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Kendrick v. State

Publication Date: 2012-05-04
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah H. Pines Ross & Pines LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S12A0009

The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's request to charge the jury on involuntary manslaughter as a lesser included offense of felony murder, since the defendant's admitted act of pur

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Davis v. State

Publication Date: 2012-03-30
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Jr. and Sheueli C. Wang Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Appellate Division, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Dana E. Weinberger, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
Case Number: S11A1776

The trial court did not err in declining to give the defendant's requested jury instruction that self-defense is a valid justification to felony murder pursuant to Heard v. State, 261 Ga. 262 1991,

Wheeler v. State

Publication Date: 2012-03-30
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Edwards, Valdosta, for appellant.
for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Bainbridge, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S11A1838

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of similar transactions that occurred between 18 and 30 years prior to the charged crimes, as the lapse of time went to the weight

Terrell v. Pippart

Publication Date: 2012-03-16
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan T. Williams, Ashley E. Browning and Jason R. Clark Clark & Williams PC, Brunswick, for appellant.
for defendant: Joseph H. Ferrier and Crystal R. Ferrier Ferrier & Ferrier PC, Brunswick, for appellee.
Case Number: A11A1539

The plaintiff did not prove the amount of attorneys' fees attributable to his successful quantum meruit

Phan v. State

Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer S. Hanson, Bruce S. Harvey, K. Julie Hojnacki, Kimberly H. Cornwell Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, and Christopher W. Adams, Charleston, S.C., for appellant.
for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Lisa A. Jones, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
Case Number: S11A1909

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in ruling that the presumptive prejudice arising from the more-than 4-year delay in brining the capital murder defendant to trial was insufficient to es

Jackson v. State

Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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Case Number: A11A1778; A11A2221

The defendant did not show that his counsel was ineffective in failing to file a motion to suppress the contraband evidence, since the officers stopped the vehicle for failure to maintain lane, were

Davis v. State

Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Benham, Robert
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernadette C. Crucilla Crucilla Law Firm, Macon, for appellant.
for defendant: Gregory W. Winters, District Attorney, Sandra G. Matson, Dorothy V. Hull, Assistant District Attorneys, Macon, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S11A1883

The defendant stabbed the victim to death following an altercation at a 2008 Thanksgiving d

Mitchell v. State

Publication Date: 2012-02-10
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian L. Daly, Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, and Melanie Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S11A1899

Listing the possible guilty verdict option before the not guilty option on the pre-printed verdict form did not conflict with the presumption of inno

Williams v. State

Publication Date: 2012-02-10
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, and Melanie Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Public Defender Standard's Council, Atlanta, George P. Donaldson III Perry & Walters LLP, Albany, J. Scott Key, McDonough, and Marcia G. Shein, Decatur.
Case Number: S11A1431

Evidence of the witness's threatening conduct in pointing a finger at a government witness and making a noise like pow-pow-pow was admissible to explain the threatened witness's inconsistent stateme