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  • Dennis v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-09-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy L. Eidson, Cordele, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, Cordele, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Rochelle W. Gordon, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0758

    The defendant's admission that he and his brother removed both victims from the first victim's vehicle, bound them with electrical ties and duct tape, and then placed the first victim in the back se

  • Taylor Morrison Servs. Inc. v. HDI-Gerling Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2013-07-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie A. Lierly, Caroline W. Spangenberg, and Ellen P. McCarley Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Anthony P. Tatum King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Kevin P. Branch, Dana M. Mango McMickle, Kurey & Branch LLP, Alpharetta, Zachary D. Tripp, Martin M. McNerney, Taylor T. Lankford King & Spalding LLP, Washington, D. C., and Ryan M. Suerth, Madison, Conn. Michael P. Bruyere Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, and Ann T. Kirk Fields Howell Athans & McLaughlin LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Linda B. Foster Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, John S. Berry McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, Laura Foggan, and Matthew W. Beato Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D. C.
    Case Number: S13Q0462

    The Supreme Court answered two certified questions related a standard commercial general liability insurance p

  • State v. Worsley

    Publication Date: 2013-07-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, William D. Kelly Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Dana E. Weinberger, and Sabrina D. Graham, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0132

    The defendant's sentencing counsel was not required to present all mitigating evidence in opposition to the death penalty, and his strategic decision to not present some evidence was reaso

  • Brunson v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy L. Ihrig Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, David E. Perry, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Frank M. Pennington II, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0273

    The evidence did not support a jury instruction on self-defense since the record showed that the defendant denied shooting anyone, he threatened the victim with a revolver and the victim did not hav

  • Faircloth v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin C. Armstrong Public Defender's Office, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory W. Edwards, District Attorney, Matthew Breedon, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Christopher S. Cohilas, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Kenneth W. Mishoe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0480

    Testimony from the victim's son and work colleague regarding statements the victim made as to the state of her relationship with defendant were admissible under the necessity exception to the hearsa

  • Durden v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth W. Sheppard, Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Clint C. Malcolm, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0026

    The Court vacated the defendant's separate sentence for family violence aggravated assault, overruling Hall v. State, 287 Ga. 755 2010, and holding that the family violence aggravated assault convic

  • Goodman v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Donnelly, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gray, Alison T. Burleson, Assistant District Attorney, Madison, 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: S13A0571

    The trial court's failure to obtain the def 's consent before holding the trial in a location other than the county courthouse, which was under renovation, was not reversible error since the de

  • Brock v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer L. Lewis Public Defender's Office, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0443

    The defendant failed to prove that the 8-year delay before trial violated his right to a speedy trial after he was charged with m

  • You v. JP Morgan Chase Bank NA

    Publication Date: 2013-05-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Ates, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Amicus Appellant: Charles R. Bliss, Karen E. Brown, John R. Bartholomew IV Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc., and David A. Webster, Atlanta. Shanon J. McGinnis, Joseph D. Wargo, Michael Wolak III, Julie C. Jared, Amy L. Hanna Wargo & French LLP, Atlanta, Sarah B. Akins, Megan U. Manly, and Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Monica K. Gilroy and Tania T. Trumble Dickenson Gilroy LLC, Alpharetta.
    Case Number: S13Q0040

    In considering three certified questions regarding the operation of Georgia's law governing non-judicial foreclosure, the Supreme Court held that the holder of a deed to secure debt does not have to

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. V. Weston Trotter Jones LLP, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Titus T. Nichols District Attorney's Office, Augusta, 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: S13A0605

    The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for felony murder in connection with the death of her 3-year-old son after she administered methadone t