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  • Gamble v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-09-14
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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, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1223

    The trial court's Allen charge was not impermissibly coercive, regardless of the fact that the trial court gave the charge after 2.5 hours of deliberation and the jury returned a verdict less than

  • Cartwright v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-09-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, William D. Hocutt IV, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Dana E. Weinberger, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0686

    A defendant failed to prove his ineffective assistance of counsel claims in his trial for felony murder and a firearms of

  • Brine v. Shipp

    Publication Date: 2012-07-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela A. Woodall, Hiram, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. Cable Jr. Talley, Richardson & Cable, Wayne D. Keaton, Dallas, Jamie G. Averett, Cartersville, and Scott W. Shaw Shawe Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12F0626

    The superior court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to terminate the husband/legal father's rights in the legitimation proceeding that the biological father/intervenor brought as part of this divo

  • Griffin v. Terry

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: August F. Siemon III, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0634

    To show prejudice under Strickland where appellate counsel ineffectiveness is alleged due to the failure to assert an error that carries presumed prejudice on direct appeal, the appellant must esta

  • Couch v. Red Roof Inns Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Davis K. Loftin, Jeffrey N. Mykkeltvedt Mykkeltvedt & Loftin LLC, Gilbert H. Deitch and Andrew T. Rogers Deitch & Rogers LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Burke B. Johnson Buckley King LPA, Gainesville, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Charles M. Cork III, Macon. Amicus Appellee: Jacob E. Daly and Sun S. Choy Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta. Neutral Amicus: Thomas A. Eaton, Michael L. Wells University of Ga. Law Sch. and Andrew J. Hill III Blasingame Burch Garrard & Ashley PC, Athens.
    Case Number: S12Q0625

    A jury is allowed to apportion damages among a property owner and criminal assailant and jury charges or a special verdict form requiring such apportionment would not violate a plaintiff's constitut

  • Mathis v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long D. Vo Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine R. Thrower, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0126

    The trial court did not err in allowing the victim's friend to testify under the necessity exception to the hearsay rule about the victim's statement regarding threats he received from the defendan

  • Danenberg v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Bell Jr. Bell & Brigham, Augusta, and Robert W. Cullen, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gregory L. Bushway, Keagan W. Goodrich, Assistant District Attorneys, Gray, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0524

    The statutory procedure for appointing a psychiatrist to examine defendants who raise an insanity defense did not violate the defendant's due process r

  • Crosson v. Conway

    Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maureen C. Crosson, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Teresa B. Klein District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee. Neutral Amicus: J. David Miller, District Attorney Prosecuting Atty's Council of Ga., Gary D. Bergman Prosecuting Atty's Council of Ga., Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.Attorneys
    Case Number: S12A0328

    Hicks v. Scott, 273 Ga. 358 2001 is overruled, and compliance with the procedural requirements of O.C.G.A. § 9-14-52 is required for appellate jurisdiction over all habeas peti

  • Chance v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katherine M. Mason Public Defender's Office, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashley Wright, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0684

    The trial court erred in sentencing the defendant for both felony murder and the underlying of

  • Ortiz v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-05-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason R. Hasty, Katherine M. Mason and David V. Weber Public Defender's Office, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel H. Altman, District Attorney, Kelly A. Jenkins, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine R. Thrower, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0433

    One conviction for aggravated assault should have merged into the defendant's malice murder conviction, as there was no deliberate interval between a shot to the first victim's arm and the fatal sho