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  • Glispie v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford L. Kurlander Public Defender's Office, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, Roberta A. Earnhardt, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Kirk M. Thomas, Assistant District Attorney, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16G0583

    The Court of Appeals erred in ruling that all of the text messages extracted from defendant's cell phone were admissible at trial as an admission by a party-opponent, since the incoming text messag

  • Muhammad v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-05-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles M. Evans, Morrow, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, Roberta A. Earnhardt, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Conyers, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0180

    In the defendant's trial for the murder of his estranged wife, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting similar transaction evidence of the defendant's prior arson conviction for bu

  • Adel v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-03-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee W. Fitzpatrick, Kennesaw, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A1397

    The trial court properly admitted testimony elicited from the roommate of the victim's acquaintance regarding his direct observations about the acquaintance's whereabouts around the time of the m

  • Weis v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen B. Bright Southern Ctr. for Human Rights, Robert H. Citronberg, Atlanta, and Thomas M. West, Manchester, Mass., for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott L. Ballard, District Attorney, Robert W. Smith Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Patricia B. A. Burton, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1951

    Inadequate or delayed defense counsel funding from the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council did not result in presumed prejudice to the defendant, since the funding deficiency showed neither an

  • 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