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  • Walker v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward W. Clary, St. Marys, and Richard O. Allen, Atlantic Beach, Fla., for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, Leslie K. DeVooght, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, George C. Turner Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Woodbine, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Patricia B. A. Burton, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Holly L. Geerdes, Georgia Capital Defender, Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Ctr., and Richard A. Malone Prosecuting Attorneys' Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S06P0992

    The state's failure to include the statutory aggravating circumstances in its notice of intent to seek the death penalty was harmless, since one of the statutory circumstances on which the state rel

  • Denny v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ricardo G. Samper, Newnan, and Jerry F. Pittman, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Raymond C. Mayer, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Chad E. Jacobs Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A1915

    The defendant shot and killed the victims when they arrived unexpectedly while the defendant was burglarizing the first victim's

  • Rickman v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, Clarkesville, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A1134

    A prospective juror's former employment as a police chief did not subject him to automatic excusal for cause so defense counsel was not deficient in failing to move the trial court to strike him fro

  • Rouse v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-10-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Greco, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1005

    The trial court's error in charging that the jury could infer intent to kill from the use of a deadly weapon was harmless, given the overwhelming evidence of defendant's m