• Outdoor Advertising Ass'n of Ga. Inc. v. Garden Club of Ga. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S99A1567, S99X1568

    The fact that former attorney general represented the state transportation department in plaintiff's first suit against it did not disqualify him from representing plaintiff in second suit, since he

  • Atlanta Dwellings Inc. v. Wright

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Aldridge Jr., Scott L. Nathan and Marissa G. Connors McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb & Nichols, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George O. Lawson Jr. and Alton Hornsby III Lawson & Thornton PC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S99A1395, S99A1396

    Interlocutory injunction prohibiting plaintiff's foreclosure on defendant's deed to secure debt was appropriate, since questions exist regarding construction of parties' forbearance agreement and wh

  • Lovell v. Osteomedics Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erik H. Olson The Olsen Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William R. Youngblood Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S00A0055

    Appellant's motion to dissolve the consent temporary restraining order incorporating his employment agreement's restrictive covenants was moot, since the covenants have expired and cannot be enf

  • Adams v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert W. Lenzer and Thomas P. Lenzer Lenzer & Lenzer, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, George F. Hutchinson III, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wesley S. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S99A1714

    Defendant's previous arrest and imprisonment following his dispute with and assault on the v was admissible to prove his motive for murdering the v

  • Howard v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul W. David, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S99A1766

    The solicitation of sodomy statute, O.C.G.A. § 16-6-15, is constitut

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  • Parks v. McClung

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert E. Toone Jr. and Stephen B. Bright Southern Ctr. for Human Rights, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . George R. Ellis Jr. Ellis, Easterlin, Peagler, Gatewood & Skipper, Americus, for appellee. Amicus appellants: Mary W. Whiteman Whiteman & Whiteman, Decatur, Michael B. Shapiro and James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S99A0712

    The trial court did not have to inform defendants of the dangers of proceeding pro se before they entered their guilty pleas without the assistance of co

  • Turpin v. Bennett

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S99A1703, S99X1747

    Evidence supported habeas court's finding that defense counsel provided ineffective assistance in failing to seek a continuance when a defense expert suffering from dementia abandoned his original d

  • Moody v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. Martin The Martin Firm LLP, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Rudjard M. Hayes, Assistant District Attorney, Greenville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S99A1631

    Since defendant could have received a double punishment both for shooting the victims and for possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony, his acquittal on the weapons charge did not bar

  • Morgan v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronnie J. Lane, Donalsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Brown Moseley, District Attorney, Minerva S. Cansino, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S99A1670

    Defendant failed to show that jurors were not selected randomly merely because they were placed at the top of the jury list for the court's current after they were excused during the previous

  • Brooks v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie T. Yancey II, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Melanie Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and H. Maddox Kilgore, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S99A1360

    Juvenile defendant knowingly and intelligently waived his rights before giving a statement to police, since his adult sister accompanied him, he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol and h