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  • Norman v. Gober

    Publication Date: 2013-01-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Andrews, John H. Killeen Bodker Ramsey Andrews Winograd & Wildstein PC, Atlanta, and John M. Sheftall Hatcher Stubbs Land Hollis & Rothschild, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Floyd E. Propst, Laura K. Bonander, Wade H. Watson Caldwell & Watson LLP, Karen D. Fultz Cozen O'Connor, Atlanta, Dana C. Ashford The Ashford Law Firm LLC, Decatur, and Kirby G. Mason Hunter MaClean Exley & Dunn PC, Savannah, for appellees. Other party representation: Charles Gober, Fort Worth, Texas, Leila Norman, New York, N.Y., and Michael Gober, Charleston, S.C.
    Case Number: S12A1728

    The co-executors were entitled to seek a declaration to ascertain the facts surrounding an 11-year-old caveator's challenge to his maternal grandmother's will, since, if the caveator's filing was at

  • Gibson v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin H. Eaves, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, Waycross, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A2084

    The evidence that the defendant had attempted to tie the victim up and threatened to cut her with a knife the day before the murder, and that the victim was stabbed to death in the defendant's apart

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory N. Crawford, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, David E. Perry, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Reginald C. Martin District Attorney's Office, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Clint C. Malcolm, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1793

    The defendant's trial was not fundamentally unfair because he was not prevented from challenging the evidence at

  • Sosniak v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles G. Haldi Jr. Ashway & Haldi LLP, and William A. Finch, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny A. Penn, District Attorney, Cumming, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0799

    Callaway v. State, 275 Ga. 332 2002, and Boseman v. State, 263 Ga. 730 1994, were overruled to the extent that they held that the denial of a pre-trial constitutional speedy trial claim may be direc

  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John H. Bradley Public Defender's Office, Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gray, Stephen A. Bradley, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Eatonton, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Brittany N. Jones, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and DeLeigh P. Shelton District Attorney's Office, Milledgeville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0878

    The defendant fatally shot the victim after kicking in the door to his home and stealing money and mari

  • Registe v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Manubir S. Arora Arora & Lascala LLC, and Stephen R. Scarborough, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, and Laura J. Murphree Prosecuting Attorney's Council, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1190

    The statute addressing mandatory or voluntary disclosure of electronic communications records to the government, 18 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq., allows the voluntary release of non-content records, includ

  • Simmons v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Grube, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: George H. Hartwig III, District Attorney, Daniel P. Bibler, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Marie R. Banks, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0979

    The defendant admitted that he killed his aunt and

  • McBride v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Culp, Public Defender, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, Waycross, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0843

    Eyewitnesses identified the defendant as the gunman who fatally shot the victim from b

  • Lynch v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-09-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, and Reginald C. Martin District Attorney's Office, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine R. Thrower, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1140

    The defendant did not show harm from trial counsel's failure to object when the state's lead detective testified about a witness's hearsay statements since the witness had already explicitly testifi

  • Couch v. Red Roof Inns Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Davis K. Loftin, Jeffrey N. Mykkeltvedt Mykkeltvedt & Loftin LLC, Gilbert H. Deitch and Andrew T. Rogers Deitch & Rogers LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Burke B. Johnson Buckley King LPA, Gainesville, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Charles M. Cork III, Macon. Amicus Appellee: Jacob E. Daly and Sun S. Choy Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta. Neutral Amicus: Thomas A. Eaton, Michael L. Wells University of Ga. Law Sch. and Andrew J. Hill III Blasingame Burch Garrard & Ashley PC, Athens.
    Case Number: S12Q0625

    A jury is allowed to apportion damages among a property owner and criminal assailant and jury charges or a special verdict form requiring such apportionment would not violate a plaintiff's constitut