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  • Rodriguez-Nova v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-10-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne L. Burnaine, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, 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: S14A0808

    A 911 call can be authenticated by the testimony of one party to the recorded conver , and the inability of the 911 operator in question to understand the Spanish portions of the recorded conve

  • Hooks v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-10-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin D. Goldberg, Mableton, 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 Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A0997

    The evidence at trial did not prove that the defendant had an alibi for the timeframe his girlfriend and her son were stabbed to

  • Jansen-Nichols v. Colonial Pipeline Co.

    Publication Date: 2014-10-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wallace R. Nichols Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. Humphries IV and Matthew J. Calvert Hunton & Williams LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A0728

    The plaintiff failed to support her motion for an interlocutory injunction alleging that a pipeline company's use of a helicopter over her land constituted trespass, nuisance, negligence and neglige

  • Hundley v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-09-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry M. Johnson, Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard L. Perryman III, District Attorney, Nashville, Robert A. Rogers, Assistant District Attorney, Tifton, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Jessua C. Hornsby, Adel, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A0937

    The defendant failed to preserve his ineffective assistance of counsel claims for appellate r

  • State v. Hood

    Publication Date: 2014-09-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, Jon R. Forwood, and David T. Lock, Assistant District Attorneys, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Augusta, Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, Cordele, and Gary D. Bergman Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, Atlanta. Edward H. Brumby Jr., Public Defender, Athens, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Elizabeth A. Brandenburg Shein & Brandenburg, Decatur, and Saleem D. Dennis, Valdosta.
    Case Number: S14A0763

    The State's notice of appeal of the sentence imposed on the defen convictions for murder and related crimes had not yet ripened, as the trial court retained jurisdiction to dispose of the defe

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  • Deloatch v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-09-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew S. Fleischman Public Defender's Office, Dallas, 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 Christian A. Fuller, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A0837

    The defendant failed to prove his claim that defense counsel was deficient in not discovering two witnesses, who allegedly would have undermined the credibility of a third witness, who testified tha

  • Kilgore v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-09-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David D. Marshall, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Frances C. Kuo, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1099

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting cell phone records and testimony from the records custodian of the cell phone company about those records under the business records excepti

  • Georgia-Pacific Consumer Prods. LP v. Ratner

    Publication Date: 2014-07-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Hudson, William J. Keogh III Hull Barrett PC, Augusta, Ryburn C. Ratterree, and Tracy A. O'Connell Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: John C. Bell Jr. Bell & Brigham, Augusta, Benjamin M. Perkins, Timothy D. Roberts, and Melissa L. Bailey Oliver Maner LLP, Savannah, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Steven D. Caley GreenLaw, Atlanta. Neutral Amicus: William M. Droze, Douglas A. Henderson Troutman Sanders LLP, Randall D. Quintrell, Atlanta, Robert M. Brinson, Norman S. Fletcher Brinson Askew Berry Seigler Richardson & Davis LLP, Rome, Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia, Matthew M. Madden, Alan E. Untereiner Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, John H. Beisner, Geoffrey M. Wyatt, and Jessica D. Miller Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: S13G1723

    The trial court abused its discretion in certifying a class of property owners because the plaintiffs failed to satisfy the commonality requir

  • Miller v. Deal

    Publication Date: 2014-07-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Atteeyah E. Hollie, Sarah E. Geraghty Southern Center For Human Rights, and Gerald R. Weber Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jason S. Naunas, and Mark J. Cicero, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S13G1197

    The named plaintiffs did not meet the commonality and typicality requirements for class certification in a suit alleging that they were denied government-funded counsel while facing incarceration i

  • Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Loudermilk

    Publication Date: 2014-07-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael P. Kohler, Laura E. Ashby Miller & Martin PLLC, Atlanta, Charles B. Lee Miller & Martin PLLC, Chattanooga, Tenn., James S. Watson, and David C. Joseph Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Arlington, Va., for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert R. Ambler Jr. Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Robert R. Long IV, Elizabeth G. Greenman, Steven M. Collins Alston & Bird LLP, Jeffrey J. Swart, Atlanta, and Brian D. Boone Alston & Bird LLP, Charlotte, N.C., for appellees. Amicus Appellee: William W. Banks Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stephanie Burnham, Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Carey, John R. Bielema Jr. Bryan Cave LLP, W. Scott Sorrels, Thomas W. Curvin, Valerie S. Sanders, Samuel J. Casey, Nkoyo-Ene R. Eiffiong Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, Joseph J. Reilly, and Katherine B. Katz BuckleySandler LLP, Washington, D. C.
    Case Number: S14Q0454

    The business judgment rule generally precludes claims sounding in ordinary negligence against officers and directors of both corporations and banks for their business decisions, except to the extent