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  • Ford v. Tate

    Publication Date: 2019-12-26
    Practice Area: Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tayo Popoola, Sabrina Dawn Graham, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Evan Olive, (Law Office of Mark E. Olive, P.A.), Tallahassee, Vanessa J. Carroll, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0825

    Habeas Court Erred in Concluding That Trial Counsel Was Prejudicially Deficient in Presenting Mitigating Evidence at Sentencing Trial

  • McWilliams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Michael Martin, (The Martin Law Firm, LLC), Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Vanessa Therese Meyerhoefer, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0728

    Admission of extrinsic evidence at trial was not prejudicial to murder defendant

  • July 15, 2014 | Daily Report Online

    Indigent Dads' Lawyers: Ruling Leaves Questions

    Friday's Georgia Supreme Court opinion that indigent parents aren't always entitled to free lawyers in child support cases could open the door to future legal challenges, said an att

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  • July 11, 2014 | Daily Report Online

    Court: Indigent Parents Aren't Usually Entitled to Free Lawyers in Child Support Cases

    Indigent parents are not entitled to free lawyers in child support cases, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Friday by a 6-1 vote. The decision upheld the state Court of Appeals' rul

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  • 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

  • Smith v. Salon Baptiste

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark G. Trigg and Ryan C. Grelecki Greenberg Traurig LLP, CityplaceAtlantafor appellants. Regina S. Molden and Oni A. Holley Molden, Holley & Thompson LLC, CityplaceAtlantafor appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S09A1543

    O.C.G.A. § 9-11-68-providing, inter alia, that defendant shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses of litigation from date of rejection of settlement offer through entry o

  • O'Kelley v. Cox

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John E. Stephenson Jr., Jeffrey J. Swart Alston & Bird LLP, Elizabeth L. Littrell American Civil Liberties Union, and Jack H. Senterfitt Lambda Legal Defense and Ed. Fund, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Stefan E. Ritter, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellant: Robin F. Clark Jewett & Clark LLC, Scott C. Titshaw Arnall, Golden & Gregory LLP, Miles J. Alexander, Alexander S. Clay, Michael W. Tyler and Jill Warner Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S05A0236

    Georgia courts cannot encroach upon the legislative process and do not have any authority to bar the general election from proceeding exactly as it is presently sche