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  • Henley v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-06-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Yurachek Mark A. Yurachek & Assocs., Bruce S. Harvey and Jennifer S. Hanson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0299

    The defendant shot at the v s brothers car, then fatally shot the v

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-06-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean A. Black Black Law Offices LLC, Toccoa, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Elberton, and Adam C. Schroeder, Assistant District Attorney, Carnesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08G1975

    An officer properly seized the marijuana in the defendant's jacket pocket, since the jacket was hanging just outside the bathroom door of a motel room from which the defendant was lawfully being evi

  • Deleon v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-05-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Jennifer C. Bagwell, Gregory E. Radics, Assistant District Attorneys, Gainesville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0206

    The trial court did not err in failing to excuse a juror for cause, who stated several times that he could set aside any preconceived notions, as well as what he had read about the case before trial

  • Carson v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-05-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roderick K. Bridges, 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 Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0365

    Any error in admitting evidence that the defendant cut a witness more than 17 years before the murder was harmless, given the strength of the evidence against

  • Brooks v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Amy E. H. Morelli, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1647

    The aggravated assault victim identified the defendant as the gunman, who shot the murder victim to death, then fired several bullets at him, hitting him twice in the

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  • Cleveland v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. Lamb, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and William D. Kelly Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08G1371

    The evidence authorized the trial court to disbelieve the defendant's claim that he would have accepted a plea had his trial counsel adequately investigated the state's

  • Wilkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard M. Darden and Shanti T. Persad-Moeller, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, David T Lock, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Reggie A. Lampkin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0275

    The trial court properly admitted the defendant's statement to police, under the totality of the circumst

  • Nixon v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Culp, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, Waycross, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1877

    The circumstantial evidence supported the defendant's felony murder conviction for the death of his 2-month-ol

  • Barnett v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers, Sheueli C. Wang Georgia Pub. Defender Standards Council and Leigh S. Schrope, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, Newnan, Anne C. Allen, District Attorney, Tara M. Wilson, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1554

    The defendant fatally shot the victim in the head and the victim identified the defendant as the sh

  • Sheppard v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Lee Prescott Jr., Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, Daniel A. Craig, District Attorneys, Madonna M. Little, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorneys, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1448

    An eyewitness testified that the defendant shot the victim in back of his head because the victim had ' "set up" ' the defendant's br