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  • 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

  • Widner v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-07-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key Sexton, Key & Hendrix PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and James L. Wright III, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0443; S06A1547

    Burchette v. State, 278 Ga. 1 2004, disapproving Allen charges such as the one give in this case, postdated defendant's trial and was not retroa

  • Grimes v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Renate D. Moody, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, Elizabeth K. Bobbitt, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Julie A. Adams, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0276

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to bifurcate his trial with regard to the charge of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, since the possession charg

  • Hooks v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Caprice R. Jenerson, 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: S05A1744

    The evidence authorized the jury to find that a gun officers found on the defendant's girlfriend's property was the murder weapon, even though police could not make a conclusive determination as to

  • Porter-Martin v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alison K. Arce, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James C. Watkins, Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A2090

    O.C.G.A. § 9-11-60 d does not authorize a substantive correction to a final divorce decree without an order setting aside the jud

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-11-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Kenner Jr., Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Robert E. Statham III, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A1320

    The court properly admitted evidence that the defendant killed two of the state's potential witnesses prior to his murder

  • Hough v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-10-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte K. Davis and Victor P. Valmus, Atlanta, for Hough. Robert Stokely, Solicitor, and Sandra N. Wisenbaker, Newnan, for appellee. Amicus appellant: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor General, Gary S. Vey, Jeffrey P. Kwiatkowski and Jason R. Samuels, Assistant Solicitors General, Lawrenceville, in S05G0311. James K. Inagawa, Solicitor General, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph S. Key Sexton & Morris PC, Stockbridge, for Handschuh, in S05G0640.
    Case Number: S05G0311; S05G0640

    The state may constitutionally require a suspect, who is not yet under arrest to submit to chemical testing where the suspect has been involved in a traffic accident resulting in serious injuries or