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  • Hall v. Lewis

    Publication Date: 2010-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Richard Tangum, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Paul E. Greenwalt, Heidi Oertle and Ann. H. MacDonald Schiff Hardin LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.
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    Case Number: S09A1862

    Trial counsel's purported deficient performance in presenting an actual innocence theory, rather than voluntary manslaughter, did not prejudice the defe

  • Gliemmo v. Cousineau

    Publication Date: 2010-03-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Traci G. Courville, Samuel W. Oates Jr. Oates & Courville, Columbus, Michael B. Terry, Nicole G. Iannarone and Kamal Ghali Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Roger S. Sumrall Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Ashley E. Sexton and Wade K. Copeland Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLPAtlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S09A1807

    O.C.G.A. § 51-1-29.5 c, which limits the liability of physicians and health care providers for treatment immediately following evaluation or treatment of a patient in an emergency department, is a

  • Ly v. Jimmy Carter Commons LLC

    Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott M. Ratchick and Christopher S. Badeaux Hartman, Simons, Spielman & Wood LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. Douglass, Catherine M. Banich, Tasha K. Inegbenebor Stites & Harbison PLLC, Atlanta, and James Byun, Suwanee, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1644

    A genuine issue of fact remained as to whether the plaintiffs had knowledge that the unanimous consent documents securing a $1.5M loan to the defendant were ineffe

  • Holmes v. Grubman

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Burton and Rosemary Armstrong Burton & Armstrong LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . C. B. Rogers, Richard Sinkfield, Brett Rogers Rogers & Hardin LLP, Atlanta, Walter Rieman, Eric Goldstein, Brad Karp and Susanna Buergel Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY, for appellees.
    Case Number: S09Q1585

    Negligent misrepresentation claims, like fraud claims, can be based on forbearance in the sale of publicly traded secur

  • Reid v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1684

    The trial court did not reversibly err in giving a jury charge on witnesses, which stated that witnesses are presumed to speak the truth, because such a charge does not constitute reversible error

  • Devega v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. David Wolfe and Robert A. Susor L. David Wolfe PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Jesse D. Evans, John R. Edwards, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Mary K. Ware, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A2064

    The defendant agreed to sell cocaine to the victim for $5K, then shot him fatally nine times with two han

  • Broughton v. Douglas County Bd. Of Elections

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joan P. Davis, Marietta, for Derrick T. Broughton. James Quarterman, Douglasville, proceeded pro se. David A. Cole and Benton J. Mathis Jr. Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
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    Case Number: S09A1445, S09A1446

    O.C.G.A. § 21-2-524 a measures the 5-day period starting from certification by the election official having responsibility for taking such action, and not the Secretary of

  • Williams v. Hall

    Publication Date: 2009-11-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Attorney General, and Amy E. H. Morelli, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore Mercer Law School, Brian P. Adams Sell & Melton, LLP, Macon, and William A. Bonner III, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0973

    The habeas court erred in granting the defendant's petition based on an issue that he did not raise in his petition or at the he

  • State v. Lynch

    Publication Date: 2009-11-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alden W. Snead and Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1402

    O.C.G.A. § et. seq. governs review of interlocutory orders in criminal cases and the state may not appeal any issue in a criminal case, unless that issue is listed in §

  • Manriquez v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Jimmie E. Baggett, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Mary K. Ware, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0857

    The defendant shot and killed one victim and threatened the other victim with