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  • Cordova v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Cordova, Sparta, proceeded pro se. John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, Hinesville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S15A0110

    The defendant's sentences of three terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole were void, since the plea court did not specify an aggravating circumstance at the time of sente

  • Gala v. Fisher

    Publication Date: 2015-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul E. Weathington, Joseph P. Mitchell, and Charles M. Smith The Weathington Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Douglas J. Davis Belli, Weil, Grozbean Davis LLC, and Stacey A. Carroll Carroll Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellants: Steven P. Bristol Hall, Booth, Smith PC, Brunswick, and Mark W. Wortham Hall, Booth, Smith PC, Columbus. Amicus Appellees: Laura M. Shamp and Lucy R. Atkinson, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S14G0919

    The professional malpractice plaintiffs were permitted under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-9.1 subsection e to cure their defective complaint, which was accompanied by an affidavit from a person not competent to

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft III Public Defender's Office, McDonough, and John W. Kraus Public Defender's Office, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Kathryn L. Powers, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Christian A. Fuller, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1430

    The trial court properly ruled that striking a prospective juror for cause was not required, since the challenged juror was a corrections officer and thus was not a sworn police officer with arrest p

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance W. Tyler Tyler Law Firm LLC, Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosanna M. Szabo, Solicitor General, Shane R. McKeen, Assistant Solicitor, and Joelle M. Nazaire Solicitor General's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1625

    The trial court erred in denying the DUI-defendant's motion to suppress the results of a state-administered blood test without addressing whether he gave actual consent to the procuring and testing

  • Taylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler R. Conklin and James C. Bonner Jr. 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 Ryan A. Kolb, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1373

    The trial court properly admitted the murder victim's fiancee's testimony regarding the victim's statements to her during a telephone call shortly before his death implicating the defe

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  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer L. Knight Knight Mitchell PC, 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 Jason M. Rea, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1884

    Nothing in the record indicated that the court applied an incorrect standard in addressing the defendant's motion for new

  • Neal v. Hibbard

    Publication Date: 2015-03-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea B. Seliski, Denver, Colo., for Joseph Neal. Allyson Hibbard, North Augusta, S.C., proceeded pro se. Jenna B. Matson Shepard Plunkett Hamilton Boudreaux LLP, Evans, for Jennifer Neal.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S14A1669; S14A1673

    The father failed to show error in the trial court's change in custody of his two children by two different marr

  • Roberts v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda R. C. Palmer and Edward T. M. Garland Garland, Samuel Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Kathryn L. Powers, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Frances C. Kuo, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1497

    The evidence, although circumstantial, supported the defendant's convictions for malice murder, kidnapping and false imprisonment in connection with the victim's death caused by hyperthermia from en

  • Funck v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gabriel T. Cliett, Metter, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1293

    Criminal attempt to possess cocaine can be used as the underlying felony for a felony murder convi

  • State v. Colvard

    Publication Date: 2015-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Lenny I. Krick, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, Andre M. Johnson, and Jesse N. Bacon Law Office of Andre Johnson LLC, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1347

    The defendant's uncle lacked authority to consent to the officer's search of the defendant's locked bedroom where officers discovered the murder w