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Green v. State

Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Carley, George H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark J. Nathan, Assistant Public Defender, Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, Ann M. Elmore, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine R. Thrower, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S12A0853

Slight differences in the size, shading or clarity of photographs used in an identification line-up do not render a line-up impermissibly sugge

Sevostiyanova v. State

Publication Date: 2012-01-20
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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Case Number: A11A1864; A11A1865

The trial court did not err in failing to give the defendant's requested charge on the affirmative defense of accident, as she repeatedly denied striking the unattended vehicles in the parkin

Wilkie v. State

Publication Date: 2012-01-13
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Carley, George H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert H. Citronberg and Michael D. Mann, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick and Brett E. Pinion, Senior Assistant District Attorneys, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S11A1463

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in ruling that the presumptive prejudice arising from the 5.5-year delay in bringing the defendant to trial was insufficient to establish a violation of

American Management Services East LLC v. Fort Benning Family Communities LLC

Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcus B. Calhoun Jr. Page Scranton Sprouse Tucker & Ford, Columbus, Michael J. King Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, and Thomas E. Dutton Greenberg Traurig LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellants. Jerry A. Buchanan, Lori M. Leonardo Buchanan & Land, Columbus, Jeffrey L. William, Donna M. Welch, and Daniel C. Moore Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.
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Case Number: A11A0855

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in enjoining the defendants from pursuing a Virginia declaratory action suit, where eight of the nine Virginia claims either directly overlapped or indir

Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ Church in Savannah v. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia Inc.

Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neil A. Creasy Simpson & Creasy PC, and Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellants. James L. Elliott Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding PC, Valdosta, Thomas A. Withers Gillen, Withers & Lake LLC, Savannah, and Mary E. Kostel The Episcopal Church/Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia, David H. Gambrell, John Hinton IV Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, John E. Tomlinson, Loganville, and Joshua D. Hawley The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, D.C. Amicus Appellee: Jon V. Forehand Allen, Forehand & Adams LLP, Moultrie, Brenda C. Youmas Edwards & Youmas LLC, W. Warren Plowden Jr. Jones Cork & Miller LLP, Macon, William B. Marianes McGuireWoods LLP, and Nicholas C. Moraitakis Moraitakis, Kushel, Pearson & Gardner LLP, Atlanta.
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Case Number: S10G1909

Neutral principles of law established that the c property at issue was held in trust for the benefit of the parent c

Lytle v.State

Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Samuel Rael, Atlanta, for appellant. Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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Case Number: S11A1226

No evidence showed an actual conflict in representation solely because the same public defender's office represented multiple co-indi

Darville v. State

Publication Date: 2011-09-23
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, Dalton, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sheila E. Gallow, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S11A0993

The defendant's conviction for conspiracy to violate the Georgia Controlled Substances Act was reversed, as the language in the indictment at issue could be read to charge individuals with conspirac

Williams v. State

Publication Date: 2011-09-23
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Yurachek Yurachek & Assoc. LLC, Jennifer S. Hanson, Bruce S. Harvey and K. Julie Hojnacki, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mary K. Ware, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
Case Number: S11A0766

Although the defendant argued that the only evidence supporting his convictions was the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice, the witness at issue was not an accomplice to murder and the other

Wheeler v. State

Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Carley, George H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer A. Trieshmann, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and Natalee L. Staats, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
Case Number: S10G2071

The defendant's second statement requesting an attorney, in which he stated that, based on the seriousness of the charges, he needed to discuss it with a lawyer before talking to police, was not am

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