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  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-07-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft III Public Defender's Office, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Kevin C. Armstrong District Attorney's Office, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0314

    The evidence was sufficient to support the defendant's convictions for murder and other crimes, but the trial court erred in merging the defendant's convictions on certain counts of the indictment f

  • Rhodes v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-07-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell Zell PC, and McNeill Stokes, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Joshua B. Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Mary Catherine Greaber Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0208

    The defendant failed to prove that the State withheld exculpatory evidence from the defense in his trial for murder and other related off

  • Murphy v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily J. Gilbert Georgia Capital Defender, Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, and Priya N. Lakhi, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jason B. Green, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0150

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for five counts of felony murder, aggravated battery, arson in the first degree and child cruelty arising after she set a fire at a motel because

  • Hickman v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David D. Marshall, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Billy J. Dixon, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Scott O. Teague, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0524

    The trial court did not err in admitting into evidence pursuant to the doctrine of forfeiture by wrongdoing the victim's diary entries, in which she stated three months before she was murdered that

  • Hyde v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-05-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hopton Hyde, Waycross, proceeded pro se. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S16A0698

    The defendant's sentence of life without the possibility of parole, which the trial court imposed under Georgia's recidivist statute, O.C.G.A. § 17-10-7 subs c, was void, because § 17-10-7 sub

  • Kliesrath v. Estate of Davis

    Publication Date: 2016-05-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terri N. Gordon, Assistant County Attorney, and Laura K. Johnson DeKalb County Law Department, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lance D. Lourie Watkins, Lourie, Roll Chance LLP, Robert A. Moss Moss Rothenberg, Angela R. Fox, and James D. Summerville The Summerville Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S15G1206

    The Court of Appeals did not have jurisdiction over a direct appeal from a decision denying two police officers' motion for summary judgment based on official and qualified immunity in a lawsuit ari

  • McKinney v. Fuciarelli

    Publication Date: 2016-05-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Annette M. Cowart, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shelley S. Seinberg, Assistant Attorney General, and Britt C. Grant Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David B. Hornsby and Graham R. Scofield Hornsby Law Group, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Julie K. Bracker Bracker Marcus LLC, Marietta.
    Case Number: S15G1885

    The trial court properly dismissed the plaintiff's claims against government defendants in their individual capacities based on the plaintiff's failure to obtain the Attorney General's approval prio

  • Carter v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. McGee III McGee McGee, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: George E. Barnhill, District Attorney, Waycross, Ian L. Sansot, Assistant District Attorney, Douglas, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew M. Youn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0673

    The jury was authorized to reject the defendant's claim that he shot the victim in self-defense during a drug transa

  • Bonman v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason R. Hasty, Martinez, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Joshua B. Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Aimee F. Sobhani, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0262

    Even assuming that the trial court erred in declining the defendant's request to charge the jury on involuntary manslaughter as a lesser included offense of murder, the error was harmless because it

  • Brannon v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Rivera Public Defender's Office, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: George H. Hartwig III, District Attorney, Daniel P. Bibler, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Perry, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth M. Haase, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1724

    Although the evidence was sufficient to support the defendant's convictions for malice murder, felony murder, armed robbery and aggravated assault with a firearm, the trial court erred in merging ce