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  • Moore v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-10-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen M. Reba, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, 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: S13A0700

    Because the State could not seek the death penalty against th ndant due to his age and authority to seek the death penalty was a prerequisite for imposition of a life sentence without parole, t

  • Rutter v. Rutter

    Publication Date: 2013-10-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam M. Hames The Hames Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, Jennifer S. Gill, and Roger M. Johnson Bray & Johnson, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Vic B. Hill, Brad E. MacDonald Hill-MacDonald LLC, Robert K. Abbott Jr., and Parri S. Abbott Abbott & Abbott, Marietta, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Wayne R. Allen Office of Legislative Counsel, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S12G1915

    Senate Bill 316 Ga. L. 2000, p. 875, § 2 eliminated the curtilage exception set forth in O.C.G.A. § 16-11-6

  • Atlanta Indep. Sch. Sys. v. Atlanta Neighborhood Charter Sch. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-09-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Cox and Christopher J. Hoffman Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Rocco E. Testani and Lee A. Peifer Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: John J. Park Jr., Atlanta, Mariem L. Hubbard, Joshua P. Thompson, and Lana Harfoush Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, Calif.
    Case Number: S13A0987

    The plain language of the statutory funding formula set out in the Charter Schools Act of 1998, O.C.G.A. § 20-2-2068.1 subsection c, does not authorize a school system to deduct its unfunded pension

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-09-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon W. McClure Public Defender's Office, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford P. Bowden, District Attorney, Ronnie A. Wheeler District Attorney's Office, Tifton, 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: S13A1169

    Because the defendant's felony murder c was predicated on the felony of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, the trial court erred in sentencing him on the firearm possession c

  • Boyd v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-09-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald G. Shedd Public Defender's Office, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Joshua D. Morrison, Senior Assistant District Attorneys, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A1128

    Witnesses identified the defendant as the man who left the scene of the victim's murder following a dispute between the men, and officers recovered unspent shell casings of the same make and caliber

  • Malloy v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thelma W. C. Moore Moore Law LLC, Dwight L. Thomas, Atlanta, and Mary K. Durant Durant Law LLC, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Nancy B. Allstrom, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Henry A. Hibbert, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Keith E. Adams, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0188

    An administrative law judge's civil ruling did not preclude the State's subsequent criminal prosecution of the defendant for two counts of Medicaid

  • Wheeler v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan S. Raines Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret E. Heap, District Attorney, Anna Guardino, Donna R. Sims, Assistant District Attorneys, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Brittany N. Jones, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0776

    A co-conspirator's testimony and the defendant's own admissions at trial were sufficient to establish his guilt of malice murder as a party to the

  • Wellstar Health Sys. Inc. v. Jordan

    Publication Date: 2013-05-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry D. Green Jr., Mary P. Adams, and Daniel J. Moriarty Green & Sapp LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Amicus Appellants: Hunter S. Allen Jr., Simuel F. Doster Jr. Allen, McCain & O'Mahony PC, and Jason E. Bring Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Atlanta. Meri K. Benoit and Thomas W. Malone Malone Law Office, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellees: Gary P. Bunch, Carrollton.
    Case Number: S12G1629

    The trial court erred in granting a medical malpractice plaintiff's motion to compel the production of transcripts of ex parte physician interviews defense counsel conducted pursuant to a qualified

  • Fennell v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy L. Ihrig and Falen O. Cox Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, Ann M. Elmore, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Clint C. Malcolm, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0153

    The defendant's pre-Miranda statements to police were admissible at trial, since he was not in custody at the time, as evidenced by the fact that he voluntarily went to the police station for his in

  • Mitchell v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC and August F. Siemon III, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Joshua D. Morrison, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Rochelle W. Gordon, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0319

    The redaction of certain portions of the defendant's statements to police did not affect the outcome of the trial, since the same evidence in the defendant's recorded statements was admitted through