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  • Perry v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren H. Williamson Hall & Williamson PC, Albany, for Nashon Perry. Ellis R. Garnett, Augusta, for Clyde. Edward R. Collier Collier & Gamble, Dawson, for James Perry. Charles M. Ferguson, District Attorney, Cuthbert, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S03A0053; S03A0054; S03A0055

    The trial court did not unfairly state the law in relation to the defendants' rights when it repeated certain charges to the

  • George v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. Strauss, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0545

    Defendant's convictions for malice murder and aggravated assault involving different victims did not

  • Georgia Dep't of Human Resources v. Sweat

    Publication Date: 2003-05-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Nina J. Edidin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Charles R. Reddick, Homerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: E. Kontz Bennett Jr., Waycross, Daryl G. Lecroy, Atlanta, and Samuel Sweat, Pearson, for appellees. Amicus appellants: Rebecca A. Hoelting Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Found., Sheila K. Chrzan, Vicky O. Kimbrell, Lisa J. Krisher and Phyllis J. Holmen, Atlanta. Amicus appellees: William C. Akins, Gainesville, Daniel A. Bloom Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, David A. Webster and Ashley Carraway, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S03A0179

    Georgia's statutory child support guidelines are constitut

  • Cochran v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barry M. Hazen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Andrew J. Saliba, Amy H. McChesney, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1633

    The trial court erred in charging that the jury could infer defendant's intent to kill from his use of a deadly w

  • Capote v. Ray

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger A. Baruch Center for Prisoners' Legal Assistance, Alpharetta, and James C. Bonner Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, and Sharon D. Stokes, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1179

    The defendant's appeal of the dismissal of his habeas petition was not subject to dismissal under Fullwood v. Sivley, 271 Ga. 248 1999, even though he failed to file an application for a certificate

  • Meeks v. City of Buford

    Publication Date: 2002-10-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony O. Powell Webb, Tanner & Powell LLP, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Dana K. Maine Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, and Gregory D. Jay Chandler & Britt LLC, Buford, for appellees.
    Case Number: S02A0698

    Plaintiffs had no vested rights to utilize their property in accordance with an unexercised zoning because plaintiffs made no substantial expenditures in rel on the var

  • Allgood Farm LLC v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2002-09-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bobby L. Cook Cooke & Connelly, Summerville, Phillip A. Bradley & Sheryl L. McCalla McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Albert C. Palmour Jr. and Johnny R. Dennis Albert Palmour, Summerville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S02A0410

    Defendant did not have superior title in a case involving mineral rights to certain land because plaintiffs' mineral interests predated defendant's ownership of the land by nearly 100 years and defe

  • Johnson v. Riverdale Anesthesia Assocs. PC

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary Hill Hill & Bleiberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . H. Andrew Owen Jr., Amy J. Kolczak Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, and Larry K. Evans Evans & Evans, Griffin, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Robert P. Monyak, Lucas W. Andrews Love, Willingham, Peters, Gilleland &Monyak, Philip C. Henry Henry, Spiegel, Fried & Milling LLP, Charles A. Mathis Jr. Middleton, Mathis, Adams & Tate PC, Atlanta, J. Vincent Cook Cook, Noell, Tolley, Bates & Michael, Athens, and Joel O. Wooten Jr. Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer, Daugherty & Sullivan, Columbus.
    Case Number: S01G1138

    The trial court properly excluded plaintiffs' irrelevant questions regarding what a defense expert would personally have done under the circumstances since the applicable standard of care is one emp

  • Young v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Chambless, Dawn G. Benson and Charles K. Wainright II Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless LLP, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Frank J. Klosik Jr. and Robert J. McCune Greer, Klosik & Daugherty, Atlanta, for appellee. Neutral Amicus Representation: Antoinette D. Johnson Smolar & Assocs., Atlanta. Amicus Appellant: H. Andrew Owen Jr., Roger E. Harris Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, David A. Cook, William T. Clark, Atlanta, Temple Sellers, Decatur, and Marilyn J. Allen, Marietta.
    Case Number: S01G0589

    The 2-year statute of limitation for medical malpractice claims does not provide for the commencement of the limitation period upon the termination of a health care provider's treatment of a p

  • Luke v. Battle

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcus C. Chamblee Center for Prisoners' Legal Assistance, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S02A0088

    The habeas court erred in applying the pipeline rule to the defendant's habeas petition based on the decision in Brewer v. State, 271 Ga. 605 1999, which established a new rule of substantiv