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  • 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

  • Rouse v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael W. Tarleton and James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Robert B. Bickerstaff II, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Christian A. Fuller, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1165

    The trial court improperly expressed or intimated its opinion that venue had been established or was not in dispute, thus the defendant was entitled to a new trial under O.C.G.A. § 17

  • 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

  • Fitz v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Andrew Fernandez, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0934

    The affidavit which set forth specific information connecting defendant to the murder victims provided a substantial basis for the magistrate to conclude that probable cause existed to issue the sea