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  • Singh v. Hammond

    Publication Date: 2013-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Celeste F. Brewer, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Zachary Hammond, Snellville, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: S12A1576

    The trial court's mandate that the mother not apply for any financial assistance from the government for her two children as long as she received child support had nothing to do with the parties' pr

  • Colton v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer A. Trieshmann Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Robert N. Peterkin, Assistant District Attorney, Greenville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Kenneth W. Mishoe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1761

    The State conceded that this case must be remanded to the trial court for a proper consideration of whether the defendant made his custodial statement to police volunt

  • In the Interest of W. L. H.

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lori B. Duff, Loganville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Nathan A. Hayes, Coy J. Johnson Jr., Willie J. Lovett Jr. Office of the Child Attorney, Miles J. Alexander Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Kirsten L. Widner, Melissa D. Carter Emory University School of Law, Michael A. Caplan Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Angela T. Tyner Georgia CASA, Atlanta, Jane G. Okrasinski, Athens, Aimee E. Stowe DeKalb Cnty. Child Advocacy Ctr., Decatur, and J. Richard Hammett Baker & McKenzie, Houston, Texas. Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Calandra A. Harps, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Lee R. Moss Prior Daniel & Wiltshire LLC, Madison, Woodrow W. Ware III, Athens, and Fred R. White, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12G1049

    An unemancipated minor child lacks standing to appeal without the aid of a guardian or next f

  • Seabolt v. Hall

    Publication Date: 2013-01-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John R. Lovell, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1632

    The habeas court erred in applying a presumption of prejudice when reviewing the defendant's claim that she received ineffective assistance of co

  • Curry v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela B. Dillon Brown & Gill LLC, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Blair D. Mahaffey, James L. Wright, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Kenneth W. Mishoe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1955

    The defendant admitted firing gunshots into a crowd of partygoers, resulting in two d

  • Norman v. Gober

    Publication Date: 2013-01-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Andrews, John H. Killeen Bodker Ramsey Andrews Winograd & Wildstein PC, Atlanta, and John M. Sheftall Hatcher Stubbs Land Hollis & Rothschild, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Floyd E. Propst, Laura K. Bonander, Wade H. Watson Caldwell & Watson LLP, Karen D. Fultz Cozen O'Connor, Atlanta, Dana C. Ashford The Ashford Law Firm LLC, Decatur, and Kirby G. Mason Hunter MaClean Exley & Dunn PC, Savannah, for appellees. Other party representation: Charles Gober, Fort Worth, Texas, Leila Norman, New York, N.Y., and Michael Gober, Charleston, S.C.
    Case Number: S12A1728

    The co-executors were entitled to seek a declaration to ascertain the facts surrounding an 11-year-old caveator's challenge to his maternal grandmother's will, since, if the caveator's filing was at

  • Gibson v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin H. Eaves, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, Waycross, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A2084

    The evidence that the defendant had attempted to tie the victim up and threatened to cut her with a knife the day before the murder, and that the victim was stabbed to death in the defendant's apart

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory N. Crawford, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, David E. Perry, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Reginald C. Martin District Attorney's Office, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Clint C. Malcolm, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1793

    The defendant's trial was not fundamentally unfair because he was not prevented from challenging the evidence at

  • Sosniak v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles G. Haldi Jr. Ashway & Haldi LLP, and William A. Finch, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny A. Penn, District Attorney, Cumming, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0799

    Callaway v. State, 275 Ga. 332 2002, and Boseman v. State, 263 Ga. 730 1994, were overruled to the extent that they held that the denial of a pre-trial constitutional speedy trial claim may be direc

  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John H. Bradley Public Defender's Office, Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gray, Stephen A. Bradley, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Eatonton, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Brittany N. Jones, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and DeLeigh P. Shelton District Attorney's Office, Milledgeville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0878

    The defendant fatally shot the victim after kicking in the door to his home and stealing money and mari