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  • Phillips v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Lewis, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G Lawson, District Attorney, Billy J. Dixon, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A0948

    Officers properly stopped the defendant at a road safety checkpoint, which was authorized by supervisory pers

  • Todd v. Todd

    Publication Date: 2010-06-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Watkins, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michele W. Ogletree Sullivan & Ogletree PC, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A0471

    The trial court lacked authority to set aside its original custody determination without determining the child's best inte

  • White v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Clegg, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Layla H. Zon, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Sheila E. Gallow, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A0594

    The defendant fatally shot the victim in the back of the

  • Ellis v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth D. Kondritzer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, John O. Williams, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A0157

    Contrary to defendant's contention, trial counsel did object to the state's evidence of the defendant's other bad acts after the defendant placed his character in

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa L. Smith, Public Defender, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, Eric C. Crawford The Crawford Law Firm LLC, Bogart, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A0488

    The defendant admitted that he fatally stabbed the v

  • Sigman v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A0776

    The defendant could not show prejudice from defense counsel's failure to request charges on reckless conduct and simple battery as lesser included offenses of the predicate charges to the three felo

  • Barrow v. Barker

    Publication Date: 2010-05-14
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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, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew M. Lubozynski, John P. Jett and J. Henry Walker IV Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A0611

    The Supreme Court remanded the case to the habeas court for a determination of whether the defendant could overcome procedural default by satisfying either the cause and prejudice or the miscarriage

  • Madrigal v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-04-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A0209

    The trial court did not err in failing to suppress statements, which the defendant made after a Canadian officer told him that withholding information would only make things worse, because the offic

  • Todd v. Todd

    Publication Date: 2010-04-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Watkins, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michele W. Ogletree Sullivan & Ogletree PC, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A0471

    The mother could not directly appeal a custody award, which was part of the parties' final divorce d

  • Thompson v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-04-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A0566

    During an arranged mari buy, the defendant shot and killed the seller and stole the mari