• Kemp v. Simpson

    Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karriem Simpson, Stone Mountain, proceeded pro se.

    Case Number: S04A1358

    Regardless of defendant's contention that he is only the victim's step-uncle, he admitted that he was the victim's uncle as alleged in the indictment when he pled guilty to the crime of i

  • Bergeson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David M. Rosenberg and David E. Ralston, Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roger G. Queen, District Attorney, William B. Britt, Assistant District Attorney, Ellijay, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Daniel G. Ashburn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S00A0046

    The trial court was not required to sequester the jury during the defendant's murder trial, because the state did not seek the death pe