• Murphy v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-02-10
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, David R. Helmick, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S11A1358

    The jury could have construed the trial court's comments about an officer as bolstering the officer's test

  • Cardinale v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2012-02-10
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11G1047

    O.C.G.A. § 50-14-1 e 2 does not allow the minutes of an agency meeting to omit the names of persons voting against a proposal or abstaining when the vote is not taken by roll-call and is not unan

  • Kennedy Dev. Co. Inc. v. Camp

    Publication Date: 2011-12-29
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa K. Whitfield Hicks, Casey & Foster PC, Marietta, for appellant. Gregg P. Counts, Snellville, Russell B. Davis, Joshua S. Ruplin Downey & Cleveland, Marietta, Larry E. Stewart, Lawrenceville, David F. Root Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP and C. Scott Greene Brian, Cave, Powell, Goldstein, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11G0274

    The indemnity provision of the agreement between a homeowners' association and a development company was void and unenforceable under O.C.G.A. § 13-8-2 b, since it excused the development company fr

  • Guajardo v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer S. Hanson, Bruce S. Harvey, K. Julie Hojnacki, Kimberly H. Cornwell Law Office of Bruce S. Harvey and Mark A. Yuracheck Yuracheck & Assocs. LLC, Atlanta, for appellant. Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Caroline C. Owings, Stephen N. Knights Jr. District Attorney's Office, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Dana E. Weinberger, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11A0965

    Shortly after engaging in a physical altercation with the victim, the defendant drove through an apartment complex and fatally sho

  • Cammer v. Walker

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Linda S. Sheffield, Atlanta, for appellant. Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellant: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Public Defender Standard's Council, Atlanta, George P. Donaldson III Perry & Walters LLP, Albany, and K. Scott Key, McDonough.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11A1250

    The fact that defense counsel now believes that he should have handled his consultation with the defendant about a pretrial plea offer differently does not mean that his representation was defi

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  • Novare Group Inc. v. Sarif

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Reilly, Brian P. Watt and Williams N. Withrow Jr. Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellants. James R. Fletcher II The Geheren Firm PC, Dunwoody, Michael Weinstock Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, and Wallace H. Ehrenclou Ehrenclou & Grover LLC, Lawrenceville, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Ned Blumenthal and Seth G. Weissman Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11G0478

    The plaintiffs' contemporaneously served rescission letter could not satisfy the necessary prerequisite of electing recission before filing

  • Wilder v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-11-18
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael O. Horgan, Washington, for appellant. Dennis C. Sanders, District Attorney, Durwoord R. Davis, Chief, Assistant District Attorney, and Kevin R. Majeska, Assistant District Attorney, Thomson, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S10G1897

    The Court of Appeals erred in admitting under the independent source doctrine a videotape of the defendant and the victim while engaged in sexual acts and other evidence discovered in a locked brief

  • State v. Kelly

    Publication Date: 2011-11-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant. Henry A. Hibbert Cromwell & Hibbert, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11A0734

    The Supreme Court of Georgia adopted the federal plain error standard as stated in Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52 b and summarized in Puckett v. United States, 556 U. S. 129 II a

  • Vandall v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-11-18
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher G. Paul Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Cartersville, for appellant. Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, Cartersville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11A0810

    The 13-month-old victim bled to death internally from a broken back while in the defendant's sole

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-11-18
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Brown, Forrest City, Ark., proceeded pro se. Ashley Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11A0949

    The waiver of s form signed by the petitioner served as some affirmative evidence that either the trial court or his trial counsel entered into a colloquy with him and explained all three Boyki