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  • Harris v. Upton

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thad C. Kodish, Brian P. Boyd, Jack P. Smith III, General Counsel, Erin P. Alper, General Counsel, and Jacqueline Tio Fish & Richardson PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth A. Harris, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1498

    Appellate counsel was not deficient in failing to locate the defendant's trial counsel for the motion for new trial hearing, since she attempted to contact him using information from State Bar reco

  • Final Exit Network Inc. v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2012-02-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert G. Rubin Peters, Rubin & Sheffield PA, Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Bruce S. Harvey, L. David Wolfe, Atlanta, and Robert Rivas Sachs Sax Caplan PL, Tallahassee, Fla., for appellant.
    for defendant: . Penny A. Penn, District Attorney, Cumming, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A1960

    O.C.G.A. § 16-5-5 b-providing that any person ' "who publicly advertises, offers, or holds himself or herself out as offering that he or she will intentionally and actively assist another person in

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-01-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S07A1543

    The defendant and two other men fought with the victim, chase knocke to the ground and fatally stabbe

  • Turpin v. Bennett

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S99A1703, S99X1747

    Evidence supported habeas court's finding that defense counsel provided ineffective assistance in failing to seek a continuance when a defense expert suffering from dementia abandoned his original d