• Ward v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorneys, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S13A0420

    The defendant could not be convicted and sentenced for both malice murder and felony murder since there was only one v

  • Singh v. Hammond

    Publication Date: 2013-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Celeste F. Brewer, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Zachary Hammond, Snellville, proceeded pro se.

    Case Number: S12A1576

    The trial court's mandate that the mother not apply for any financial assistance from the government for her two children as long as she received child support had nothing to do with the parties' pr

  • Goodell v. Oliver

    Publication Date: 2013-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David P. Hartin, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Gordon, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S13A0009

    The ex-husband's voluntary contractual obligation to make monthly payments for the support and schooling of his ex-wife's children did not end with her

  • Pace v. Turner

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel D. Burns and Laura D. Burns Burns & Burns PC, Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Franklin Edenfield Spivey, Carlton & Edenfield PC, Swainsboro, and Robert M. Wynne Hutcheson & Wynne PC, Sandersville, for appellees.

    Case Number: S12A2019

    The Supreme Court declined to disturb the trial court's ruling in a quiet title action, since the parties recognized that there was some evidence to support the dec

  • Colton v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer A. Trieshmann Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Robert N. Peterkin, Assistant District Attorney, Greenville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Kenneth W. Mishoe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1761

    The State conceded that this case must be remanded to the trial court for a proper consideration of whether the defendant made his custodial statement to police volunt

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  • In the Interest of W. L. H.

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lori B. Duff, Loganville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Nathan A. Hayes, Coy J. Johnson Jr., Willie J. Lovett Jr. Office of the Child Attorney, Miles J. Alexander Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Kirsten L. Widner, Melissa D. Carter Emory University School of Law, Michael A. Caplan Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Angela T. Tyner Georgia CASA, Atlanta, Jane G. Okrasinski, Athens, Aimee E. Stowe DeKalb Cnty. Child Advocacy Ctr., Decatur, and J. Richard Hammett Baker & McKenzie, Houston, Texas. Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Calandra A. Harps, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Lee R. Moss Prior Daniel & Wiltshire LLC, Madison, Woodrow W. Ware III, Athens, and Fred R. White, Conyers, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12G1049

    An unemancipated minor child lacks standing to appeal without the aid of a guardian or next f

  • Brockman v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard C. Hagler Hagler, Henderson, Jackson & Walters, Columbus, George T. Jackson Jackson & Schiavone, and Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, William D. Kelly Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Dana E. Weinberger, Sabrina D. Graham, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and David R. Helmick Waldrep, Mullin & Callahan, Columbus, for appellee. Other party representation: Richard A. Malone, District Attorney, Jesup, and Brian Kammer Georgia Resource Ctr, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S12P1490

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for felony murder and criminal attempt to commit armed robbery, as the statutorily required aggravating circumstance was established since the defe

  • Seabolt v. Hall

    Publication Date: 2013-01-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John R. Lovell, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1632

    The habeas court erred in applying a presumption of prejudice when reviewing the defendant's claim that she received ineffective assistance of co

  • Curry v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela B. Dillon Brown & Gill LLC, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Blair D. Mahaffey, James L. Wright, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Kenneth W. Mishoe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1955

    The defendant admitted firing gunshots into a crowd of partygoers, resulting in two d

  • Norman v. Gober

    Publication Date: 2013-01-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Andrews, John H. Killeen Bodker Ramsey Andrews Winograd & Wildstein PC, Atlanta, and John M. Sheftall Hatcher Stubbs Land Hollis & Rothschild, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Floyd E. Propst, Laura K. Bonander, Wade H. Watson Caldwell & Watson LLP, Karen D. Fultz Cozen O'Connor, Atlanta, Dana C. Ashford The Ashford Law Firm LLC, Decatur, and Kirby G. Mason Hunter MaClean Exley & Dunn PC, Savannah, for appellees. Other party representation: Charles Gober, Fort Worth, Texas, Leila Norman, New York, N.Y., and Michael Gober, Charleston, S.C.

    Case Number: S12A1728

    The co-executors were entitled to seek a declaration to ascertain the facts surrounding an 11-year-old caveator's challenge to his maternal grandmother's will, since, if the caveator's filing was at