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  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan P. Waters, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, Eugene Felton Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Macon, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Frank M. Gaither Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A2098

    The defendant failed to show that his trial counsel was defi

  • Henry v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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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: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Chad E. Jacobs, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A1077

    The state proved venue in Fulton c through the officers' testimony that the victim was shot in an area located in that c

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-03-19
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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, Alvera A. Wheeler, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Julie A. Adams, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A0290

    The state proved venue in Fulton C through the accomplice's and detective's testimony that the victim was shot in an area located in that c

  • Bodne v. Bodne

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Allison Jr., Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hope C. Allen and John C. Mayoue Warner, Mayoue, Bates, Nolen & Collar, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03G0275

    Ormandy v. Odum, 217 Ga. App. 780 1995, and other Georgia cases are overruled to the extent they presume that a custodial parent has a prima facie right to retain custody, unless the objecting paren

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven H. Sadow, Atlanta, and Bobby L. Cook Cook & Connelly, Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Anne E. Green, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0968

    Defendant failed to show how he was harmed by the trial court's decision to dead docket two extra offenses, which the grand jury mistakenly included on the face of the indic

  • Rush v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier C. Dicks, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Rosemary Brewer, Thomas S. Clegg, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jennifer S. Gill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0554

    Defendant voluntarily and knowingly waived his right to appeal beyond a motion for new trial in exchange for the state's agreement not to seek the death pe

  • Belsar v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Patricia G. Hull, Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1862

    Defendant and the other assailants returned to an apartment complex with the specific intent to ambush the victims and they bragged about shooting someone in the face after the c

  • Unified Gov't of Athens-Clarke County v. Watson

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles N. Pursley Jr. Pursley, Howell, Lowery & Meeks LLC, Atlanta, and William C. Berryman Jr. McLeod, Benton, Begnaud & Marshall LLC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Edward Allen and Richard L. Ford Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Anne W. Sapp Dwyer, White & Sapp, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S02G1269

    Evidence that the condemned property was previously zoned for multi-family use, in addition to expert evidence that the property would probably be rezoned for that use, satisfied the standard set f

  • Hale v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Storms, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, and Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0069

    Defense counsel was not deficient for failing to procure a psychiatric evaluation or challenge defendant's competency to stand trial, despite defendant's heart condition and diabetes, since defendan

  • Dawson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas M. West and Robert H. Citronberg, Atlanta, for Dawson. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Susan W. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for the state. Amicus appellant: Emmet J. Bondurant Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore, Robert L. Tsai American Civil Liberties Union, Natsu T. Saito Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, and Amy G. Donnella, St. Davids, Penn.Michael Mears, MultiCounty Public Defender, Stephen B. Bright Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, and Althea L. Buafo Buafo & Assocs., Macon, for Moore. Timothy G. Vaughn, District Attorney, Eastman, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for the state. Amicus appellant: Emmet J. Bondurant Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: S01A1041, S01A1210

    The future use of electrocution as a means of executing death sentences in Georgia would violate the Georgia Constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punis