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Boatright v. State

Publication Date: 2011-07-08
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., placeCityCarrolltonfor appellant. Fred A. Lane Jr., District Attorney, Anthony Volkodav Jr., Paul E. Hemmann, Eric K. Dunaway, Assistant District Attorneys, Dallas, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Amy E. H. Morelli, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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Case Number: S11A0287

The trial court did not err by failing to instruct the jury on mutual combat because no evidence showed a mutual intention to

Brown v. State

Publication Date: 2011-03-04
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tawanna K. Morgan Davis Bozeman Law Firm, Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Caroline C. Owings, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
Case Number: A10A1960

The state made a prima facie case of racial discrimination by showing that the defendant used all of his peremptory challenges against Caucasian j

Robinson v. Boyd

Publication Date: 2010-10-29
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: George E. Duncan Jr. and Jennifer C. Adair Duncan & Adair, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . William J. Mueller The Mueller Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S10G0084

Although the waited nearly five years after filing the original action-almost seven years after expiration of the statute of limitation-to perfect service of the original complaint, Hobbs v. Arthur,

Manley v. State

Publication Date: 2010-08-27
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for state.
Case Number: S10A0136, S10A0137

The trial court erred in failing to suppress defendant's statement to police after being arrested, because he unambiguously requested a lawyer and all questioning should have stopped immedi

Hyperdynamics Corp. v. Southridge Capital Management LLC

Publication Date: 2010-08-06
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Bernes, Debra
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles M. Cork III, Macon, Mark F. Dehler, Michael E. Perez Mark F. Dehler LLC, Decatur, Edwin J. Schklar Schklar, Ney & Heim LLC, Atlanta, Richard L. Tate, Richmond, Texas, John M. O'Quinn The O'Quinn Law Firm, James W. Christian Christian Smith & Jewell LLP, Kent Watts, Mike Watts and Harry Briers Hyperdynamics Corp., Houston, Texas, for appellant.
for defendant: Jeffrey R. Joyce, Laura J. Geissler Joyce, Thrasher, Kaiser & Liss LLC, Mark E. Grantham DLA Piper US LLP, Atlanta, Caryn G. Schechtman, Howard Schrader DLA Piper US LLP, New York, NY, Lonnie Simpson DLA Piper US LLP, Tampa, Fla., Perrie M. Weiner, Edward D. Totino DLA Piper US LLP, Michael S. Rosenblum and Amy M. Caves Law Offices of Michael S. Rosenblum, Los Angeles, Calif., for appellees. Other party representation: Robert E. Whitley Whitley & Associates, Donald A. Loft, Leslie A. Allen Morris, Manning & Martin, Otto F. Feil III, John L. Taylor Jr., Cheralynn M. Gregoire Chorey, Taylor & Feil, Atlanta, Michael J. Dell Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY.
Case Number: A10A0362

The were subject to personal jurisdiction in Georgia pursuant to the concept of conspiracy jurisdiction, which attributes the acts of one conspirator in furtherance e conspiracy to other member

Wilder v. State

Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Smith, George T.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael O. Horgan, Washington, for appellant.
for defendant: Dennis C. Sanders, District Attorney, Kevin R. Majeska and Rindi L. Harbeson, Assistant District Attorneys, Thomson, for appellee.
Case Number: A10A0059

The trial court erred in sentencing the defendant as a recidivist, since he had a pending motion for new trial on his prior conviction and, therefore, his prior conviction was not

Richardson v. State

Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for appellant.
for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Robby A. King District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
Case Number: A10A0331

The defendant's 30-year sen did not amount to an act of retaliation for his rejection of a plea deal with a lower sen

Rucker v. State

Publication Date: 2010-06-11
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela B. Dillon, Norcross, for appellant.
for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Amelia G. Pray and Albert T. Reeves Jr., Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: A10A0704

The defendant failed to satisfy his burden of proving ' "an infringement of his rights or a procedural irregularity" ' with regard to his prior plea to cocaine possession, after the state proved the

Manley v. State

Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for state.
Case Number: S10A0136, S10A0137

The trial court erred in failing to suppress defendant's statement to police after being arrested, because he unambiguously requested a lawyer and all questioning should have stopped immedi

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