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  • Durham v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley C. Adams III and Robert L. Wadkins Public Defender's Office, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Douglas L. Breault, Michael E. Craig, Assistant District Attorneys, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine R. Thrower, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1637

    An eyewitness identified the defendant as the gunman who fatally shot the victim and took his gold nec

  • Toomer v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin C. Armstrong Public Defender's Office, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory W. Edwards, District Attorney, Nicholas E. Deeb, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0976

    The Court disapproved of Division 5 of Walton v. State, 267 Ga. 713 1997, to the extent that it suggested that an appellate court is prohibited from considering a proponent's race-neutral explanatio

  • Arby's Rest. Grp. Inc. v. McRae

    Publication Date: 2012-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James H. Chandler, Andrew J. Hamilton Hamilton, Westby, Antonowich & Anderson LLC, and Matthew D. Walker Drew Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lawrence T. Clements and Bruce P. Johnson Clements & Sweet LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Clayton E. Robertson McLain & Merritt PC, Harold M. Bagley, Joseph B. Ward, Matthew D. Walker Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, John D. Blair, and Christopher T. Ross Ross & Levy LLC, Albany. Amicus Appellee: Todd K. Maziar Morgan & Morgan, Laura M. Shamp, Atlanta, Thomas A. Eaton University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, and Alex B. Wallach George & Wallach, Forest Park.
    Case Number: S12G0714

    The Workers' Compensation Board acted within its discretion in ordering the employee to sign a limited medical release authorizi treating physician to speak with her employer's counsel regard

  • Registe v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Manubir S. Arora Arora & Lascala LLC, and Stephen R. Scarborough, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, and Laura J. Murphree Prosecuting Attorney's Council, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1190

    The statute addressing mandatory or voluntary disclosure of electronic communications records to the government, 18 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq., allows the voluntary release of non-content records, includ

  • Rice v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh B. Merchant The Merchant Law Firm PC, Marietta, and Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, John R. Edwards, Anna G. Cross, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorneys General, and Richard Tangum, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Brian Kammer Georgia Resource Center, and Richard A. Malone Prosecuting Attorneys' Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S12P1309

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions and death sentences arising from the murders of his former employer's wife and 14-year-ol

  • Simmons v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wilson B. Mitcham Jr. The Mitchem Law Firm, Gray, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gray, Stephen A. Bradley, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Eatonton, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0808

    The circumstantial evidence, including the defendant's DNA in dried seminal fluid on the victim's leg and lower abdomen, supported his malice murder convi

  • Lanham v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig T. Pearson Public Defender's Office Hinesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, Ronald J. Poirier, Gregory M. McConnell, Assistant District Attorneys, Hinesville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Brittany N. Jones, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Dawn Warren, Richmond Hill, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1348

    The state met its burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that venue was properly in Bryan county, as the evidence supported a finding that the cause of death was inflicted

  • Wilcher v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorneys, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Dana E. Weinberger, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1146

    The trial court did not err in admitting certain crime scene photographs because they showed different angles of the scene, the position of t tim's body, and the nature, location and extent of

  • Smith v. Ellis

    Publication Date: 2012-09-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard C. Mitchell Mitchell & Shapiro, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jeremy R. Davis, Scott D. Huray and Christopher A. Whitlock Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1174

    Ridley v. Monroe, regarding no liability settlements under O.C.G.A. § 34-9-15 was correctly decided, but even under Ridley, the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers' Compensation Act did not au

  • Abston v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-09-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, Frank M. Pennington II, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0877

    The defendant had the v s blood on his jeans and boots, and the defendant had a motive and opportunity to kill the v