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  • McCain v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-12-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret E. Heinen Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Thomas D. Wight, Lilburn, for appellant.
    for defendant: Oliver J. Browning Jr., District Attorney, Cedartown, Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Haase, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Gary D. Bergman Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia, Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A1546

    There was sufficient evidence corroborating the accomplice's testimony and connecting defendant to the charged c

  • Terrell v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael W. Tarleton Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, 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: S16A0849

    The trial court did not err in admitting statements of a non-testifying co-indictee under the co-conspirator hearsay exception, because State established defendant's involvement in the conspiracy ex

  • Blackmon v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Sirianni Jr., Winter Park, FL, and David J. Deganian, San Francisco, CA, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, and Mary C. Greaber Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Linda T. F. Day Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S16A1306

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for murder and other offenses, but the trial court erred in failing to sentence him for a crime for which he was found guilty and properly should have

  • Rozier v. Caldwell

    Publication Date: 2016-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: 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: S16A1247

    The habeas court properly denied relief to petitioner following his convictions for murder and other crimes and the Court's affirmance of those convictions, as he failed to prove that he received in

  • 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

  • Ellison v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-10-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Ellison, Alamo, proceeded pro se. Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, Kristopher M. Bolden District Attorney's Office, Athens, 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: S16A0602

    Defendant's sentence following his negotiated guilty plea to murder was void to the extent it purported to limit his eligibility for parole in a manner not authorized by statutory law, and the tria

  • 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

  • SunTrust Bank v. Venable

    Publication Date: 2016-09-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig B. Lefkoff and Kristina L. S. Williams Lefkoff, Rubin, Gleason Russo PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kris K. Skaar, Justin T. Holcombe Skaar Feagle LLP, Woodstock, and James M. Feagle Skaar Feagle LLP, Tucker, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Charles R. Bliss, Anne E. B. Carder Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc., David A. Webster, Atlanta, Angela J. Riccetti Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc., Decatur, and J. Erik Heath, San Francisco, CA.
    Case Number: S16G0664

    In an issue of first impression in Georgia, the Court held that the 4-year statute of limitation under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code was applicable to a cause of action based on a conditi

  • Lejeune v. McLaughlin

    Publication Date: 2016-07-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam M. Hames The Hames Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Vicki S. Bass Hudson Parrott Walker, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0072

    The habeas court erred in ruling that the petitioner knowingly and voluntarily entered his guilty plea to murder, because the record contained no evidence that he had been informed that he waived hi

  • Shepard v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2016-07-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Daniel W. Hamilton Shepard, Plunkett, Hamilton Boudreaux LLP, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kealy Williams, Grovetown, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: S16A0405

    The habeas court erred in finding that the defendant did not knowingly and voluntarily enter his guilty plea to murder, hijacking a motor vehicle, armed robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly wea