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  • Smart v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tanya F. Miller, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret E. Heap, District Attorney, Christine S. Barker, Jennifer P. Guyer, Lyndsey H. Rudder, Assistant District Attorneys, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Scott O. Teague, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0393

    The evidence was sufficient to support the defendant's convictions for malice murder and related offenses in connection with the beating death of his wife in the presence of her youn

  • 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

  • Baker v. Wellstar Health Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason R. Manton The Manton Law Firm LLC, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Henry D. Green Jr. and Mary P. Adams Green & Sapp LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellants: Traci G. Courville Oates & Courville, Columbus, and J. Marcus E. Howard Pope & Howard PC, Atlanta. Amicus Appellees: Thomas S. Carlock, Eric J. Frisch Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Brian W. Looby, Donald J. Palmisano Jr. Medical Ass'n of Ga., Simuel F. Doster Jr. and Hunter S. Allen Jr. Allen, McCain & O'Mahoney PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S10A0994

    The qualified protective order granted in this case was too broad, because the order should have limited the defendant's inquiry to matters relevant to the plaintiff's medical condition, which are a

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald R. Akin, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Dan Trimble, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A1945

    The defendant was not entitled to a charge on mere presence, since evidence that the 15-month-old victim's extensive injuries and the fact that she would have been vomiting for 2-4 hours before her

  • 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

  • Harmon v. Harmon

    Publication Date: 2005-12-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Akin Akin & Tate LLC, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hannibal F. Heredia Perrotta, Cahn & Prieto PC, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05F1812

    An equitable div of property does not necessarily mean an equal div

  • Scott v. Scott

    Publication Date: 2003-04-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Browning Browning & Tanksley LLP, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Russell D. King and Patrick N. Millsaps Dupree, Poole & King, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1909

    The Court repudiated the holding in Holder v. Holder, 226 Ga. 254 1970 and disapproved of the opinion in Carr v. Carr, 207 Ga. App. 611 1993, to the extent that automatic custody change provisions i