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  • 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

  • Carter v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. McGee III McGee McGee, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: George E. Barnhill, District Attorney, Waycross, Ian L. Sansot, Assistant District Attorney, Douglas, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew M. Youn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0673

    The jury was authorized to reject the defendant's claim that he shot the victim in self-defense during a drug transa

  • Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2016-03-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee M. Gillis Jr., Duke R. Groover James Bates Brannangroover LLP, Macon, and Norman S. Fletcher Brinson Askew Berry Seigler Richardson Davis LLP, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Seth M. Friedman Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard Smith, Atlanta, Mark W. Wortham Hall Booth Smith PC, Columbus, and Steven E. Leder Leder Law Group, Baltimore, MD. Charles A. Childers Childers, Schlueter Smith LLP, John D. Hadden Turkheimer Hadden LLC, Jonathan W. Johnson, Atlanta, and John L. Strauss, Covington, for appellees. Amicus Appellees: David J. Hungeling, Atlanta, Michael H. Sampson Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, Evan T. Knott, and Emily E. Garrison Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL.
    Case Number: S15G1177

    The Court of Appeals erred in holding, as a matter of first impression, that personal injury claims arising from lead poisoning due to lead-based paint ingestion were not excluded from coverage purs

  • State v. Garland

    Publication Date: 2016-02-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shannon G. Wallace, District Attorney, and Cliff Head, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: William G. Quinn III Willis Quinn PC, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1562

    The habeas court did not err in granting habeas relief to the petitioner on the ground of ineffective assistance of first appellate counsel, because appellate counsel performed deficiently in, inte

  • Rivers v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Rasnick, Luthersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: 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, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1411

    The defendant admitted that he was selling crack cocaine on the night he punched the victim, causing him to fall and hit his head on a concrete step, which later led to the victim's

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-10-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua D. Earwood, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosemary M. Greene, District Attorney, Cartersville, Stewart D. Bratcher, Assistant District Attorney, Calhoun, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine T. Parvis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A1298

    The defendant entered a bookstore, which the victim owned and operated, waited until she was alone, then stabbed her to death, taking rings off of her fingers and money from the cash reg

  • 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

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-04-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S08A0554

    Defendants convicted after a trial are not similarly situated to defendants, who plead guilty, since defendants, who plead guilty, have admitted to having committed a

  • Wallace v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-02-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice Brown, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Frank M. Gaither Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A0161

    A witness's testimony about a conversation her boyfriend had with the defendant on the afternoon after the murder was admissible as an adoptive admission, since the defendant affirmatively acknowled

  • Gibson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0790

    The trial court's inquiry into the numerical division of the deadlocked did not violate the defendant's right to a fair and impartial