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  • Gwinnett County Sch. Dist. v. Cox

    Publication Date: 2011-06-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles P. Aaron, Gerald M. Edenfield, Susan W. Cox Edenfield, Cox, Bruce & Classens PC, Statesboro, T. Joshua R. Archer, Michael J. Bowers, Joshua M. Moore Balch & Bingham LLP, Thomas A. Cox, Atlanta, Santana T. Flanigan, A.J. Welch Jr. Smith, Welch & Brittain LLP, McDonough, and Timothy N. Shepherd, Griffin, for appellants. Bruce P. Brown, Ellen C. Carothers, Jeremy T. Berry McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Stefan E. Ritter, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Judson H. Turner and Robert L. Fortson Turner, Bachman & Garrett LLC, Marietta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Phillip L. Hartley, Martha M. Pearson Harben, Hartley & Hawkins LLP, Gainesville, and Michael E. Kramer Buckley & Klein LLP, Atlanta. Amicus Appellee: Sarina M. Russotto Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Joshua B. Belinfante, Alexia R. Ross Robbinsfreed, Atlanta, Michael M. Middleton, Mark D. Johnson Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin PC, Brunswick, and Andrew W. Broy, Oak Park, Ill.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S10A1773

    The state constitution grants exclusive control of K-12 public education to local county and area boards of education and the 2008 Georgia Charter Schools Commission Act clearly and palpably violat

  • Davidson v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-05-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key, McDonough, for appellant. James D. McDade, District Attorney, James A. Dooley, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sheila E. Gallow, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11A0120

    The trial court did not err in declining to instruct the jury on voluntary manslaughter because the defendant's own testimony showed that he did not shoot victim in the heat of pa

  • In the Matter of Robbie M. Levin

    Publication Date: 2011-05-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Colette R. Steel, Atlanta. Dean C. Bucci Plumley & Bucci LLC, Dallas.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11Y0598

    An attorney, who pled guilty to misdemeanor distribution of obscene material and criminal attempt to commit interference with custody, was suspended for 24 months with conditions on reinstat

  • Collier v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheueli C. Wang Georgia Public Defender Standards Council Appellate Division, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Mary K. Ware, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A0050

    Any error in the trial court's jury charge on impeachment of a witness by his or her conviction on a drug offense was harmless in light of the jury instruction as a whole, which made plain that the

  • Huling v. Huling

    Publication Date: 2011-03-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Stein, St. Marys, and Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James B. Durham and Audra L. Rizzi-Gegg Durham, McHugh & Duncan PC, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10F1591

    Because the plaintiffs induced and expressly acquiesced in the allegedly erroneous judgment at the jury charge conference, the Court refused to entertain their allegation of error on a

  • Newsome v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernadette C. Crucilla Crucilla Law Firm, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, Nancy S. Malcor, Dorothy V. Hull, Assistant District Attorneys, Macon, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Amy E. H. Morelli, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1905

    The defendants' two life sentences for murdering the same victim were surpl

  • Simmons v. Simmons

    Publication Date: 2011-03-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Powell, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wanda L. Barnett, Jefferson, and David A. Webster, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10F1818

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in requiring that husband maintain life insurance for the benefit of his child in an amount that exceeded his cumulative child support obligation because

  • Gear v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-02-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward D. Tolley and Ronald E. Houser Cook, Noell, Tolley & Bates LLP, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, James V. Chafin, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1387

    Evidence that the defendant fatally shot the victim supported his convictions for murder, aggravated assault and a firearms of

  • Adams v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-02-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rafe Banks III and Daisy D. Weeks, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, and Theodore G. Cassert, Assistant District Attorney, Dawsonville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1563

    Neither alleg nor proof of the defendant's age, was necessary to show his capacity for committing child molest and aggravated child molest

  • Chapa v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-02-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael C. Garrett Garrett, Gilliard & Saul, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel H. Altman, District Attorney, John A. Fitzner III, Assistant District Attorney, Mary K. McKinnon District Attorney's Office, Swainsboro, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sheila E. Gallow, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1639

    The evidence, including the defendant's blood at the crime scene, supported the defendant's murder convi