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  • Pena v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-07-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Tracie H. Cason, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0430

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for malice murder and related crimes, as the jury was entitled to reject his self-defense

  • Dailey v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-07-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Danny L. Durham Durham Crane Law Firm PC, Augusta, and Charles R. Sheppard, Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Joshua B. Smith 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 Jason M. Rea, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0587

    The trial judge's comments to defense counsel in the jury's presence, although unnecessary, in no way constituted the type of direct comment on the substance or weight of the evidence that runs afou

  • O'Connell v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-07-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Dan W. Mayfield, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, 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: S15A0344

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault after she and her adoptive sister strangled their adoptive mother to

  • Sims v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-07-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beau A. Worthington Coxen Worthington LLC, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, Roberta A. Earnhardt, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Dabney Y. Kentner, Assistant District Attorney, Conyers, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason M. Rea, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0182

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions in connection with the death of his girlfriend's nearly 3-year-ol

  • Neuman v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert G. Rubin, Douglas N. Peters Peters, Rubin Sheffield PA, Decatur, and J. Scott Key Miller Key PA, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Anna G. Cross, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, 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: S15A0011

    The trial court erred in admitting a psychologist's and a psychiatrist's records related to their evaluation of the defendant for purposes of consulting with his defense team, since that evidence wa

  • Ferguson v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tobe C. Karrh, Public Defender, Swainsboro, and Johnny E. C. Vines, Public Defender, Lyons, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Joshua B. Smith 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 Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0309

    The jury was authorized to disbelieve the defendant's testimony that he stabbed the two victims in self-defense, particularly in light of evidence that appeared at odds with the defendant's ac

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Kleinrock, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Lisa A. Jones, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0614

    The trial court's comments regarding the source of the witness's discomfort on the stand did not amount to an improper comment on her credib

  • Trimble v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nancy L. Anderson and Latesha Y. Bradley Anderson Bradley, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Valdosta, Harriet M. Thomas, Assistant District Attorney, Moultrie, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0040

    Following its grant of a new trial, the trial court properly declined to conduct a second Jackson-Denno hearing to consider anew the admissibility of the defendant's custodial statement, since O.C.G

  • Daughtry v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael G. Schiavone Jackson Schiavone, and Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, Keith A. McIntyre, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1840

    The defendant failed to prove his 10 ineffective assistance of counsel claims after he was convicted of murder and other serious c

  • SJN Props. LLC v. Fulton County Bd. of Assessors

    Publication Date: 2015-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John F. Woodham Woodham Law LLC, Robert D. Feagin, Atlanta, and Irwin W. Stolz Jr. Hurt Stolz LLC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . R. David Ware, Cheryl M. A. Ringer, Shalanda M. J. Miller Fulton County Attorney's Office, and Cary Ichter Ichter Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellees: Glenn R. Thomson Alston Bird, Atlanta, and Clark R. Calhoun Alston Bird LLP, Los Angeles, Calif..
    Case Number: S14A1493

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to the Fulton County Board of Assessors in a taxpayer's lawsuit challenging the Board's valuation methodology in connection with ad valorem taxes a