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  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alixe E. Steinmetz Public Defender's Office, 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 Ryan A. Kolb, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0937

    The evidence authorized the jury to find that the defendant arranged to buy cocaine from the victim and also arranged for her friend and drug business cohort to rob the victim at gunpoint, during wh

  • Coggins v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-10-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Evans, 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: S13A1134

    The defendant fatally stabbed the victim twice in the chest and admitted to several people that he d

  • Bryant v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-10-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charita H. Demps, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Andrew G. Sims, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A1017

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions arising from the rape and murder of his former girlfriend's m

  • Hasty v. Castleberry

    Publication Date: 2013-10-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy E. Barnes, Allison B. Salter, and James C. Tribble The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laura K. Bonander and Wade H. Watson III Caldwell & Watson LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0989; S13A1189; S13A1190

    The appellant did not breach his fiduciary duty as trustee for the parties' parents' respective estates by serving as the co-chair of a university's capital campaign committee and donating $1M from

  • Bell v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-09-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rafe Banks III, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny A. Penn, District Attorney, Heather N. Dunn, James A. Dunn, Assistant District Attorneys, Cumming, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0703

    O.C.G.A. § 40-6-270 subsection a's requirements that one must stop at the scene of an accident and identify oneself do not violate a person's right against self-incrimin

  • Sellars v. Evans

    Publication Date: 2013-07-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodney S. Zell Zell & Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0596

    The record did not support a conclusion that enough of the Garza v. State, 284 Ga. 696 2008 factors were met to warrant a finding of asportation and support the defendant's kidnapping with bodily in

  • Holloman v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Quen L. Banks, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Frances C. Kuo, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Lalaine A. Briones, Erman J. Tanjuatco, Assistant District Attorneys, Jonesboro, Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Rochelle W. Gordon, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0542

    There was no question regarding the nature of the infant victim's injuries as having been deliberately inflicted and the cause of death having been homicide due to abuse; therefore, the trial court

  • Lake v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Persse Public Defender's Office, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, Keith A. McIntyre, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine T. Parvis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0487

    The defendant failed to prove that the trial court erred in charging the jury prior to closing arguments, since the court held a charge conference and informed el that it would do so and defens

  • Baugh v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine T. Parvis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0161

    The trial court properly declined the defendant's request for a jury charge on voluntary manslaughter, since the defendant stated that he shot back at the victim out of fear which was "not the same

  • Ward v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorneys, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0420

    The defendant could not be convicted and sentenced for both malice murder and felony murder since there was only one v