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  • Anderson v. Sentinel Offender Servs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-04-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Yancey Jr., Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Lauren S. Lucas Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, John B. Long, Thomas W. Tucker Tucker Long PC, John C. Bell Jr. Bell Brigham, and John R. B. Long, Augusta. John W. Campbell, Ashley D. Alfonso, Frederick O. Ferrand Swift, Currie, McGhee Hiers LLP, Atlanta, Gregory K. Hecht, and Joseph W. Cloud Hecht Walker, Stockbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15Q1816

    Answering two certified questions, the Court held that tolling is authorized for privately supervised misdemeanor probated sentences under Georgia common law, and the common law rule that allows tol

  • Pyatt v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley C. Adams III Public Defender's Office, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Robert B. Bickerstaff II, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1734

    The evidence was sufficient to support the defendant's convictions for felony murder and two aggravated assaults, whether as a principal or only an accom

  • Woodard v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long D. Vo, Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Christopher R. Geel, Mount Pleasant, S.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Anna G. Cross, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1532

    The Supreme Court overruled Heard v. State, 261 Ga. 262 1991, which held that O.C.G.A. § 16-3-21 subsection b 2—stating that the use of force in defense of oneself or others is not justified if the

  • Lejeune v. McLaughlin

    Publication Date: 2014-11-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam M. Hames The Hames Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: 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. Amicus Appellee: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S14A1155

    In habeas cases, the petitioner bears the burden of proving that his guilty plea was not voluntary, knowing and intelligent; the Supreme Court overruled Purvis v. Connell, 227 Ga. 764 1971, and its

  • Colton v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer A. Trieshmann Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Robert N. Peterkin, Assistant District Attorney, Greenville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ryan A. Kolb, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A0703

    No evidence showed that the defendant was incapable of understanding and knowingly waiving his Miranda rights, despite his recorded I.Q.

  • Peoples v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-04-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, James A. Dooley, Emily K. Richardson, Assistant District Attorneys, Douglasville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A1893

    The Supreme Court was divided 4-3 in affirming the defendant's convictions for felony murder and related c

  • Hamm v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie R. Lowry, Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Frances C. Kuo, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Michael D. Thurston, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine T. Parvis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A1696

    Hall v. State, 241 Ga. App. 252 1978 and its progeny, overruled, to the extent that those cases held that it is not error for a trial court to refuse to give a requested instruction on accomplice co

  • Griffin v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-12-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica R. Towne Clark & Towne PC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Robby A. King, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Bikoff, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0967

    A showing of a simple buy-sell drug transaction, without more, does not support a conviction for consp

  • Boothe v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-07-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft III Public Defender's Office, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Frances C. Kuo, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Kathryn L. Powers, Jason B. Green, Assistant District Attorneys, Jonesboro, Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Andrew G. Sims, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0042

    Any potential error in the admission of photocopies of police sketches, rather than the original sketches, was harmless in light of the other evidence of the defendant's

  • Meade v. Williamson

    Publication Date: 2013-06-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald B. Warren, Christopher K. Rodd, and Malia Phillips-Lee Whitehurst, Blackburn & Warren, Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: James M. Skipper Jr. Gatewood, Skipper & Rambo, Americus, for appellee. Other party representation: Franklin T. Coleman IV Perry & Walters LLP, Albany.
    Case Number: S13A0517

    The trial court erred in declaring a run-off ele for Sheriff invalid and ordering a new ele