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  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-11-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Persse Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Joshua B. Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason M. Rea, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0777

    Although there was initially a potential conflict of interest because lawyers from the same public defender's office represented the appellant and his co-indictee, there was no conflict of interest

  • Nguyen v. Southwestern Emergency Physicians PC

    Publication Date: 2015-11-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul G. Phillips Flynn Peeler Phillips LLC, and Ralph O. Scoccimaro Brown Scoccimaro PC, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Amicus Appellants: Sidney L. Moore III Summerville Moore PC, and Darren W. Penn Harris Penn Lowry LLP, Atlanta. Jeffrey D. Braintwain, Erica S. Jansen Huff, Powell Bailey LLC, Atlanta, and Carl R. Langley Walton Spence LLC, Albany, for appellees. Amicus Appellees: Henry D. Green Jr. and Daniel J. Moriarty Green Sapp LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S15G0621

    A jury question remained as to whether a 6-month-old, who was misdiagnosed as having a minor injury in a hospital e cy room as opposed to the serious injury she actually suffered, was provided

  • State v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2015-11-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James L. Wright III, District Attorney, and Blair D. Mahaffey, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Holly W. Veal Veal Lamar LLC, McDonough, and William C. Puckett Jr., Conyers, for appellees.
    Case Number: S14G1765

    The records check on the stopped car's passenger was part of the authorized mission of the traffic stop and it did not unreasonably prolong the stop; accordingly, the free-air dog sniff, which the

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy L. Ihrig Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret E. Heap, District Attorney, Lyndsey H. Rudder, Frank M. Pennington II, Assistant District Attorneys, Savannah, Gregory M. McConnell, Assistant District Attorney, Hinesville, 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. Other party representation: Therese S. Barnes Georgia Supreme Court, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S15A0937

    There was no evidence of serious provocation to support the defendant's request for a jury charge on voluntary manslaughter in his trial for malice murder and other crimes in connection with the sho

  • Warren v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald P. Word Georgia Capitol Defender, Atlanta, Michael J. Ivan Ivan Law Firm PC, Jimmy D. Berry, Marietta, and Teri L. Thompson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Jesse D. Evans, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, John R. Edwards, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Donald P. Geary, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0795

    The Court vacated the trial court's order granting the State's request for authority to involuntarily medicate the defendant in an attempt to make him mentally competent to stand trial on charges ar

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  • Drayton v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Jr. and Genevieve Holmes Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, Cordele, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0832

    The trial court did not coerce the jury's verdicts by giving an Allen charge that included the sentence It is the law that a unanimous verdict is req

  • Froehlich v. Froehlich

    Publication Date: 2015-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis G. Dozier Sr. and Bethany M. Hillis Dozier Hillis PC, Rincon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan V. Dunn Johnson, Kraeuter Dunn LLC, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0193

    The trial court properly held husband in contempt of a divorce decree and a modified parenting plan

  • Steis v. Steis

    Publication Date: 2015-07-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel D. Almon, Leah W. Sears, Crystal L. Conway Schiff Hardin LLP, Nancy F. Lawler, and Amy K. Sullivan Lawler Green Prinz LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nancy I. Jordan and Kathy L. Portnoy Warner, Bates, McGough, McGinnis Portnoy, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Anne E. Barnes Georgia Court of Appeals, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S15A0244

    There were genuine issues of fact remaining as to whether certain property acquired during the parties' marriage was husband's separate property under the terms of the parties' prenuptial agreement

  • Myers v. Myers

    Publication Date: 2015-07-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy K. King Hodges, McEachern King, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen H. DeBaun, Tucker, and Gregory A. Futch, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0403

    The probate court properly found that the exe of the decedent's will breached his fiduciary duty and properly sua sponte removed him as exe

  • Savage v. State of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2015-07-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Savage, Marietta, proceeded pro se. Gary R. Pelphrey Pelphrey Pelphrey, Marietta, for Pellegrino. Thomas T. Hobgood and David A. Rutherford Hobgood Rutherford LLC, Atlanta, for Hobgood. D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Marietta, for State of Ga.. Amicus Appellant in Case Nos. S15A0278 S15A0279: Loren C. Collins, Atlanta. Amicus Appellee: Ronald B. Gaither, Leah W. Sears, Nicholas F. McDaniel Schiff Hardin LLP, Atlanta, and Neil Lloyd Schiff Hardin LLP, Chicago, IL. Other party representation: Thomas W. Curvin, Matthew W. Nichols Sutherland, Asbill Brennan LLP, Atlanta, Deborah L. Dance, County Attorney, Linda W. Brunt, Assistant County Attorney, J. Kevin Moore, John H. Moore Moore, Ingram, Johnson Steele LLP, Christopher Peters, James A. Richardson, James A. Strawn, Larry C. Wills, Marietta, Blake C. Sharpton Butler Snow LLP, Macon, H. Benjamin Williams, Mabelton, and Lesly G. Murray Butler Snow LLP, Ridgeland, MS.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S15A0277; S15A0278; S15A0279

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