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  • Rogers v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-11-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela B. Dillon Brown & Gill LLC, Norcross, for appellant. Robert D. James Jr., Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorneys, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Amy E. H. Morelli, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11A0659

    No evidence showed that the defendant's jailhouse conversation with an attorney via a 3-way call could be considered confidential or was intended to

  • Nations v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-11-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathaniel A. Horsley, Dawsonville, for appellant. William J. Langley, District Attorney, Blairsville, Christopher M. Foss, Assistant District Attorney, Hiawassee, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11A0848

    The Court rejected the defendant's contention that the state obtained his convictions using perjured testimony, as no evidence established that any perjury occurred or that the witness was ever char

  • Godfrey v. Georgia Interlocal Risk Management Agency

    Publication Date: 2011-10-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randy J. Ebersbach Kam, Ebersbach & Lewis PC, Newnan, and Charles M. Cork III, Macon, for appellants. Leigh C. Hancher, Andrew J. Whalen III The Whalen Law Firm LLP, Griffin, and C. Bradford Sears Jr. Sanders, Haugen & Sears, Newnan, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S10G1902

    A municipality's motor vehicle liability age secured through an interlocal risk management agency is not statutorily obligated to satisfy the requirements for uninsured and underinsured motoris

  • Bailey v. Moten

    Publication Date: 2011-10-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vernon M. Strickland Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellant. Ronald H. Harwell Harwell, Brown & Harwell PC, Orville Shepherd and Graylin C. Ward, Newnan, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11A01260

    The deed upon which the appellant relied in her quiet title suit did not convey an interest in the property in question, because the deed's description and the referenced plat included only her hous

  • Slaughter v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-10-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jolanda E. Herring Hollowell, Foster & Herring PC, Atlanta, for appellant. Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11A1012

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to strike an entire jury panel based on a venire member's report regarding comments exchanged between two other veni

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  • Mulligan v. Selective HR Solutions Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-10-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas W. Herman Westmoreland, Patterson & Moseley, Macon, for appellant. James T. Brieske Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Christopher J. Perkins Perkins Law Firm, Carrollton, and Donald J. Palmisano Jr. Medical Ass'n of Ga., Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S10G1899

    The State Board of Workers' Compensation did not exceed its authority in promulgating its Rule 205 because the fact that an insurer becomes obligated for pre-approval upon failure to timely respond

  • Hambrick v. Brannen

    Publication Date: 2011-09-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary B. Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael E. Reynolds, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A0799

    The habeas court erred in finding that the defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel at his probation revocation and re-adjudication hearing because the attorney failed to investigate his

  • Cawthon v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee W. Fitzpatrick, Kennesaw, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A0319

    The defendant admitted his involvement in beating the victim to

  • White v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheueli C. Wang, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A0492

    Evidence, including the defendant's own opening, in which he suggested that someone else shot two of the victims to death, authorized the trial court's jury instruction on party to a

  • City of Decatur v. DeKalb County

    Publication Date: 2011-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan A. Downs, Roslyn S. Mowatt, Keri P. Ware, Robert E. Wilson Wilson, Morton & Downs LLC, Decatur, Joe L. Fowler Fowler, Hein, Cheatwood & Passino, Murray J. Weed Freeman, Mathis and Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jason R. Edgecombe, L. Joseph Loveland Jr. and Letitia A. McDonald King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellant: Rusi C. Patel and Susan J. Moore Georgia Mun. Ass'n, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S11A0354

    An intergovernmental agreement between the county and four cities for the distribution of funds generated by a special sales tax pursuant to the Homestead Option Sales and Use Tax Act was outside th