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  • Young v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Jr. and Genevieve Holmes Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, 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 Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0747

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting into evidence a handgun investigators found near the defendant at the time of his arrest, since the gun was evidence of the circumstances su

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter K. Odom The Odom Law Firm, Marietta, and Mary Katherine Durant Durant Law LLC, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, John R. Edwards, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Vicki S. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0796

    The trial court's refusal to give the defendant's requested jury instruction on accident did not affect the outcome of the trial, as the jury's conclusion that the defendant acted with malice necess

  • Steis v. Steis

    Publication Date: 2015-07-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel D. Almon, Leah W. Sears, Crystal L. Conway Schiff Hardin LLP, Nancy F. Lawler, and Amy K. Sullivan Lawler Green Prinz LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nancy I. Jordan and Kathy L. Portnoy Warner, Bates, McGough, McGinnis Portnoy, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Anne E. Barnes Georgia Court of Appeals, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S15A0244

    There were genuine issues of fact remaining as to whether certain property acquired during the parties' marriage was husband's separate property under the terms of the parties' prenuptial agreement

  • Rai v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-07-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth A. Brandenburg Shein Brandenburg, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Lori L. Canfield, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Vicki S. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0243

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for murder, burglary and related offenses after he hired accomplices to kill his daughter-in-law because he disapproved of his son's interracial m

  • 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