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  • McCain v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-12-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret E. Heinen Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Thomas D. Wight, Lilburn, for appellant.
    for defendant: Oliver J. Browning Jr., District Attorney, Cedartown, Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Haase, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Gary D. Bergman Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia, Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A1546

    There was sufficient evidence corroborating the accomplice's testimony and connecting defendant to the charged c

  • City of Waycross v. Pierce Cnty. Bd. of Comm'rs

    Publication Date: 2016-11-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard E. Currie, City Attorney, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter G. Elliott II, William G. Elliott II Elliott, Blackburn Gooding PC, Valdosta, Willis H. Blacknall III, and Bryant H. Bower Jr., Waycross, for appellees.
    Case Number: S16A1019

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting county's request for an interlocutory injunction to prohibit city from discontinuing its water and sewer services in a formerly annexed

  • Terrell v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael W. Tarleton Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Arthur C. Walton, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Aimee F. Sobhani, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0849

    The trial court did not err in admitting statements of a non-testifying co-indictee under the co-conspirator hearsay exception, because State established defendant's involvement in the conspiracy ex

  • Blackmon v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Sirianni Jr., Winter Park, FL, and David J. Deganian, San Francisco, CA, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, and Mary C. Greaber Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Linda T. F. Day Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S16A1306

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for murder and other offenses, but the trial court erred in failing to sentence him for a crime for which he was found guilty and properly should have

  • Rozier v. Caldwell

    Publication Date: 2016-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell Zell PC, 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 Aimee F. Sobhani, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A1247

    The habeas court properly denied relief to petitioner following his convictions for murder and other crimes and the Court's affirmance of those convictions, as he failed to prove that he received in

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  • GeorgiaCarry.Org Inc. v. Code Revision Comm'n

    Publication Date: 2016-11-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wayne R. Allen Office of Legislative Counsel, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellees: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Joseph J. Drolet, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Rebecca J. Dobras, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S16A1045

    Plaintiff was not entitled to relief under any state of provable facts alleged in its complaint seeking a writ of mandamus in connection with two weapons related bills the Georgia General Assembly

  • Bowen v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth W. Sheppard, Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Arthur C. Walton, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Aimee F. Sobhani, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0850

    The evidence was sufficient for the jury to have found defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, either directly or as a party to a crime, of felony murder and other crimes in connection with a s

  • Ellison v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-10-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Ellison, Alamo, proceeded pro se. Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, Kristopher M. Bolden District Attorney's Office, Athens, 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: S16A0602

    Defendant's sentence following his negotiated guilty plea to murder was void to the extent it purported to limit his eligibility for parole in a manner not authorized by statutory law, and the tria

  • Kelly v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-10-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Osceola Kelly, Abbeville, proceeded pro se. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, 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: S16A0754

    The appellant abandoned his appeal from the denial of his motion to disqualify and/or recuse a trial judge, because in his appellate brief, he failed to enumerate any errors or brief any issues rel

  • Anderson v. Anderson

    Publication Date: 2016-09-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas C. Rawlings, Walter C. McMillan Jr. McMillan Rawlings LLP, Sandersville, David B. Bell Bell Bell Associates, Augusta, and Albert H. Dallas Dallas Law Firm, Thomson, for Charles Edwin Anderson et al.. John B. Long Tucker Long PC, Augusta, Glee C. Smith, Warrenton, and Robert E. Knox Jr. Knox Swan, Thomson, for Donna L. M. Anderson et al..
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S16A1052; S16X1053

    Because there was record evidence which, if believed, would establish that the decedent expressly directed his son, as his attorney-in-fact, to use his power of attorney to execute deeds conveying