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  • Hulett v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-10-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer E. Hildebrand Hildebrand Law Office PC, LaFayette, and Robert L. Stultz, Fort Oglethorpe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, Christopher A. Arnt, Chief Assistant District Attorney, LaFayette, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Sabrina D. Graham, and Dana E. Weinberger, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellant. Other party representation: Brian Kammer Georgia Resource Center, and Charles A. Spahos Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S14P0819

    The Supreme Court affirmed the defendant's death sentences, finding that they were not imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice or any other arbitrary factor and that they were not dispropo

  • Bright v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela B. Dillon Brown & Gill LLC, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1735

    Three eyewitnesses identified the defendant as the gunman who shot and killed one victim, and the aggravated assault victim identified the defendant as the gunman who sho

  • Ortiz v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-05-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason R. Hasty, Katherine M. Mason and David V. Weber Public Defender's Office, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel H. Altman, District Attorney, Kelly A. Jenkins, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine R. Thrower, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0433

    One conviction for aggravated assault should have merged into the defendant's malice murder conviction, as there was no deliberate interval between a shot to the first victim's arm and the fatal sho

  • Loyd v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-01-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Grube, Warner Robins, and David E. Morgan III, Abbeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, Cheri L. Nichols, Assistant District Attorney, Cordele, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Richard Tangum, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Brian Kammer Georgia Resource Center, Richard A. Malone Prosecuting Attorneys' Council and Gerald P. Word Georgia Capital Defender, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S10P1772

    The state did not misstate the law in advising the defendant that a death penalty defendant does not have an absolute right to withdraw his plea before jud

  • Petty v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-03-21
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    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
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    Case Number: S07A1438

    The defendant's request for attorney did not require that questioning cease, since he was not in custody at that

  • 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

  • Moreland v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-09-30
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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, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Robin J. Leigh, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A1301

    The defendant shot the victim in the chest after he and his accomplice approached the victim's car to ste

  • Parker v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight L. Thomas and Caprice R. Jenerson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth A. Pawlak, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0986

    The defendant shot the victim twice in the head at close range and started a fire in the bedroom of her home where her body was lo