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  • Coen v. CDC Software Corporation et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-08-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Employment Litigation | Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Blane Ames, Michael J. Bowers, Elizabeth Righton J. Lewis (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17G1375

    Determining Whether Res Judicata Has Been Triggered Requires Review of Entire Set of Facts Giving Rise to Enforceable Claim

  • Greene v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Lee Ihrig (Office of the Public Defender, Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill (Department of Law), Atlanta; Margaret Ellen Heap, Emily Catherine Puhala (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1349

    The trial court did not reversibly err in admitting certain evidence in defendant's murder trial and the evidence supported his convictions.

  • Freeman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-10-31
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Freeman, Rockmart, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephanie D. Woodard, Daniel Sanmiguel (Hall County Solicitor General's Office), Gainesville; Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1040

    The Supreme Court reversed defendant's conviction for one count of disorderly conduct pursuant to O.C.G.A. 16-11-39 subsection (a) (1) because defendant's act of raising his middle finger to a pastor during a church service was a constitutionally protected act that did not place the pastor in reasonable fear for his safety.

  • English v. State

    Publication Date: 2017-02-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton,
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler R. Conklin Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Vaughn, District Attorney, Christopher C. Gordon, Assistant District Attorney, Eastman, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A1754

    Defendant failed to show that the trial court committed plain error in not providing a jury charge regarding the corroboration of confes

  • Dennis v. State

    Publication Date: 2017-02-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton,
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Dennis, Trion, proceeded pro se. J. David Miller, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Kenneth B. Still District Attorney's Office, Moultrie, Michelle T. Harrison, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S16A1600

    The trial court was authorized to resentence the defendant, who had pleaded guilty to malice murder when he was 17 years old, from life without the possibility ole to life with the possibility

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2017-01-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton,
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chaunda Brock Brock Law LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Arthur C. Walton, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ashleigh D. Headrick Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A1530

    The evidence supporting defendant's convictions for murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a convicted fe

  • Robbins v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-12-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy L. Ihrig Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret E. Heap, District Attorney, Lyndsey H. Rudder, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Aimee F. Sobhani, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A1342

    The trial court did not err in admitting into evidence statements the murder victim allegedly made to her niece on the morning after her husband beat her, which the niece then relayed to a police of

  • Case v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-12-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen R. Scarborough, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, and David K. Getachew-Smith Sr., Chief Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A1086

    The habeas court incorrectly concluded that an affidavit showing a party's lack of notice of the final hearing cannot constitute grounds for setting the final habeas order

  • Dawson v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean H. Joyner The Joyner Law Firm, and Keith C. Martin, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Michael D. Thurston, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth M. Haase, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0786

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for malice murder, burglary and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime after he entered his estranged wife's house and stabbed her and

  • Crews v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren B. Shubow, Kenneth D. Kondritzer, and Jessica A. Seares Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Kevin C. Armstrong District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, Lenny I. Krick, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A1003

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for murder and other offenses, but the trial court erred in failing to sentence him for a crime for which he was found guilty and properly should have