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  • Brooks v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Amy E. H. Morelli, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1647

    The aggravated assault victim identified the defendant as the gunman, who shot the murder victim to death, then fired several bullets at him, hitting him twice in the

  • Barnett v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers, Sheueli C. Wang Georgia Pub. Defender Standards Council and Leigh S. Schrope, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, Newnan, Anne C. Allen, District Attorney, Tara M. Wilson, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1554

    The defendant fatally shot the victim in the head and the victim identified the defendant as the sh

  • Whatley v. Terry

    Publication Date: 2008-10-17
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    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A1076

    The defendant could not show prejudice from the state's failure to give him an audio recording of an eyewitness's statements, in which the eyewitness gave contradictory statements regarding

  • Ruffin v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-07-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A0493

    Under the circumstances, the more than 2-year delay between the defendant's indictment and the denial of his motion to dismiss did not violate the defendant's constitutional speedy trial r

  • Green v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-02-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S07A1779

    Arson conviction served as the underlying felony for the defendant's felony murder conviction and merged into that conviction for sentencing pur

  • Blige v. Blige

    Publication Date: 2008-02-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S07F1817

    The husband actively hid the fact that he had $150K in cash in his possession when the parties signed their antenuptial agre

  • Bradley v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-02-08
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    Case Number: S07A1706

    The defendant admittedly shot the victim in the back, hip and hand outside a of convenience

  • Georgia Pine Community Serv. Bd. v. Summerlin

    Publication Date: 2007-07-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary L. Seacrest and Annarita M. Busbee Seacrest, Karesh, Tate & Bicknese LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cale H. Conley, Richard A. Griggs Conley Griggs LLP, Atlanta, and C. Frederick Overby Overby Law Office PC, Columbus, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Loretta L. Pinkston and Jennifer L. Dalton, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S06G1461

    Both O.C.G.A. § 9-11-4 and 50-21-35 apply to service of process under the Georgia Tort Claim

  • Griffin v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-07-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas L. Kirbo III The Kirbo Law Firm, and Jon V. Forehand Allen & Forehand, Moutrie, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Valdosta, Robert R. Auman, Assistant District Attorney, Thomasville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Robin J. Leigh, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07A0385

    O.C.G.A. § 16-5-40 does not preclude a conviction for kidnapping with bodily injury if the bodily injury occurs after the victim's

  • Ewing v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2007-03-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George O. Lawson Jr. Lawson & Thornton PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, Amber A. Robinson and Cleora S. Anderson City of Atlanta Law Dept., Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S06A1988

    The trial court erred in construing the pleadings most favorably to the city and the city's chief of police in dismissing a police lieutenant's petition for a writ of mandamus, seeking to require th