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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.
for defendant:
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.
for defendant:
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

Elvie v. State

Publication Date: 2011-10-14
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Carley, George H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer M. Daniels, Decatur, for appellant. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, John A. Warr, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Amy E. H. Morelli, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
for defendant:
Case Number: S11A0918

The trial court did not violate Edge v. State, 261 Ga. 865 1992, because it instructed the jury that before returning a verdict of guilty as to malice or felony murder it had to first determine whet

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

Strickland v. State

Publication Date: 2011-09-02
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long D. Vo, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
Case Number: A11A1041

Even if a detective's testimony improperly bolstered the aggravated sodomy victim's credibility, the defendant failed to show a reasonable probability that it so prejudiced his defense as to affect

Keaton v. State

Publication Date: 2011-08-05
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Adams, A. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. McGee III McGee & McGee, Waycross, for appellant.
for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, and Michelle C. McIntire, Assistant District Attorney, Waycross, for appellee.
Case Number: A11A0566

Georgia's stalking laws were drafted to protect people, not places, and the interim order, upon which the state relied to convict the defendant, kept the defendant from the victim's home and only in

Tookes v. State

Publication Date: 2011-07-29
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for Tookes. L. Elizabeth Lane, Macon, for Smalls. Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and John A. Pipkin III, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
for defendant:
Case Number: A11A1002; A11A1008

The evidence showed that the defendants used a gun to facilitate the ro

Glass v. State

Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Carley, George H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Veronica E. Brinson, Macon, for appellant.
for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Kevin T. McMurry, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S11A0611

The defendant's aggravated assault charge merged with his felony murder convi

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