• Collins v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-02-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Lewis, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gray, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Dana E. Weinberger, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S11A1946

    A juror's improper contact with a member of the victim's family was inconsequential, since the record showed that the juror was unaware of the familial connection, and the improper communication bet

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-02-10
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, and Melanie Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Public Defender Standard's Council, Atlanta, George P. Donaldson III Perry & Walters LLP, Albany, J. Scott Key, McDonough, and Marcia G. Shein, Decatur.

    Case Number: S11A1431

    Evidence of the witness's threatening conduct in pointing a finger at a government witness and making a noise like pow-pow-pow was admissible to explain the threatened witness's inconsistent stateme

  • Hagan v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-01-13
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11A1971

    Whether considered as a motion to withdraw his guilty plea or as a motion in arrest of judgment, the defendant failed to file his motion within the same court term at which his guilty plea and the r

  • Presbytery of Greater Atlanta Inc v. Timberridge Presbyterian Church Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-29
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra A. Golymbieski and Robert E. Wilson Wilson, Morton & Downs LLC, Decatur, for appellant. Michael C. Kendall and Maureen E. Murphy Talley, French & Kendall PC, Douglasville, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: David H. Gambrell, Linda A. Klein and John Hinton IV Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, Forest A. Norman Gallagher Sharp, Cleveland, Ohio, Christopher J. Cox and Alexandra Fellowes Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Redwood Shores, Calif. Amicus Appellee: John C. Bell Jr. Bell & Brigham, David E. Hudson, Patrick J. Rice Hull Barrett PC, John B. Long, A. Montague Miller, Thomas W. Tucker Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier, Augusta, and Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11G0587

    Applying neutral principals of law, a local church assented to the relinquishment of its property rights when it affiliated with the Presbyterian Church USA in 1983, and an implied trust in favor o

  • Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ Church in Savannah v. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neil A. Creasy Simpson & Creasy PC, and Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellants. James L. Elliott Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding PC, Valdosta, Thomas A. Withers Gillen, Withers & Lake LLC, Savannah, and Mary E. Kostel The Episcopal Church/Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia, David H. Gambrell, John Hinton IV Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, John E. Tomlinson, Loganville, and Joshua D. Hawley The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, D.C. Amicus Appellee: Jon V. Forehand Allen, Forehand & Adams LLP, Moultrie, Brenda C. Youmas Edwards & Youmas LLC, W. Warren Plowden Jr. Jones Cork & Miller LLP, Macon, William B. Marianes McGuireWoods LLP, and Nicholas C. Moraitakis Moraitakis, Kushel, Pearson & Gardner LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S10G1909

    Neutral principles of law established that the c property at issue was held in trust for the benefit of the parent c

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  • Gable v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam S. Levin, Gainesville, for appellant. Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Dawsonville, Lindsay H. Burton, Assistant District Attorney, and Lydia J. Sartain Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP, Gainesville, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Jason M. Beach, Lawrence J. Bracken II, Rhani M. Lott Hunton & Williams LLP, Sarah E. Geraghty and Raoul D. Schonemann Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11A1070

    The court had no authority to grant the defendant an out-of-time discretionary application from the denial of his extraordinary motion for new

  • Gable v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-10-28
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam S. Levin, Gainesville, for appellant. Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Dawsonville, Lindsay H. Burton, Assistant District Attorney, and Lydia J. Sartain Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP,Gainesville, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Jason M. Beach, Lawrence J. Bracken II, Rhani M. Lott Hunton & Williams LLP, Sarah E. Geraghty and Raoul D. Schonemann Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11A1070

    The court had no authority to grant the defendant an out-of-time discretionary application from the denial of his extraordinary motion for new

  • Bonilla v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-10-28
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Burdges, Buford, for appellant. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Tracie H. Cason, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Amy E. H. Morelli, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11A0936

    Testimony regarding the murder victim's statement that He got me was clearly admissible under the res gestae exception to the hearsay rule, as the statement was made while the events were happening

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-10-28
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason W. Swindle, Carrollton, for appellant. Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, Lynda S. Caldwell, Assistant District Attorney, LaGrange, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11A0962

    The trial court erred in failing to merge the aggravated assault and armed robbery convictions associated with one of the victims of a home invasion because the convictions arose from the same act-t

  • Sears v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-10-28
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles M. Evans, Morrow, for appellant. Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Billy J. Dixon, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Dana E. Wolk, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11A1194

    The trial court's failure to charge separately on accident was harmless, given the charge as a whole, which properly and fully instructed the jury on the state's burden of proving that the defendan