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Chapman v. State

Publication Date: 2012-11-12
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernadette C. Crucilla Crucilla Law Firm LLC, Macon, for appellant.
for defendant: Layla H. Zon, District Attorney, and Melanie M. Bell, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
Case Number: A12A0839

The defendant failed to show prejudice from his attorney's failure to file special demurrers to the attempted burglary and attempted rape charges because it would not have prevented the State from r

McLean v. State

Publication Date: 2012-11-08
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hines, P. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darrell B. Reynolds Sr., Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Tiffany C. Boulware, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S12A0930

The trial court did not violate the defendant's Sixth Amendment Confrontation Right in allowing an officer to testify about the co-defendant's statement, since nothing in the complained-of statement

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

November 5, 2012 | New York Law Journal

July 2012 Bar Pass List

AARON-COOPER, MELISSA VANESSAABAEV, NISSIM ABBOTT, CHRISTOPHER JOHNABBOTT, MAXWELL ROLLERABBOTT III, CHARLES LINCOLNABDEL-ALEEM, YUSSUF SALAHABDEL-RAHMAN,

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Woods v. State

Publication Date: 2012-11-01
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hines, P. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Converse Bright, Valdosta, for appellant.
for defendant: Catherine H. Helms, District Attorney, Nashville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S12A1143

Since the legal concept of justification is a necessary component of the delusional compulsion d , the trial court reversibly erred in omitting the defendant's orally requested charge on self-

Simmons v. State

Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wilson B. Mitcham Jr. The Mitchem Law Firm, Gray, 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, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S12A0808

The circumstantial evidence, including the defendant's DNA in dried seminal fluid on the victim's leg and lower abdomen, supported his malice murder convi

Lanham v. State

Publication Date: 2012-10-05
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig T. Pearson Public Defender's Office Hinesville, for appellant.
for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, Ronald J. Poirier, Gregory M. McConnell, Assistant District Attorneys, Hinesville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Brittany N. Jones, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Dawn Warren, Richmond Hill, for appellee.
Case Number: S12A1348

The state met its burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that venue was properly in Bryan county, as the evidence supported a finding that the cause of death was inflicted

Simmons v. State

Publication Date: 2012-10-05
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Grube, Warner Robins, for appellant.
for defendant: George H. Hartwig III, District Attorney, Daniel P. Bibler, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Marie R. Banks, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S12A0979

The defendant admitted that he killed his aunt and

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$17 million malpractice suit against DLA Piper dismissed

A plaintiff that accused its outside counsel of malpractice didnt have enough evidence to prove that the law firm acted improperly, a judge said earlier this week.

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Lynch v. State

Publication Date: 2012-09-14
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, and Reginald C. Martin District Attorney's Office, 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: S12A1140

The defendant did not show harm from trial counsel's failure to object when the state's lead detective testified about a witness's hearsay statements since the witness had already explicitly testifi