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  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Kleinrock, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Lisa A. Jones, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0614

    The trial court's comments regarding the source of the witness's discomfort on the stand did not amount to an improper comment on her credib

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Zina B. Gumbs, Assistant District Attorneys, A'Sheika L. Penn, Assistant Solicitor General, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Andrew G. Sims, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0310

    The challenged jury instructions in the defendant's murder trial did not constitute plain

  • Trimble v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nancy L. Anderson and Latesha Y. Bradley Anderson Bradley, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Valdosta, Harriet M. Thomas, Assistant District Attorney, Moultrie, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0040

    Following its grant of a new trial, the trial court properly declined to conduct a second Jackson-Denno hearing to consider anew the admissibility of the defendant's custodial statement, since O.C.G

  • Daughtry v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael G. Schiavone Jackson Schiavone, and Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, Keith A. McIntyre, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1840

    The defendant failed to prove his 10 ineffective assistance of counsel claims after he was convicted of murder and other serious c

  • Woodard v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long D. Vo, Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Christopher R. Geel, Mount Pleasant, S.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Anna G. Cross, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1532

    The Supreme Court overruled Heard v. State, 261 Ga. 262 1991, which held that O.C.G.A. § 16-3-21 subsection b 2—stating that the use of force in defense of oneself or others is not justified if the

  • SJN Props. LLC v. Fulton County Bd. of Assessors

    Publication Date: 2015-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John F. Woodham Woodham Law LLC, Robert D. Feagin, Atlanta, and Irwin W. Stolz Jr. Hurt Stolz LLC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . R. David Ware, Cheryl M. A. Ringer, Shalanda M. J. Miller Fulton County Attorney's Office, and Cary Ichter Ichter Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellees: Glenn R. Thomson Alston Bird, Atlanta, and Clark R. Calhoun Alston Bird LLP, Los Angeles, Calif..
    Case Number: S14A1493

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to the Fulton County Board of Assessors in a taxpayer's lawsuit challenging the Board's valuation methodology in connection with ad valorem taxes a

  • Favors v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Arthur C. Walton, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1797

    The court erred with respect to the merger of certain counts in the defendant's murder

  • Hill v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2015-04-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leah M. Singleton McKenna, Long Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, J. Scott Key Miller Key PA, McDonough, and Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore Mercer Law School, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1352

    Although the indictment did not expressly charge the defendant with ory rape, the indictment as a whole afforded him constitutionally adequate notice that he could be convicted at trial of the

  • Jeffrey v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Kathryn L. Powers, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1418

    The Supreme Court overruled Durden v. State, 293 Ga. 89 2013, holding that a family violence aggravated assault verdict did not merge as a matter of law into a malice murder verdict as to the same v

  • Cordero v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheueli C. Wang Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Joshua D. Morrison, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorneys, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1336

    The trial court properly declined to merge the defendant's conviction for cruelty to children arising from events that occurred on and between September 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007, with his felony