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Sandlin v. State

Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brenda J. Bernstein and Steven H. Sadow, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, John H. Petrey, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S00A1754

The social worker's typed statement based on her interview with the 2-month-old victim's mother 14 years after the murder was not admissible under any exception to the hearsay

Stubbins v. State

Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert W. Benson and Jason K. Hoffman Benson, Phillips & Hoffman PC, Tifton, for appellant.
for defendant: C. Paul Bowden, District Attorney, Bradford L. Rigby, Assistant District Attorney, Tifton, 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: S01A0155

Evidence that the murder weapon was found in a trailer under the couch where defendant slept supported his convic

Perkins v. State

Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Billy M. Grantham, Donalsonville, for appellant.
for defendant: J. Brown Moseley, District Attorney, Charles M. Stines, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S00A1781

Victim's death certificate which was consistent with the coroner's testimony at trial did not contain inadmissible he

Griffin v. State

Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Robert M. Coker, Robert E. Statham III, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S00A1528

Defendant was not entitled to a separate murder trial because both he and his co-defendant shot the victim during a ro

Mosley v. State

Publication Date: 2000-10-20
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony L. Axam, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Herman M. Kilgore, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S00A1201

Defendant's possession of a knife at school supported his felony murder conviction because the knife escalated the defendant's schoolyard fight with the victim into a hom

Copeland v. State

Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas F. Jones Thomas F. Jones & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and W. Swain Wood Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S00A1152

Defendant's oral motion to suppress evidence on the first day of trial did not satisfy the requirements of O.C.G.A. § 17-5-30 b or Uniform Superior Court Rule

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

Hill v. State

Publication Date: 2000-10-06
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore Johnson Johnson & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S00A0859

Holiday v. State

Publication Date: 2000-09-22
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger J. Dodd and Sam D. Dennis Dodd & Dennis PC, Valdosta, for appellant.
for defendant: H. Lamar Cole, District Attorney, Bradley M. Shealy, J. Bennett Threlkeld, Assistant District Attorneys, Valdosta, Charles M. Stines, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S00A0886

The trial court properly admitted the prior inconsistent statements of three witnesses who testified at trial based on facts showing that the statements were voluntary and reliable under the circumst

Potter v. State

Publication Date: 2000-06-09
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Orin L. Alexis, Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Jon Hope, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S00A0506

Trial court properly granted state's motion to reopen the evi after defendant testified so that the state could introduce three newly-acquired photographs of defendant as rebuttal evi