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  • Hood v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward H. Brumby Jr., Public Defender, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian V. Patterson, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jon R. Forwood, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Vicki S. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0064

    The evidence, including the defendant's own statement, was sufficient to authorize a rational jury to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of felony murder and the other crimes for w

  • Davenport v. Davenport

    Publication Date: 2016-06-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ann M. Vaughan, Blairsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard D. Tunkle English, Tunkle Smith, Clayton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16F0279

    In a divorce proceeding, th l court erred in denying the husband's motion to compel production of th l transcript in the absence of a finding that the court made a ruling at the start of t

  • Giddens v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-05-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua D. Holt and Leisa G. Johnson Public Defender's Office, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory W. Edwards, District Attorney, Heather H. Lanier, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Albany, 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: S16A0256

    A defendant's retrial for convictions that have been reversed or vacated due to trial error is not barred by an inconsistent acqu

  • Williford v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2016-05-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas T. Kidd, Lavonia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry L. Hicks II and Milton J. D. Moore Moore Hicks PC, Hartwell, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0177

    The plaintiff failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted in her petition for equitable relief, in which she requested an order requiring her father's wife to allow her unimpeded pers

  • Stokes v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-05-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Zachary E. Tumlin, Dahlonega, for appellant.
    for defendant: William J. Langley, District Attorney, Blairsville, T. Buckley Levins, Assistant District Attorney, Hiawasee, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0485

    The evidence contradicting the defendant's version of events fully supported the trial court's conclusions that her plea counsel correctly informed her of when she would be eligible for parole, that

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  • Thrasher-Starobin v. Starobin

    Publication Date: 2016-04-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bianca Thrasher-Starobin, Atlanta, proceeded pro se. Lawrence J. Zimmerman, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S16A0537

    The trial court failed to state a statutory basis for awarding attorney fees to the husband following the parties' cross-motions for contempt of their divorce decree and failed to make specific find

  • Georgia Dep't of Behavioral Health Developmental Disabilities v. United Cerebral Palsy of GA Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-03-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Joshua B. Belinfante, Kimberly K. Anderson Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC, Jaime L. Theriot, and J. Nick Phillips Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jason M. Beach, Lawrence J. Bracken II, Eric J. Taylor, Peter F. Busscher Hunton Williams LLP, Rebeccah L. Bower, Jonathan L. Rue Parker Hudson Rainer Dobbs LLP, Jordan Kearney, Glenn P. Hendrix, William J. Rissler Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Alysa B. Freeman, Atlanta, and Deepak Jeyaram Jeyaram Associates Inc., Duluth, for appellees. Amicus Appellees: Gerald R. Weber Jr., Atlanta.
    Case Number: S15G1183

    The Court of Appeals erred in holding that the strative agencies' alleged failure to give the plaintiffs proper notice of adverse agency decisions excused the plaintiffs from the exhaustion of

  • Veal v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long D. Vo Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Joshua D. Morrison, Senior Assistant District Attorney, 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: S15A1721

    The trial court erred in sentencing the juvenile defendant to life without parole for malice murder without first making any sort of distinct determination on the record that the defendant was irre

  • Battle v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan P. Waters, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: K. David Cooke Jr., District Attorney, Sandra G. Matson, Jason M. Martin, Assistant District Attorneys, Macon, 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: S15A1510

    The trial judge did not err in failing to sua sponte recuse himself from the defendant's case after learning of the defendant's alleged plot to have him k

  • Saffold v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Adams Jr. and Monica N. Hamlett Public Defender's Office, Thomaston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott L. Ballard, District Attorney, Fayetteville, Benjamin D. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Thomaston, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1375

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for murder, arson, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, theft of a motor vehicle and bur