• Provident Life and Accident Ins. Co. v. Hallum

    Publication Date: 2003-02-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Sanders Carter Jr. and Andrea K. Cataland Carter & Ansley, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glenn S. Bass and Ramsey Kazem Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02Q1307

    Plaintiff's disability insurance policy covered his carpel tunnel syndrome resulting from 30 years of OBGYN work as an injury, rather than a sickness or di

  • King v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry Boston The Chestney-Hawkins Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor General, Emilien O. Loiselle Jr., Jeffrey P. Kwiatkowski and Jonathan D. Aurelia, Assistant Solicitors, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02A1329

    The defendant was not entitled to notice or a hearing prior to issuance and execution of a search warrant for his medical records relating to a 1-car suspected DUI acc

  • In re J. M.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine B. Sanderson Cook, Lundy & Sanderson PA, Peachtree City, Gerald R. Weber Jr., Robert L. Tsai and Elizabeth L. Littrell American Civil Liberties Union, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, James E. Sherrill and Jamie K. Inagawa, Assistant District Attorneys, Fayetteville, for appellee. Amicus appellant: Julie M. Carpenter Jenner & Block LLC, Washington D.C.

    Case Number: S02A1432

    A 16-year-old juvenile had a constitutionally protected privacy interest in having consensual sex with his 16-year-old girlfriend in the bedroom of her parents'

  • Martin v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-01-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold S. Gulliver, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jennifer S. Gill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03A0184

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions, even though no witness identified him as the sh

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-01-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02A1860

    Given the overwhelming evidence of malice, the trial court's error in charging that the jury could infer an intent to kill from the use of a deadly weapon was har

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  • Adams v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael B. King, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, Jack S. Jennings, Jane E. Grabowski, Assistant District Attorneys, Jonesboro, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02A0974

    The victim died after the defendant beat her severely with a

  • Wallace v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02A1115

    The trial court's erroneous jury charge on m murder impermissibly shifted the burden of proof to defendant on the essential elements of intent and m

  • Terrell v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. Strauss, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Alan A. Cook, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Paige R. Whitaker, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02P0643

    Recent United States Supreme Court case law did not require the state to allege statutory aggravating circumstances in the defendant's indictment or have a grand jury consider statutory aggrav

  • Braithwaite v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-22
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02A1148

    Defense counsel's decision not to object to the prosecutor's improper golden rule argument was a matter of trial ta

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick G. Longhi, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02A1113

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing the state to further cross-examine the defendant regarding matters that were raised for the first time during his co-defendant's cross-examin