimony that they ran from gunfire was sufficient evidence that defendants placed them in reasonable apprehension of immediately receiving violent i

  • Weaver v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-02-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy L. Eidson, Cordele, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, Cordele, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S11A0113

    Under the circumstances, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in proceeding with the trial in the defendant's absence after he was removed from the courtroom for disruptive beh

  • Reeves v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-02-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer R. Burns, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, Lindretta Grindle, Assistant District Attorney, Bess L. Walthour District Attorney's Office, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sheila E. Gallow, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S11A0345

    Trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to request a continuance after a supposed alibi witness could not be located to testify on defendant's behalf because counsel's investigation revealed t