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  • SunTrust Bank v. Venable

    Publication Date: 2016-09-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig B. Lefkoff and Kristina L. S. Williams Lefkoff, Rubin, Gleason Russo PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kris K. Skaar, Justin T. Holcombe Skaar Feagle LLP, Woodstock, and James M. Feagle Skaar Feagle LLP, Tucker, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Charles R. Bliss, Anne E. B. Carder Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc., David A. Webster, Atlanta, Angela J. Riccetti Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc., Decatur, and J. Erik Heath, San Francisco, CA.
    Case Number: S16G0664

    In an issue of first impression in Georgia, the Court held that the 4-year statute of limitation under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code was applicable to a cause of action based on a conditi

  • Lejeune v. McLaughlin

    Publication Date: 2016-07-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam M. Hames The Hames Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Vicki S. Bass Hudson Parrott Walker, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0072

    The habeas court erred in ruling that the petitioner knowingly and voluntarily entered his guilty plea to murder, because the record contained no evidence that he had been informed that he waived hi

  • Shepard v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2016-07-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Daniel W. Hamilton Shepard, Plunkett, Hamilton Boudreaux LLP, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kealy Williams, Grovetown, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: S16A0405

    The habeas court erred in finding that the defendant did not knowingly and voluntarily enter his guilty plea to murder, hijacking a motor vehicle, armed robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly wea

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-07-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft III Public Defender's Office, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Kevin C. Armstrong District Attorney's Office, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0314

    The evidence was sufficient to support the defendant's convictions for murder and other crimes, but the trial court erred in merging the defendant's convictions on certain counts of the indictment f

  • Rhodes v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-07-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell Zell PC, and McNeill Stokes, Atlanta, 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 Mary Catherine Greaber Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0208

    The defendant failed to prove that the State withheld exculpatory evidence from the defense in his trial for murder and other related off

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  • Murphy v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily J. Gilbert Georgia Capital Defender, Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, and Priya N. Lakhi, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jason B. Green, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, 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.
    Case Number: S16A0150

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for five counts of felony murder, aggravated battery, arson in the first degree and child cruelty arising after she set a fire at a motel because

  • Islamkhan v. Khan

    Publication Date: 2016-06-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen M. Reba, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrea M. Knight Senterfitt Knight LLC, and Jean M. Kutner, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0105

    Because the husband's failure to follow the interlocutory appeal procedures rendered his notice of appeal nugatory, his notice of appeal was not a supersedeas and did not deprive the trial court of

  • Hickman v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David D. Marshall, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Billy J. Dixon, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Scott O. Teague, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0524

    The trial court did not err in admitting into evidence pursuant to the doctrine of forfeiture by wrongdoing the victim's diary entries, in which she stated three months before she was murdered that

  • Barking Hound Vill. LLC v. Monyak

    Publication Date: 2016-06-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel McKie and Andrew Hazen Hall Booth Smith PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert Monyak and Jonathan Peters Peters Monyak LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Jennifer D. Odom, Ann W. Ferebee Bryan Cave LLP, Katherine M. Smallwood Sutherland Asbill Brennan, Atlanta, Leonard Searcy Shook, Hardy Bacon LLP, Kansas City, MO, Victor E. Schwartz, and Philip S. Goldberg Shook, Hardy Bacon LLP, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: S15G1184

    In a negligence suit arising out of the death of a dog following its stay at a boarding facility, the owners were entitled to recover the dog's fair market value plus interest and any reasonable med

  • Triola v. Triola

    Publication Date: 2016-06-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott R. King and Steven M. Lefkoff Jacobs King LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce W. Phillips, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16F0336

    A temporary ali rder was void and of no legal effect because the judge who entered it had resigned two days prior to signing the order, and the successor judge who entered a second temporary al