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  • Babbage v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Musa M. Ghanayem Ghanayem Rayasam LLC, Mark J. Issa The Issa Law Firm PC, Atlanta, and Jonathon J. Majeske, Norcross, for Babbage. Anthony S. Carter, Public Defender, Monroe, for Hall. Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Gary D. Bergman, Charles C. Olson in Case No. S14A1286 only, Charles A. Spahos in Case No. S14A1286 only, and Joseph F. Burford in Case No. S14A1287 only Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, Atlanta, for State.
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    Case Number: S14A1286; S14A1287

    Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole is an authorized punishment for murder under O.C.G.A. § 16-5-1 regardless of whether the State sought the death pe

  • Collum v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas E. White and Green B. Moore III Public Defender's Office, Gray, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frederic D. Bright, District Attorney, Milledgeville, Gregory L. Bushway, Assistant District Attorney, Gray, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A2000

    The trial court erred in sentencing the defendant to multiple life sentences, since there was only one v

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kirk E. Gilliard Garrett & Gilliard PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wesley S. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0037

    The state could ask the defendant if he had "Thug Life" tattooed on his abdomen, since that evidence was relevant to the defendant's possible motive for committing a drive-by sho