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  • Wesley v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: DuPont K. Cheney Jr. Cheney & Baskin LLC, Greensboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Stephany J. Luttrell, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1376

    The defendant approached the unarmed victim and fatally shot him in the

  • Lackey v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa L. Smith, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Melanie M. Bell, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Sheila E. Gallow, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1215

    The evidence did not support the defendant's conviction for obstruction, since the defendant immediately complied when the pursuing officer ordered him to

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew B. Margolis 9Conaway, Strickler & Margolis PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Attorney General, Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1260

    The pretrial photo array and individual photos, which an eyewitness used to identify the defendant, were not impermissibly sugge

  • Everetteze v. Clark

    Publication Date: 2009-10-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vincent D. Hyman, Robert L. Martin, Carmen R. Alexander and Robert D. Ware County Attorneys' Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert J. Proctor and Christopher M. Porterfield Proctor Hutchins, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1354

    Although the county Board of Equalization members are public officers, subject to quo warranto, a quo warranto petition may only be filed by leave of court and the appellee did not seek leave of cou

  • City of Atlanta v. Hotels.com LLP

    Publication Date: 2009-04-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles N. Pope, R. Timothy Morrison, Wade H. Tomlinson III, Neal K. Pope, William U. Norwood III, Michael L. McGlamry Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, Robert M. Travis, John R. Bielema Jr. and L. Lin Wood Jr. Bryan, Cave, Powell Goldstein LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emmett J. Bondurant Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Edward K. Smith, Robin A. Schmahl Jones Day, Atlanta, Carol L. Morris, Alpharetta, James P. Karen, Deborah S. Sloan Jones Day, Dallas, Texas, David F. McDoweel Morrison & Foerster, Darrel J. Hieber Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, Calif., Karen L. Valihura Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Willington, DE, Elizabeth B. Herrington McDermott, Will & Emery LLP and David J. Stagman Katten, Muchin & Rosenman LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellee. Amicus appellant: Robert C. Lamar, David W. Davenport Lamar, Archer & Cofrin LLP, John W. Crongeyer Vroon & Crongeyer LLP, Susan J. Moore, Ted C. Baggett Georgia Municipal Ass'n, Kevin A. Ross, James F. Grubiak, Michele L. NeSmith, Atlanta, Walter J. Gordon Sr. The Gordon Law Firm, Hartwell, David C. Archer Archer & Lovell PC, Cartersville, Robert M. Brinson, Norman S. Fletcher, J. Anderson Davis, Samuel L. Lucas and Ansel F. Beacham III Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler & Richardson, Rome. Amicus appellee: Charles S. Johnson III and Raymond P. Carpenter Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S08G0568

    The city should not be required to submit to the administrative process set forth in the enabling statutes and hotel t inance, until the threshold legal issue of the applicability of the hotel

  • Murrell v. Young

    Publication Date: 2009-04-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: McNeill Stokes, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1772

    The record showed that the defendant was represented by counsel at his hearing on his extraordinary motion for new

  • O'Neill v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary V. Bowman, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and David E. Slemons, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08G0708

    Even if statement co-conspirator uttered after the conspiracy had ended could be considered, it provided a reasonable alternative to explain the defendant's condition so as to indicate that he may h

  • Henderson v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, Sandra G. Matson, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1478

    Evidence of the movement of the victims from one room to another was not an inherent part of the armed robbery and supported the defendant's kidnapping convi

  • Magistrate Court of DeKalb County v. Fleming

    Publication Date: 2008-11-07
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    Case Number: S08A1060

    The trial court erred in considering the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's petition for mandamus and prohibition challenging the DeKalb County Magi Court and selected mag

  • Magistrate Court of DeKalb County v. Fleming

    Publication Date: 2008-10-03
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    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
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    Case Number: S08A1060

    The trial court erred in considering the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's petition for mandamus and prohibition challenging the DeKalb County Magi Court and selected mag