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  • Mister v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne T. Burnaine, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Wesley C. Ross, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1338

    The trial court's error in allowing the co-defendant to testify about his prior consistent statements from his plea hearing was harmless, given the overwhelming evidence of the defendant's

  • Dowa Enters Inc. v. Stanford Ellington Post 6647, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard T. Bridges, Thomaston, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Mark M. Irvin Irvin & Smith LLP, Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0600

    A VFW Manual was admissible and clearly relevant to the present suit, which arose from the underlying transfer of a local VFW post's property for far below the property's market

  • Lawrence v. Lawrence

    Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin L. Fierman, Eatonton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kice H. Stone Stone & Driggers LLC, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1370

    The parties' antenuptial agreement was clearly a contract made in contemplation of divorce, not a contract made in contemplation of marriage, thus, the agreement was not subject to O.C.G.A. § 19-3-6

  • Washington v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara B. Claridge Claridge Law Firm, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0887

    Any error in the trial court's refusal to allow the defendant to cross-examine a co-defendant about refusing a plea offer in exchange for testimony was harmless, because the evidence was overwhelmin

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg Georgia Capital Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0814

    Due to a discrepancy between the list of charges on his indictment and the list of charges on the verdict form sent to the jury, it was possible that the trial court mistakenly sentenced the defend

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  • Fortner v. Grange Mut. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-10-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert B. Turner, Kathryn H. Pinckney Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Savannah, Jason L. Crawford Daughtery, Crawford, Fuller & Brown LLP, Columbus, and Darren W. Penn Harris, Penn & Lowry LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert R. Gunn II, Thomas P. Allen III Martin Snow LLP, Macon, and I. Gregory Hodges Oliver Maner, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09G0492

    The trial court's jury charge was not consistent with the safe harbor provision recognized in Cotton States Mut. Ins. Co. v. Brightman, 276 Ga. 683

  • Constantino v. Warren

    Publication Date: 2009-10-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerome J. Froelich Jr. McKenney & Froelich, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Amelia G. Pray, and Christopher W. Timmons, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1541

    O.C.G.A. § 17-6-1 does not provide for bail as a matter of right, except in misdemeanor

  • Keita v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Walker, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G Lawson, District Attorney, Jonesboro, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Sheila E. Gallow, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0933

    Evidence that the defendant shot an unarmed cab driver four times, killing him, supported his murder convi