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  • Olsen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Franklin Samuel, Amanda Rourk Clark Palmer (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta; Donald C. English (Southern States PBA, Inc.), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Anna Green Cross, Christopher Wells Timmons, Sherry Boston, District Attorney (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1014

    The trial court properly denied defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment against him for felony murder and other charges because the presence of non-lawyer and lawyer spectators during the presentation of evidence to the grand jury did not violate the recognized need for grand jury secrecy or compromise the grand jurys independence from outside influence and defendant failed to show that he was prejudiced by the presence of those individuals.

  • O'Heron v. Blaney

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hunter S. Allen Jr. and Kara A. Hicks Allen & Weathington PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Albert M. Pearson III Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Thomas S. Carlock, Daniel J. Huff, Eric J. Frisch Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Robert B. Remar Rogers & Hardin, Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Nicholas A. Lolito Georgia Assoc. of Criminal Defense, Atlanta, and George T. Jackson Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah.
    Case Number: S02G1784

    O.C.G.A. § 19-7-5 provides immunity to those who have reasonable cause to report suspected child abuse and for those who make such a report in good