• Silliman v. Cassell

    Publication Date: 2013-02-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martha A. Miller Schulten Ward & Turner, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric E. Thorstenberg, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12Q1936

    The single-premium fixed annuity at issue was of the type intended to come within the bankruptcy exemption O.C.G.A. § 44-13-100 a 2 E pro

  • Hester v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brett M. Willis and H. Bradford Morris Public Defender's Office, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Jennifer C. Bagwell, Kelley M. Robertson, Assistant District Attorneys, Gainesville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1829

    The evidence authorized the jury to find that the defendant shot the victim during an argument in their home while the victim's two minor daughters were in their bed

  • McDowell v. Hartzog

    Publication Date: 2013-01-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Leslie Waycaster Jr. Waycaster, Morris & Dean, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Matthew G. Moffett, Jennifer M. Guerra Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, and Sean L. Hynes Downey & Cleveland LLP, Marietta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S12G0369

    The plaintiffs preserved their objection on appeal to a charge at the charge conference on failure to obey a traffic signal, since they excepted to the charge as given on the same ground during jury

  • Marsh v. Clarke Cnty. Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Thomas II Ichter Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jay D. Bennett, Nowell D. Berreth Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Terrell W. Benton Jr. Hall Booth Smith & Slover PC, Athens, for appellees.

    Case Number: S12A1568

    The trial court properly denied the writ of mandamus seeking the return of excess proceeds collected pursuant to an educational sales and use tax approved by referendum, as the plaintiff taxpayer fa

  • Hamilton v. Hamilton

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vic B. Hill and Brad E. Macdonald Hill-Macdonald LLC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan M. Brown, Peachtree City, for appellee. Other party representation: Patrick J. Fox McNalley, Fox, Grant & Davenport PC, Fayetteville.

    Case Number: S12A1526

    The trial court did not improperly modify the parties' final divorce decree by reinstating $6K per month alimony payments, after the parties' child regained his status as a full-time student in good

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  • Arnold v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louis M. Turchiarelli, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, John R. Edwards, Anna G. Cross, Jason R. Samuels, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Clint C. Malcolm, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1895

    The defendant did not show that her guilty plea was involuntary or that she should have been permitted to withdraw the plea to correct a manifest inju

  • Thornton v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer A. Trieshmann Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Bikoff, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1776

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions based on the theory that he was a party to the crime, as the State showed that he planned the robbery, drove two of his co-indictees to the victim'

  • Arby's Rest. Grp. Inc. v. McRae

    Publication Date: 2012-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James H. Chandler, Andrew J. Hamilton Hamilton, Westby, Antonowich & Anderson LLC, and Matthew D. Walker Drew Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lawrence T. Clements and Bruce P. Johnson Clements & Sweet LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Clayton E. Robertson McLain & Merritt PC, Harold M. Bagley, Joseph B. Ward, Matthew D. Walker Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, John D. Blair, and Christopher T. Ross Ross & Levy LLC, Albany. Amicus Appellee: Todd K. Maziar Morgan & Morgan, Laura M. Shamp, Atlanta, Thomas A. Eaton University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, and Alex B. Wallach George & Wallach, Forest Park.

    Case Number: S12G0714

    The Workers' Compensation Board acted within its discretion in ordering the employee to sign a limited medical release authorizi treating physician to speak with her employer's counsel regard

  • Hargrove v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cedric B. Davis Adams & Jordan PC, and Walter C. Green II, Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gray, Stephen A. Bradley, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Eatonton, Daniel B. Cochran District Attorney's Office, Monticello, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Clint C. Malcolm, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1081

    The defendant fatally shot a confidential informant multiple times in his head and ab

  • Odom v. Odom

    Publication Date: 2012-10-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Szczecko Simmons & Szczecko PC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin W. Porter The Porter Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, and Robert G. Morton, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1433

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting an upward modification of child support based on a substantial change in the husband's income and financial s