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  • Patel v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul S. Liston, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott L. Ballard, District Attorney, Randall K. Coggin, Assistant District Attorney, Fayetteville, and Cindy L. Spindler, Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07A0889

    The defendant was entitled to a mistrial, after the trial court improperly expressed its opinion during defense counsel's opening that the state had established venue in Fayette c

  • Stokes v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-05-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, Atlantic Beach, Fla., for Stokes. Robert L. Crowe, Brunswick, for Hobdy. Joseph E. East, Kingsland, for Tinsley. Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Edwina M. Watkins, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S07A0163; S07A0164; S07A0165

    The defendants rode around in the first defendant's SUV and participated in a drive-by shooting, killing one victim, hitting the second victim under the eye and striking the third victim twice in th

  • Cooper v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-04-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Edwina M. Watkins, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07A0040

    The defendant put a gun to the victim's head, ordered him to put money from a laundromat's change machine into a bag, then shot him numerous times, killin

  • Blue Moon Cycle Inc. v. Jenkins

    Publication Date: 2007-03-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Youngblood and Laura V. Benesh William R. Youngblood PC, Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Duane A. Jenkins, Duluth, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: S06G1136

    Immunity from civil liability pursuant to the deposit account fraud statute, O.C.G.A. § 16-9-20 is not limited to cases when the action is brought by the person, who signed the

  • Upchurch v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2006-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deanna H. Powell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew D. Gansereit Allen, Kopet & Boyd PLLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A1099

    Jurisdiction over the appellant's petition to modify child custody was in ounty, despite the mother's move to California with the children, since it was undisputed that the children resided in

  • Jones v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert S. Stubbs III Banks, Stubbs, Neville & Cunat LLP, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert J. Grayson Edwards, Friedewald & Grayson, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0388

    The father waived his right to seek downward modification of alimony in form of child support below a pre-determined $1,657.68 per month "floor am

  • Dickens v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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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, John S. Melvin, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Julie A. Adams, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A2077

    Trial counsel's proffer of an uncalled witness's testimony constituted hearsay and could not serve to establish the defendant's claim that the witness's testimony would have been relevant and favo

  • Chatman v. Mancill

    Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Pereira Thompson & Sweeny PC, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A1862

    The rationale behind the opinion in Ryan v. Thomas, 261 Ga. 661 1991-that one member of the public defender's office could not reasonably be expected to assert or argue the ineffective assistance of

  • Farrish v. Farrish

    Publication Date: 2005-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gus L. Wood III Wood, Odom & Edge PA, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Delia T. Crouch, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05F1180

    The appellant appropriated marital assets after the parties separation, which he did not account for, and he accumulated substantial debt supporting his paramour and her family to the detriment of

  • Nixon v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell & Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Brunswick, John B. Johnson III, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jesup, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Raina J. Nadler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A0267

    The defendant shot the victim twice in response to a heated arg