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  • Givens v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-05-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael G. Schiavone and Steven L. Sparger Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Jon Hope, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General,, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0509

    The witness's testimony that defendant promised to give him insurance money for killing the victim satisfied the nexus requirement for admission of evidence of a life insurance p

  • Georgia Dep't of Natural Resources v. Theragenics Corp.

    Publication Date: 2001-05-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Robert S. Bomar and John E. Hennelly, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jerry B. Blackstock, John W. Harbin, Tracy M. Culver, Adam P. Princenthal Powell, Goldstein, Frazier & Murphy, Otto F. Feil III and Celeste McCollough Chorey, Taylor & Feil PC, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellants: Susan M. Pruett, Ted C. Baggett, James F. Grubiak, Kelly J. Pridgen, Atlanta, and James E. Elliott Jr., Warner Robins. Amicus Appellee: William H. Kitchens Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S00G1851

    O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72 b 1 protected trade secrets contained in documents which plaintiff was required to file with a government agency to obtain and maintain plaintiff's license, even the documents w

  • Dee v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-05-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel and Edward T.M. Garland Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0281

    Any suggestiveness involved in a weapons line-up went to the weight of the identification, not its admissib

  • Nodvin v. State Bar of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marvin P. Nodvin The Nodvin Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert L. Goldstucker and Paul J. Pontrelli Nall, Miller, Owens, Hocutt & Howard LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A2035

    State Bar's fee arbitration rules do not violate equal protection because attorneys are not a suspect class and requiring them to justify their fees in an inexpensive forum before an impartial panel

  • Padilla v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario A. Pacella, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Daniel G. Ashburn, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1795

    Fact that defendant was the only mixed-race male in the photographic array did not taint the pretrial identification procedure since several of the photographs showed men with similar characteri

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  • Foster v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel G. Alderman III and Bond H. Almand Almand & Wiggins, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan R. Tawse Jr., Solicitor General, and Arthur J. Creque, Assistant Solicitor General, Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A2054

    Criminal prosecution for violating an unconstitutionally vague animal control ordinance was b

  • State v. Roberts

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Jennifer Kolman, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Johnny R. Moore, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1896

    Trial court erred in suppressing 18-year-old high school senior's murder confession because the undisputed evidence showed that he voluntarily confessed without inducement by the slightest hope of

  • Sprayberry v. Dougherty County, Ga.

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wilbur T. Gamble III Collier & Gamble LLP, Dawson, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William S. Lee IV, Albany, for appellees.
    Case Number: S00A1683

    The plaintiffs could directly appeal the denial of their mandamus petition seeking to compel the county board of commissioners to rescind the rezoning of neighboring property because the plaintiffs

  • Battles v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Folsom, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Lori A. Huff, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, Marsha G. Boniface, Assistant District Attorney, Moultrie, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0112

    Defendant's admission that he hit the victim and evidence that the victim died from a head blow supported defendant's murder convi

  • Stinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Alonza Whitaker, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A2069

    The trial court erred in failing to charge the jury that the state had to disprove the murder defendant's affirmative defense of accident beyond a reasonable