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  • GeorgiaCarry.Org Inc. v. Code Revision Comm'n

    Publication Date: 2016-11-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wayne R. Allen Office of Legislative Counsel, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellees: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Joseph J. Drolet, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Rebecca J. Dobras, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S16A1045

    Plaintiff was not entitled to relief under any state of provable facts alleged in its complaint seeking a writ of mandamus in connection with two weapons related bills the Georgia General Assembly

  • Bowen v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-03
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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, Arthur C. Walton, Assistant District Attorney, 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: S16A0850

    The evidence was sufficient for the jury to have found defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, either directly or as a party to a crime, of felony murder and other crimes in connection with a s

  • Kelly v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-10-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Osceola Kelly, Abbeville, proceeded pro se. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S16A0754

    The appellant abandoned his appeal from the denial of his motion to disqualify and/or recuse a trial judge, because in his appellate brief, he failed to enumerate any errors or brief any issues rel

  • 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

  • Barking Hound Vill. LLC v. Monyak

    Publication Date: 2016-06-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel McKie and Andrew Hazen Hall Booth Smith PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert Monyak and Jonathan Peters Peters Monyak LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Jennifer D. Odom, Ann W. Ferebee Bryan Cave LLP, Katherine M. Smallwood Sutherland Asbill Brennan, Atlanta, Leonard Searcy Shook, Hardy Bacon LLP, Kansas City, MO, Victor E. Schwartz, and Philip S. Goldberg Shook, Hardy Bacon LLP, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: S15G1184

    In a negligence suit arising out of the death of a dog following its stay at a boarding facility, the owners were entitled to recover the dog's fair market value plus interest and any reasonable med

  • 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

  • State v. Springer

    Publication Date: 2015-07-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret E. Flynt Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Maryellen Simmons Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, and Gary D. Bergman Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia, Morrow.
    Case Number: S14G1539

    The Court overruled Jackson v. State and its progeny in holding that the defendant's convictions for aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter based on reckless conduct were not mutually excl

  • Stubblefield v. Stubblefield

    Publication Date: 2015-02-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Polly Stubblefield and Holly Stubblefield, Lakewood Ranch, Fla., proceeded pro se. Allen S. Willingham and Thomas F. Wamsley Jr. Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Ariel D. Zion Bloom Sugarman Everett, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S14A1908; S14A1910

    The Florida-resident defendants were subject to personal jurisdiction in Ge under the Long-Arm Statute, as the plaintiffs' claims were related directly to the defendants' purposeful acts in Ge

  • Parker v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Dunn Jr., Public Defender, LaFayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, Natalee L. Staats, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason M. Rea, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A0887

    The evidence supported a former police officer's convictions for malice murder and related crimes in connection with the disappearance of his estranged

  • Burke Cnty. v. Askin

    Publication Date: 2014-03-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barry A. Fleming and Frank A. Nelson Fleming & Nelson LLP, Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thomas R. Burnside III Burnside Law Firm LLP, and James W. Ellison Wall Ellison LLP, Augusta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S13A1360

    Burke County's failure to construct, maintain and repair the full length of a public county road over the past 50 years was due to ounty's mistake and neglect, rather than the lawful exercise o