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  • Stafford v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08G0511

    O.C.G.A. § 40-6-200 a makes it improper to park in the middle of a 2-way ro

  • White v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-06-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S08A0215

    The discovery of a weapon labeled for law enforcement use did not exclude the possibility that the weapon was given away or sold on the black m

  • Mincey v. Deckle

    Publication Date: 2008-06-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S08A0686

    Evidence showed that the decedent revoked both of his wills prior to his

  • Robinson a/k/a Mabry v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-05-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S08A0771

    The defendant waived his right to challenge admission of the similar transaction evidence by failing to object at

  • Walker v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Amy E. Hawkins Morelli, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07A0874

    The jury was entitled to reject as unreasonable the theoretical possibilities that the defendant had a consensual encounter with the victim as she walked home from her boyfriend's house or that he

  • Duty Free Air and Ship Supply Co. v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2007-07-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry R. Bauer Jr. Bauer & Deitch PC, Emmet J. Bondurant, Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP and Mary C. Cooney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, Robert B. Caput and Michael S. Fineman Hartsfield/Jackson Int'l Airport, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S07A0265

    The appellant was not entitled to a writ requiring the city to execute a contract for construction and operation of duty free shops at the city's international ai

  • State v. Hunter

    Publication Date: 2007-05-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Ayana C. Curry, Assistant District Attorney, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: L. David Wolfe and Michael J. Antoniolli L. David Wolfe PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07A0139

    Officer's affidavit provided a substantial basis for the magistrate to determine that probable cause existed to justify issuing a warrant to search the defendant's suspected home for evidence relat

  • Duty Free Air and Ship Supply Co. v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2007-05-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry R. Bauer Jr. Bauer & Deitch PC, Emmet J. Bondurant, Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP and Mary C. Cooney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, Robert B. Caput and Michael S. Fineman Hartsfield/Jackson Int'l Airport, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S07A0265

    The appellant was not entitled to a writ requiring the city to execute a contract for construction and operation of duty free shops at the city's international ai

  • Peterson v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Edwina M. Watkins, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0664

    The defendant initially told police that his 15-year-old girlfriend was fatally shot in a drive-by sho then blamed a family acquaintance, before finally taking responsibility for the sho

  • Rabun County v. Mountain Creeks Estates LLC

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald A. Cronin Jr. O'Quinn & Cronin, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael H. Cummings II Cummings & Dillard, Clayton, T. Michael Tennant, A. McCampbell Gibson and Christina H. Eikhoff Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S06A0042; S06A0043

    The county was entitled to immunity with regard to a subdivision's claim for damages arising out of the county's refusal to accept ownership of the subdivision's roads, because the subdivision did n