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  • Sears v. Humphrey

    Publication Date: 2013-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert P. Edwards Jr, Jarrod F. Loadholt, and Katheryn E. Klimko Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Sabrina D. Graham, and Mitchell P. Watkins, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0670

    It was not reasonably likely that the new mitigating evidence presented in the defendant's habeas proceedings would have resulted in a different trial outcome other than his death sen

  • Miller v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-10-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for Tonya Miller. Henry A. Hibbert Cromwell & Hibbert, Atlanta, for Jabaris Miller. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Clinton K. Rucker, Chief Senior District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Lenny I. Krick, Senior Assistant District Attorneys, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11A0752; S11A0914

    The trial court violated the def 's confrontation right when it allowed a judge to testify to the contents of two petitions for temporary protective injunctions previously filed against the de

  • Navarrete v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-02-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S07A1456

    The jury could infer defendant's intent to commit the crimes from the fact that he assaulted the victim during a 20-minute drive to the wooded area where the victim was stabbed, participated in

  • Rivera v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-07-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Teresa M. Schiefer Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Ctr., Holly L. Geerdes Geerdes & Kim LLC and Richard A. Malone Prosecuting Atty's Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S07P0151

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying a mistrial or failing to give curative instructions, based on the state's narrowly tailored and logical argument that the defendant presented

  • Rakestrau v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh O. Morris Jr., Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, Bradford R. Pierce, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Frank M. Gaither Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A1625

    Trial counsel were not deficient for failing to interview and present a witness who gave a statement to police, implicating the defendant as the person who stabbed and killed the v