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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

December 31, 2011 |

British court provides clarity on joint interest privilege

Court develops five-part test

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Hendricks v. State

Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hines, P. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Veronica E. Brinson, Macon, for appellant. Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, Cheri L. Nichols, Assistant District Attorney, Cordele, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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Case Number: S11A0833

Under the doctrine of transferred intent and the facts of the case, whether the defendant intended to shoot the injured victims or only the murder victim was irrel

Cloud v. State

Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hines, P. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernard S. Brody and Page A. Pate Pate & Brody LLP, Atlanta, for appellant. Thomas C. Earnest, District Attorney, Cuthbert, Ronald S. Smith, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Dawson, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
for defendant:
Case Number: S11A0927

The trial court did not clearly err in refusing the defendant's request to introduce evidence of the victims' prior acts of violence against third parties, as he did not meet his burden of showing

December 15, 2011 |

No. 1 law firms in China and Australia to merge

Ho hum another week, another major law firm merger announcement. This time, however, the news has a far more global impact than the Bryan Cave and Arnold & Porter mergers announced last week.

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Tolbert v. State

Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell K. Walker, Perry, for appellant. T. Rabb Wilkerson III, District Attorney, George H. Hartwig III, District Attorney, and Daryl E. Manns, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.
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Case Number: A11A1077

Evidence that the defendant grabbed the first victim by the throat and pulled her from the kitchen into the living room and that both defendants dragged the second victim inside the home during the

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

Battles v. State

Publication Date: 2011-11-18
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant. 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 Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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Case Number: S11A1181

The defendant did not show his counsel was ineffective in questioning the doctor who treated him for a gunshot wound in a manner that led to her impeachment with a first offender plea, as the prosec

Taylor v. State

Publication Date: 2011-10-28
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin C. Armstrong, Albany, for appellant. Gregory W. Edwards, District Attorney, Albany, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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Case Number: S11A0839

No prejudice resulted from trial counsel's failure to request a jury charge on the state's burden of proof in a case based on circumstantial evidence, given the direct evidence adduced at trial and

Gibson v. State

Publication Date: 2011-10-14
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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Case Number: S11A1330

A witness heard five successive gunshots immediately before the defendant announced that he had ' "just killed her," ' in regard to his wife, whom officers found shot dead on her