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  • Hoard v. Beveridge

    Publication Date: 2016-03-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Bowers and Joshua M. Moore Balch Bingham LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth G. Lindsey Davis, Matthews Quigley PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1685

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in awarding husband attorney fees pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 19-6-2 subsection a in his divorce action against wife after the trial court found that such an

  • Brooks v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leah D. Madden, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Gerald Mason, Assistant District Attorney, Shannon E. Hodder District Attorney's Office, Decatur, 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: S15A1480

    The trial court erred in allowing the State to introduce similar transaction evidence to prove identity, motive and course of conduct in the defendant's murder trial, because it was not relevant to

  • Gomillion v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-02-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael W. Tarleton Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Robert B. Bickerstaff II, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1617

    The search of the vehicle the defendant was driving when he was arrested was proper, because the vehicle's owner consented to the search and, even assuming that the defendant had a legitimate expect

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-02-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sentelle Williams, Oglethorpe, proceeded pro se. Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Zina B. Gumbs, Assistant District Attorneys, Tamara L. Ross District Attorney's Office, Decatur, 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.
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    Case Number: S15A1857

    The defendant was not entitled to raise an ineffective assistance of appellate counsel claim, because the record clearly showed that shortly after appellate counsel was appointed, the defendant made

  • Smith v. Ashford

    Publication Date: 2016-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tom Pye, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana C. Ashford The Ashford Law Firm LLC, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: S15A1515

    The probate court erred in finding that, under the terms of his will, the decedent failed to exercise the testamentary power of appointment granted him by an irrevocable trust and in consequently re

  • Wiggins v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long D. Vo Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Columbus, 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: S15A1729

    The trial court denied the defendant his constitutional right to self-representation when, after the defendant unequivocally asserted the right, the trial court proceeded to trial, leaving counsel i

  • Welch v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth W. Sheppard, Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew Min-soo Youn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1393

    The Court partially vacated the defendant's convictions and remanded the case for resentencing, because the trial court erred in merging a possession of a firearm by a convicted felon count into a m

  • State v. Cash

    Publication Date: 2015-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald R. Donovan, District Attorney, Steven J. Messinger, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, 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 appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew S. Fleischman Public Defender's Office, Dallas, and Robert H. Citronberg, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S15A0720

    The Court did not have jurisdiction to review the trial court's order denying ate's motion to recuse the trial judge who presided over the hearing on the defendants' new trial motions, because

  • Ingram v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: D. Lowell Thomas, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Michael V. Snow, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1188

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the defendant's motion for a continuance following the events of September 11, 2001, because the case, in which the defendant threw a Molotov

  • Bagwell v. Trammel

    Publication Date: 2015-10-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George E. Butler II, Dahlonega, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher D. Elrod Elrod Elrod PC, Oakwood, and R. Thad McCormack, Gainesville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S15A0820

    The trial court did not abuse its broad discretion in granting the plaintiff's claims for an equitable partit real property jointly owned by the parties and an equitable accounting and dissolu