• Willis v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-01-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barry M. Hazen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S01A1810

    The erroneous admission of hearsay testimony about prior difficulties between defendant and the v was harmless where defendant denied that he ever threatened or hit the v

  • Finn v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-01-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Mary C. Ziegenhain, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S01A1539

    The trial court properly denied defendant's request for funds for an independent DNA test where defendant initially filed a bare bones motion and waited until a week before trial before filing a ren

  • Fort v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-12-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey W. Cofer, Jonesboro, for Fort. Patricia F. Angeli, Jonesboro, for Peck. Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, Erman J. Tanjuatco, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General,, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S01A1268; S01A1269

    The record failed to support defendant's contention that a detective improperly placed his bad character into evidence by referencing a mu

  • Garden Club of Ga. v. Shackelford

    Publication Date: 2001-12-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Bowers, T Joshua R. Archer, Christopher S. Anulewicz Meadows, Ichter & Trigg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David H. Flint, Mark W. Forsling Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Ray O. Lerer, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Cathy A. Cox-Brakefield, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Denmark Groover Jr. and Duke R. Groover Groover & Childs, Macon, for appellees. Amicus Appellant, Arthur H. Domby, Troutman Sanders, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S01A0771

    The DOT's rules allowing for the trimming of trees and vegetation on highway rights-of-way to permit the viewing of outdoor advertising signs on private property violated the Georgia Constitution's

  • Mikell v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce S. Harvey and David S. West, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Thomas S. Clegg, Jeanne M. Canavan, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, , Mary B. Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S01A0690

    Evidence of defendant's extramarital relationship was admissible to refute his testimony that he had a good relationship with his

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  • Lucas v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald J. Jordan Adams, Jordan & Treadwell PC, Brian G. Combs, Milledgeville, and Patrick Keenan Southern Ctr. for Human Rights, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gray, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Karen A. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Center, Michael Mears MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta, and Linda A. Malone William and Mary College Sch. of Law, Williamsburg, Va.

    Case Number: S01P1069

    The trial court's error in allowing the state's opening comments and testimony about the victims' worth and the impact of their deaths was harmless in light of the state's corroborating evidence tha

  • Mancill v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-11-16
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven E. Phillips, 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, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S01A0658

    The trial court properly admitted the 4-year-old witness's videotaped interviews which were consistent with her trial testimony to rebut defendant's contention that relatives and others attempted to

  • Oliver v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-11-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. M. Raffauf, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Angel Wheeler, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S01A0817

    The trial court's error in charging the jury that it could infer intent to kill from the defendant's use of a deadly weapon was harmless since defendant was convicted of felony murder which requires

  • Massaline v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2001-11-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Daniel G. Ashburn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and William P. Rowe III, Duluth, for appellee.

    Case Number: S01A1182

    The Supreme Court adopted the mailbox rule for pro se prisoners pursuing review of their habeas corpus

  • Bruce v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S01A0623

    An issue of state procedural law which was decided in a subsequent case could not be the basis for a collateral attack, such as defendant's petition for habeas r