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  • Lucas v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald J. Jordan Adams, Jordan & Treadwell PC, Brian G. Combs, Milledgeville, and Patrick Keenan Southern Ctr. for Human Rights, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gray, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Karen A. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Center, Michael Mears MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta, and Linda A. Malone William and Mary College Sch. of Law, Williamsburg, Va.
    Case Number: S01P1069

    The trial court's error in allowing the state's opening comments and testimony about the victims' worth and the impact of their deaths was harmless in light of the state's corroborating evidence tha

  • State v. Freeman

    Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, Clarkesville, and Robert D. Cullifer, Assistant District Attorney, Clayton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellants: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S00A1108

    The defendant's convictions for being a party to the felony murder and for hindering the apprehension of the murderer were mutually excl

  • Carruthers v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Beall IV, Peachtree City, and William S. Callahan, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, D. Brandon Hornsby, Verda Andrews-Stroud, Assistant District Attorneys, Jonesboro, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Allison B. Goldberg, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Joseph L. Chambers Sr. Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Ga., Smyrna, Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Ctr. and Michael Mears, MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S99P1418

    In his closing argument, the prosecutor improperly quoted directly from the Bible as authority for the jury imposing the death sentence against defe