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  • Fisher v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-07-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven E. Phillips and Kenneth D. Kondritzer Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0515

    The defendant proved his ineffective assistance of counsel claims following his convic for malice murder and other crimes, and the Supreme Court therefore reversed his convic

  • State v. Ashley

    Publication Date: 2016-07-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian K. Fortner, District Attorney, and Emily K. Richardson, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Michael S. Carlson, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, John S. Melvin, John R. Edwards, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, and Donald P. Geary, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur. Cynthia W. Harrison Harrison Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15G1207

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting three similar transactions in the defendant's trial on charges of kidnapping, attempted kidnapping and criminal trespass for the purpose of

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-07-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald R. Parker Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Moruf O. Oseni, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth M. Haase, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0398

    The trial court did not reversibly err in allowing the State to question the defendant about the meaning of his tattoos in his murder trial in connection with the death of his 2-month-old dau

  • Washington v. Hopson

    Publication Date: 2016-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Steven M. Rodham Womack, Gottlieb Rodham PC, LaFayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Scott Key Miller Key PA, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0148

    The habeas court erred in setting aside the petiti rape conviction, because the factual findings underlying the habeas court's conclusions that a former prosecutor's conduct violated the petit

  • Doctors Hosp. of Augusta v. Alicea

    Publication Date: 2016-07-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David V. Johnson, Brett A. Tarver, and Kevin P. Race Insley Race LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Harry D. Revell Nicholson Revell LLP, Christopher C. Connor Connor Connor LLC, Augusta, Kenneth L. Connor, and Camille Godwin Connor Connor LLC, Aiken, SC, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15G1571

    The immunity afforded to health care providers and facilities under the Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care Act applies only where the health care provider or facility was making a good faith

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  • Bales v. Lowery

    Publication Date: 2016-06-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott W. Shaw Shaw Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Lowery, Gordon, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: S16A0200

    The trial court erred in denying the mother's petition for habeas corpus seeking the return of her daughter from the child's father, who was withholding the child from the mother in violation of a v

  • State v. Philpot

    Publication Date: 2016-06-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, and David K. Getachew-Smith Sr., Chief Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathryn R. Elwart Public Defender's Office, and Charita H. Demps, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0334

    The trial court properly granted the defendant's motion to suppress his confession to crimes associated with a murder and four aggravated assaults during an armed robbery, because he had unequivocal

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack M. Downie and Brandi D. Payne Public Defender's Office, Lyons, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel H. Altman, District Attorney, John A. Fitzner III, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Mary K. McKinnon, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew M. Youn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0103

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for felony murder and first-degree child cruelty in connection with the death of his girlfriend's 13-month-old daughter, but the trial court erred

  • Toyo Tire N. Am. Mfg. Inc. v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2016-06-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Alpert, Jeffrey K. Douglass Morris Manning Martin LLP, Atlanta, and David Archer Archer Lovell PC, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Kyle G. A. Wallace, Andrew J. Tuck Alston Bird LLP, Hugh B. McNatt, T. Joshua R. Archer, Malissa A. Kaufold-Wiggins Balch Bingham LLP, Atlanta, Charles W. Whitney Oglethorpe Power Corp., Tucker, and Brian D. Boone Alston Bird LLP, Charlotte, NC. William Akin and S. Lester Tate Akin Tate LLC, Cartersville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S15G1804

    The plaintiffs presented sufficient evidence to survive the dant's motion for summary judgment in their lawsuit asserting claims for trespass, continuing trespass and nuisance arising out of th

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long D. Vo Georgia Public Defender Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, Brian V. Patterson, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Kristopher M. Bolden District Attorney's Office, Athens, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Mary C. Greaber Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0357

    The trial court properly admitted the murder victim's hearsay statement under the necessity exce