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  • In re Shelfer

    Publication Date: 2004-06-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Elizabeth M. Williamson State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. James E. Spence Jr., Atlanta. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y0978

    An attorney who used estate funds for his personal benefit after drafting a client's will naming himself as executor or her estate was suspended for two years with conditions on reinstat

  • Richardson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02G1698

    Application of Georgia's rape-shield statute to evidence about the victim's non-sexual relationship with her ex-boyfriend violated the defendant's confrontation

  • Piedmont Hosp. Inc. v. Palladino

    Publication Date: 2003-05-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah S. Moses Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry L. Zimmerman, Keith F. Brandon Zimmerman & Assocs., Atlanta, and William C. Anderson Downey & Cleveland LLP, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S02G1036

    A hospital employee was not acting within the scope of his employment when he continued touching the plaintiff's groin area for his own gratification after he checked the plaintiff's surgical

  • Yancey v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold S. Gulliver, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S02A0843

    A statement made by an individual who was under suspicion for the crimes in question did not meet the requirements for trustworthiness under the necessity exception to the hearsay

  • State v. Vogleson

    Publication Date: 2002-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Jennifer M. Daniels, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sara M. T. Yeager, Ruth L. Rocker and Demetria N. Williams DeKalb County Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S01G1642

    The trial court violated the defendant's right of confrontation when it refused to allow defense counsel to question defendant's accomplice about the amount of prison time he thought he was avoiding

  • Yancey v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold S. Gulliver, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S02A0843

    A statement made by an individual who was under suspicion for the crimes in question did not meet the requirements for trustworthiness under the necessity exception to the hearsay

  • Young v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Chambless, Dawn G. Benson and Charles K. Wainright II Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless LLP, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Frank J. Klosik Jr. and Robert J. McCune Greer, Klosik & Daugherty, Atlanta, for appellee. Neutral Amicus Representation: Antoinette D. Johnson Smolar & Assocs., Atlanta. Amicus Appellant: H. Andrew Owen Jr., Roger E. Harris Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, David A. Cook, William T. Clark, Atlanta, Temple Sellers, Decatur, and Marilyn J. Allen, Marietta.
    Case Number: S01G0589

    The 2-year statute of limitation for medical malpractice claims does not provide for the commencement of the limitation period upon the termination of a health care provider's treatment of a p

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Demetria N. Williams DeKalb County Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Elisabeth G. Macnamara, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1426

    The trial court did not err in excluding unrelated evidence that the murder victim abused his girlfriend and may have kidnapped her at one

  • Young v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Chambless, Dawn G. Benson and Charles K. Wainright II Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless LLP, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Frank J. Klosik Jr. and Robert J. McCune Greer, Klosik & Daugherty, Atlanta, for appellee. Neutral Amicus Representation: Antoinette D. Johnson Smolar & Assocs., Atlanta. Amicus Appellant: H. Andrew Owen Jr., Roger E. Harris Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, David A. Cook, William T. Clark, Atlanta, Temple Sellers, Decatur, and Marilyn J. Allen, Marietta.
    Case Number: S01G0589

    The 2-year statute of limitation for medical malpractice claims does not provide for the commencement of the limitation period upon the termination of a health care provider's treatment of a p

  • Mangum v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce S. Harvey and David S. West, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, George W. K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0592

    The trial court improperly limited defendant's cross-examination of several of the state's juvenile witnesses as to whether they had pending adjudications that would affect their credib