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  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody E. Allen, Oglethorpe, proceeded pro se. Dennis C. Sanders, District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03A1256

    Defendant waived his right to appeal as part of his plea agre

  • Bickford v. Yancey Dev. Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard W. Calhoun and Shilpa S. Masih Brock, Clay, Calhoun, Wilson & Rogers PC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Fred D. Bentley Jr., Colleen D. Hosack, Sam P. Hensley Jr. Bentley, Bentley & Bentley, John K. Moore, John H. Moore Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele, Marietta, and Jeffrey H. Schneider Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03G0475

    The automatic 20-year renewal provisions of O.C.G.A. § 44-5-60 d 1, as amended in 1993, do not apply retroact

  • Georgia Dep't of Human Resources v. Sweat

    Publication Date: 2003-05-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Nina J. Edidin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Charles R. Reddick, Homerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: E. Kontz Bennett Jr., Waycross, Daryl G. Lecroy, Atlanta, and Samuel Sweat, Pearson, for appellees. Amicus appellants: Rebecca A. Hoelting Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Found., Sheila K. Chrzan, Vicky O. Kimbrell, Lisa J. Krisher and Phyllis J. Holmen, Atlanta. Amicus appellees: William C. Akins, Gainesville, Daniel A. Bloom Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, David A. Webster and Ashley Carraway, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S03A0179

    Georgia's statutory child support guidelines are constitut

  • In the Interest of J.W.K.

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James F. Ledbetter, Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: William R. Thompson Jr., Calhoun, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: George P. Govignon, Calhoun.
    Case Number: S02G1194

    Former O.C.G.A. § 15-11-58 was inapplicable to a private child deprivation proceeding where the juvenile court did not order removal of the child from his

  • Cochran v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barry M. Hazen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Andrew J. Saliba, Amy H. McChesney, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1633

    The trial court erred in charging that the jury could infer defendant's intent to kill from his use of a deadly w

  • Capote v. Ray

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger A. Baruch Center for Prisoners' Legal Assistance, Alpharetta, and James C. Bonner Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, and Sharon D. Stokes, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1179

    The defendant's appeal of the dismissal of his habeas petition was not subject to dismissal under Fullwood v. Sivley, 271 Ga. 248 1999, even though he failed to file an application for a certificate

  • Johnson v. Riverdale Anesthesia Assocs. PC

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary Hill Hill & Bleiberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . H. Andrew Owen Jr., Amy J. Kolczak Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, and Larry K. Evans Evans & Evans, Griffin, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Robert P. Monyak, Lucas W. Andrews Love, Willingham, Peters, Gilleland &Monyak, Philip C. Henry Henry, Spiegel, Fried & Milling LLP, Charles A. Mathis Jr. Middleton, Mathis, Adams & Tate PC, Atlanta, J. Vincent Cook Cook, Noell, Tolley, Bates & Michael, Athens, and Joel O. Wooten Jr. Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer, Daugherty & Sullivan, Columbus.
    Case Number: S01G1138

    The trial court properly excluded plaintiffs' irrelevant questions regarding what a defense expert would personally have done under the circumstances since the applicable standard of care is one emp

  • Luke v. Battle

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcus C. Chamblee Center for Prisoners' Legal Assistance, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S02A0088

    The habeas court erred in applying the pipeline rule to the defendant's habeas petition based on the decision in Brewer v. State, 271 Ga. 605 1999, which established a new rule of substantiv

  • Hayes v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elliott A. Shoenthal, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Candace K. Slezak, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0022

    The defendant strangled the victim, burned her body and dumped it in a

  • Lee v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-02-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brooks S. Franklin and Cynthia G. Morris Franklin & Hubbard, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Raymond J. Burby IV, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1284

    The defendant shot the unarmed victim seven times as the victim was attempting to steal hi