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  • Henry v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-05-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lorie L. Williams-Smith, Public Defender, Adel, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Jessica W. Clark, Assistant District Attorney, Meredith G. Brasher District Attorney's Office, Valdosta, 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: S15A0189

    The defendant failed to prove his several ineffective assistance of trial counsel claims after he was convicted of murder and other c

  • Buckner v. Barrow

    Publication Date: 2015-05-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher M. Buckner, Atlanta, proceeded pro se. Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S15A0093

    The habeas court improperly found that appellate counsel made legal arguments sufficient to preserve a claim of error on appeal when the Court of Appeals already had found othe

  • Hill v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2015-04-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leah M. Singleton McKenna, Long Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, J. Scott Key Miller Key PA, McDonough, and Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore Mercer Law School, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: 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: S14A1352

    Although the indictment did not expressly charge the defendant with ory rape, the indictment as a whole afforded him constitutionally adequate notice that he could be convicted at trial of the

  • Chan v. Ellis

    Publication Date: 2015-03-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. McKenney McKenney Froelich, Marietta, and Oscar Michelen Cuomo LLC, Mineola, NY, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth W. McBride Page Scrantom Sprouse Tucker Ford PC, Columbus, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Sidney L. Moore III, James D. Summerville Summerville Moore PC, Atlanta, and Eugene Volokh UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, Calif.. Amicus Appellee: Timothy B. McCormack McCormack Intellectual Property Business Law P.S., Seattle, Wash..
    Case Number: S14A1652

    The appellant's posts on his website about pellee did not constitute "contact" under O.C.G.A. § 16-5-90 subsection a 1 and the trial court therefore erred in finding that pellant stalked

  • Hughes v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard C. Hagler Hagler, Jackson Walters, Columbus, and Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, and Wesley A. Lambertus, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14G0622

    The Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals' reversal of the grant of the defendant's motion to suppress the results of a blood test following a fatal car accident, holding that the officers had

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  • Greene County Dev. Auth. v. State of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2015-03-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Joseph Loveland Jr., Letitia A. McDonald, Timothy H. Lee, William A. Holby King Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Richard W. Schmidt Blasingame Burch Garrard Ashley PC, Greensboro, Donald A. Cronin Jr. O'Quinn Cronin LLC, McDonough, and M. Joseph Reitman Jr., General Counsel Lambert, Reitman Abney LLC, Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gray, for appellees. Other party representation: Melodie S. Conner, Gwinnett Superior Court, Lawrenceville, and Marcy A. Hanks, Monroe. Amicus Appellants: Jeremy T. Berry and Benjamin J. Vinson McKenna Long Aldridge LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S14A1507

    The record permitted the trial court's finding that the revenue bonds proposal related to financing the construction of a facility for a public charter school was not sound, feasible and reaso

  • Spriggs v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-02-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert T. Spriggs, Valdosta, proceeded pro se. Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, John F. McClellan Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Rome, 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: S14A1524

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion for leave to take an out-of-time appeal from the dismissal of his untimely motion to withdraw his plea of guilty but mentall

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-02-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcia G. Shein and Elizabeth A. Brandenburg Law Firm of Shein Brandenburg, Decatur, 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 Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1933

    There was no evidence in the record to suggest that the pretrial photographic lineup was unduly suggestive; the issues raised were instead factors to be considered in evaluating the likelihood of mi

  • Bryant v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Robinson III Robinson Associates, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick, 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: S14A1531

    The trial court had discretion to admit a witness's testimony that he was threatened about testifying in this case and put in protective custody to explain the witness's initial reluctance to speak

  • Redding v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Quen L. Banks, Atlanta, and Christopher R. Geel, Mount Pleasant, SC, 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 Rochelle W. Gordon, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1679

    The lighter background in the defendant's photograph as compared to the rest of the photographs in the photographic lineup, without more, did not render the lineup impermissibly sugge