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  • Bruce v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0623

    An issue of state procedural law which was decided in a subsequent case could not be the basis for a collateral attack, such as defendant's petition for habeas r

  • Coe v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph G. Rich Rich & Smith, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Dan W. Mayfield, David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorneys, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0883

    Defendant could not be sentenced twice for the murder of the same v

  • Taylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen P. Harrison Harrison & Harrison, and Vallerina F. Day Parker & Day, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Thomas R. McBerry, Chief Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, and Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0930

    The fruit of defendant's voluntary, but Miranda-tainted statement was not subject to the exclusionary rule under Georgi

  • Roseberry v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Millsaps and Anthony S. Carter Millsaps & Carter, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Alan A. Cook, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1118

    The trial court properly excluded irrelevant testimony from three witnesses regarding the victim's character which defendant offered for the purpose of showing that the victim had been shot for some

  • Usry v. Farr

    Publication Date: 2001-10-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wendell E. Johnston Jr. and William J. Williams Johnston, Wilkin & Williams, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Carl H. Hodges and Timothy K. King Carl H. Hodges & Assocs., Jonesboro, for appellees.
    Case Number: S01A0784

    Under the terms of the testator's will, the remainder interest which he left to his grandchildren vested at time of the testator's death and not at the death of his last surviving life t

  • Glover v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-09-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Stewart, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, James L. Wright III, Blair D. Mahaffey, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0987

    Defendant failed to show that the jury foreman lied about his prior law enforcement experience on voir

  • Stanton v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel G. Oliver, Glennville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, Hinesville, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0600

    Defendant could not be convicted of both murder and being an accessory after the

  • McKenzie v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-06-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for McKenzie. William F. Rucker, Decatur, for Scott. John G. Conger, District Attorney, Alonza Whitaker, Susan L. Henderson, Assistant District Attorneys, Columbus, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S01A0039; S01A0703

    Given the evidence that defendants forced the victim into the trunk of a car, drove him to an empty stretch of road and shot him numerous times following an argument over a drug deal, there was no p

  • Fleming v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-05-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Keith Davidson and Darel C. Mitchell, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Lawrenceville, District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Daniel G. Ashburn Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0269

    The trial court properly refused to charge on voluntary manslaughter, self-defense or mutual combat because defendant claimed that he shot the victim by acc

  • Glynn County Bd. of Tax Assessors v. Haller

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory T. Carter, Richard K. Strickland and Terry L. Readdick Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert P. Killian Killian & Boyd, Eugene Highsmith, James A. Bishop, Monroe L. Frey III, Gary W. Moore, Brunswick, Douglas W. Alexander, St. Simons Island, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Warren R. Calvert, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0114; S01A0504

    The trial court erred in temporarily enjoining the county tax board from applying its proposed tax digest because plaintiffs had an adequate remedy at law under O.C.G.A. § 48-