• Camphor v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S00A0106

    The modification of defendant's pretrial bond to include a condition that he stay away from his ex-wife did not entitle defendant to the minimal due process required when a bond is re

  • King v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Healan III, Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S99A1490

    O.C.G.A. § 24-9-40 a violates the Georgia Constitution's right to privacy to the extent it allows a health care provider to release medical records on subpoena by the

  • Dorsey v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Duana R. Sanson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Maria Murcier-Ashley, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S00A0672

    Defendant's death in prison rendered his criminal appeal

  • Stanford v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell O. Moore Moore & Studstill and J. Reese Franklin, Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert B. Ellis Jr., District Attorney, Timothy L. Eidson, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Nashville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S99A1534

    A slight discrepancy in the affidavits used to obtain several search warrants did not show that the affidavits included information the affiant knew to be

  • Gosdin v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emmett J. Arnold IV, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, D. Brandon Hornsby, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wesley S. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S99A1807

    Police chief could interrogate defendant immediately after he waived extradition since defendant waived his rights, without invoking his right to co

  • Adams v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert W. Lenzer and Thomas P. Lenzer Lenzer & Lenzer, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, George F. Hutchinson III, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wesley S. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S99A1714

    Defendant's previous arrest and imprisonment following his dispute with and assault on the v was admissible to prove his motive for murdering the v

  • Morgan v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronnie J. Lane, Donalsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Brown Moseley, District Attorney, Minerva S. Cansino, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S99A1670

    Defendant failed to show that jurors were not selected randomly merely because they were placed at the top of the jury list for the court's current after they were excused during the previous

  • Brooks v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie T. Yancey II, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Melanie Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and H. Maddox Kilgore, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S99A1360

    Juvenile defendant knowingly and intelligently waived his rights before giving a statement to police, since his adult sister accompanied him, he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol and h