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  • Hartsfield v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-04-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Kleinrock, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jerry W. Chappell II, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A1608

    The evidence, including the testimony of two co-conspirators implicating the defendant in the crimes, supported his convictions for felony murder, armed robbery and aggravated as

  • Hamm v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie R. Lowry, Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Frances C. Kuo, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Michael D. Thurston, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine T. Parvis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A1696

    Hall v. State, 241 Ga. App. 252 1978 and its progeny, overruled, to the extent that those cases held that it is not error for a trial court to refuse to give a requested instruction on accomplice co

  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh B. Merchant The Merchant Law Firm PC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ryan A. Kolb, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A1786

    Two eyewitnesses identified the defendant as the gunman who drove up in a car brandishing an AK-14, demanded to know where the victim was, and then fatally sho

  • Bibb Cnty. v. Monroe Cnty.

    Publication Date: 2014-03-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
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    Case Number: S13A1395; S13A1396

    The trial court erred in granting a mandamus petition and ordering the Secretary of State to record a survey prepared by a state-appointed land surveyor determining the boundary line between Monroe

  • Hassel v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-02-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jana W. Jacobson Public Defender's Office, Royston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, Brian V. Patterson, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Athens, 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: S13A1382

    Although the evidence was unclear as to whether the defendant was the actual triggerman in a fatal shooting, ample evidence showed that he was a party to the crimes surrounding the murder, which was

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  • Georgia Dep't of Natural Res. v. Center for a Sustainable Coast Inc.

    Publication Date: 2014-02-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, John E. Hennelly, Senior Assistant Attorney General, James D. Coots, Assistant Attorney General, and Nels S. D. Peterson Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jennifer R. R. Culler and Donald D. J. Stack Stack & Associates PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S13G0602

    Sovereign immunity barred the plaintiff's claim for injunctive relief against the State regarding the issuance of Letters of Permission to third parties authorizing land alterations to property wit

  • Griffin v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-12-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica R. Towne Clark & Towne PC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Robby A. King, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Bikoff, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0967

    A showing of a simple buy-sell drug transaction, without more, does not support a conviction for consp

  • Allaben v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-12-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0949

    The defendant's convictions for malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault with intent to murder and simple battery were mutually exclusive of his conviction for reckless co

  • Boykins v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-11-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, Woodbine, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Grady A. Moore, John R. Edwards, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, 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: S13A1148

    The defendant failed to show that his counsel was deficient for strategically deciding to rely on an alibi, rather than on a mental health de

  • Pitchford v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-11-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheueli C. Wang Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0884

    The defendant brought himself to the attention of officers by voluntarily approaching the murder scene and inquiring about what happened, mentioning that he had recently had a run-in with the victim