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  • Watkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-05-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald S. Boyter Jr. Georgia Justice Project, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Grady A. Moore, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0472

    The trial court did not err in crediting a juror's testimony that no extrajudicial experimentation occurred during trial over defense counsel's contrary testimony at the new trial he

  • Moore v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Amelia G. Pray, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0119

    The defendant's convictions did not merge, because the evidence supported a finding that there was an interval between the completed c

  • Bowling v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lyle K. Porter and Jeffrey B. Hicks, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0361

    The 52-month delay between the defendant's arrest and the date of his second motion to dismiss, though presumptively prejudicial, was insufficient under the circumstances for the defendant to prevai

  • Alexander v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rex B. Abernathy and Andrea H. Strawn Cook & Connelly, Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, LaFayette, Michael J. Moeller, Assistant District Attorney, Summerville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1586

    The defendant shot the victim, ran over his legs, then escaped from police custody by sliding out of the police car's backseat and fleeing to his sister's

  • Bridges v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Billy L. Spruell and Melinda D. Taylor Spruell, Taylor & Assocs. PC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Bainbridge, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1801

    The trial court's pre-voir dire instructions to the jury pool did not shift the burden of proof to the defe

  • 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