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Hardman v. Hardman

Publication Date: 2014-09-30
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Noell Jr. and Kevin G. Sweat Cook Noell Tolley & Bates LLP, Athens, for appellant.
for defendant: J. Matthew Anthony, Nancy I. Jordan, and C. Wilbur Warner Jr. Warner, Bates, McCough, McGinnis & Portnoy, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Roger B. Lane, Brunswick.
Case Number: S14A1187

The trial court erred in applying the doctrine of res judicata "mechanically" in the context of a divorce

Brown v. State

Publication Date: 2014-09-26
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin D. Goldberg, Mableton, for appellant.
for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Billy J. Dixon, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Clint C. Malcolm, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S14A0901

The defendant lacked standing to contest the search of an apar since he failed to show that he had a legitimate expectation of privacy in the apar

Moore v. State

Publication Date: 2014-09-25
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Agis R. Bray III Public Defender's Office, Jonesboro, for appellant.
for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Vicki S. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Frances C. Kuo, Decatur, for appellee.
Case Number: S14A0988

The evidence authorized the jury to disbelieve the defendant's claim of self-defense in his murder

Choisnet v. State

Publication Date: 2014-07-18
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Margaret E. Heap, District Attorney, Isabel M. Pauley, Shalena C. Jones, Assistant District Attorneys, Savannah, 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: S14A0578

The evidence was far from clear as to whether the defendant acted as the result of any delusional compulsion when he beat, stabbed and strangled his elderly father to

Johnson v. State

Publication Date: 2014-07-03
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nancy L. Anderson Anderson & Bradley, Valdosta, for appellant.
for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Jessica W. Clark, Tracy K. Chapman, Assistant District Attorneys, Valdosta, 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: S14A0558

The defendant's convictions and sentences for aggravated assault and armed robbery should have merged into his felony murder convictions predicated on those off

In the Matter of John B. Tucker

Publication Date: 2014-06-18
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
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Case Number: S14Y0413

The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and imposed a 6-month suspension, but noted that the bankruptcy court's imposition of prior punishment for the same conduct

June 16, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Court Acts on Four Lawyer Discipline Cases

On June 11 and on Monday, the Supreme Court of Georgia issued the following discipline decisions: In the Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: June 11, 2014 S14Y0561.

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Peoples v. State

Publication Date: 2014-04-17
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key, Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, James A. Dooley, Emily K. Richardson, Assistant District Attorneys, Douglasville, 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: S13A1893

The Supreme Court was divided 4-3 in affirming the defendant's convictions for felony murder and related c

Crawford v. State

Publication Date: 2014-04-03
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maryann F. Blend, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Justin D. Unger District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, 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: S13A1875

Cellular phone records provided circumstantial corroboration of a co-conspirator's testimony that the defendant was involved in a home invasion burglary, false imprisonment and murder of the victim,

Hartsfield v. State

Publication Date: 2014-04-03
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Kleinrock, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jerry W. Chappell II, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S13A1608

The evidence, including the testimony of two co-conspirators implicating the defendant in the crimes, supported his convictions for felony murder, armed robbery and aggravated as