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  • Folsom v. City of Jasper

    Publication Date: 2005-05-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven K. Leibel and Guy H. Weiss Casey Gilson Leibel PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Will H. Pickett Jr. Pickett, Pickett & Pickett PC, Jasper, for appellees.
    Case Number: S05A0021

    The city of Jasper's Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance contains a blanket prohibition against truthful, non-misleading speech about a lawful product in violation of the First Amen

  • Cody v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eldridge Suggs IV The Suggs Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A1334

    The trial court erred in granting the state's untimely motion to strike a witness's testimony after granting the defendant's motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evi

  • Martin v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin L. Albright and William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Michele C. Ivey and Stacey S. Jackson, Assistant District Attorneys, Columbus, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jennifer S. Gill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0691

    The defendant returned to the scene of an earlier altercation with the victim, attacked him and killed him with a

  • Morrison v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard E. Allen, Augusta, and Gary A. Alexion Legal Aid Society, New York, N.Y., for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, and Mitchell P. Watkins, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Michael M. Mears, Holly L. Geerdes, Multi-County Public Defenders, and Therese M. Day Office of Multi-County Public Defender, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S03A0049

    Evidence of the death defendant's crimes was admissible and relevant to show his mental ability and adaptive skills at his mental retardation

  • O'Heron v. Blaney

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hunter S. Allen Jr. and Kara A. Hicks Allen & Weathington PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Albert M. Pearson III Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Thomas S. Carlock, Daniel J. Huff, Eric J. Frisch Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Robert B. Remar Rogers & Hardin, Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Nicholas A. Lolito Georgia Assoc. of Criminal Defense, Atlanta, and George T. Jackson Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah.
    Case Number: S02G1784

    O.C.G.A. § 19-7-5 provides immunity to those who have reasonable cause to report suspected child abuse and for those who make such a report in good

  • Imerys Marble Co. v. J. M. Huber Corp.

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Wayne Phears Phears & Moldovan, Norcross, and Phil M. Landrum Jr. Landrum & Landrum, Jasper, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen W. Groves Seyfarth & Shaw, Thomas C. Harney Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, and David E. Ralston, Blue Ridge, for appellees.
    Case Number: S02A1401

    A testator could not impose a restriction on his children's ability to sell bequeathed mineral rights during their lifetime where the testator clearly intended to bequeath the mineral rights in fee s

  • Ramirez v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia A. Price, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1618

    The defendant was not entitled to new jury panel after two attorneys in a different case entered the courtroom during a recess shortly before final jury selection and discussed plea negotiations in

  • Yancey v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold S. Gulliver, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S02A0843

    A statement made by an individual who was under suspicion for the crimes in question did not meet the requirements for trustworthiness under the necessity exception to the hearsay

  • White v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold A. Sturdivant and Michele W. Ogletree Sullivan, Sturdivant & Ogletree PC, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom, District Attorney, Robert H. English, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1555

    Defendant's videotaped statement was admissible since he signed a written waiver after the officers read him his rights, he was a high school graduate and the officers did not threaten him or offer

  • Yancey v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold S. Gulliver, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S02A0843

    A statement made by an individual who was under suspicion for the crimes in question did not meet the requirements for trustworthiness under the necessity exception to the hearsay