• State v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2010-07-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman and Jesse D. Evans, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tony L. Axam Axamlaw and Calvin A. Edwards Jr., Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S10A0070

    State v. Crane, 247 Ga. 779 1981, overruled, as the felony murder statute requires only that the defendant's felonious conduct proximately cause the death of another p

  • Thornton v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy E. Barnes and John R. Bevis The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark T. Dietrichs, William W. Downs Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, Dike R. Groover and Jeanna G. Fennell James, Bates, Pope & Spivey LLP, Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09G1257

    The insured filed his claim for fire damage to his home outside of the 1-year time period provided in his home owner's p

  • Spencer v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S10A0453

    Chandler v. State, 261 Ga. 402 1991 requires only a detailed pre-trial notice of a defendant's intention to present evidence of the victim's violent acts against third parties in support of a justif

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore, Amanda Heath and David Gram Mercer Law School, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09G1700

    The impact of a defendant's guilty on his immigration status is a collateral consequence of his

  • Anthony v. American Gen. Fin. Servs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason L. Crawford, Dustin T. Brown, James C. Fuller Daughtery, Crawford, Fuller & Brown LLP, Columbus, Robert T. Trammell Jr. Trammell, Camp & Lewis LLC, Newnan, and David A. Webster, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lawrence J. Bracken II, Bryan A. Powell and Charlotte M. Wheeler Hunton & Williams LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Charles R. Bliss, John R. Bartholomew IV and Anna-Elisa Mackowiak Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc, Decatur.

    Case Number: S10Q0203

    Corporations employing notaries public are not directly subject to O.C.G.A. § 45-17-11, which establishes the maximu a notary can charge and requires notification to consumers of the maximu

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  • Dupree v. Dupree

    Publication Date: 2010-06-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelli A. Devaney-Jackson, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Francis M. Lewis, Dublin, for appellee.

    Case Number: S10F0516

    The trial court erred in ordering the husband to maintain the minor child's health insurance, without including that expense in calculating his child support oblig

  • Whitehead v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-06-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S10A0313

    The Court overruled Dixon v. State, 285 Ga. 312, 317 677 SE2d 76 2009; Robinson v. State, 283 Ga. 546, 547 661 SE2d 538 2008; Young v. State, 269 Ga. 478, 479 499 SE2d 60 1998 and other similar case

  • Windsor f/k/a Bank v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard N. Hubert and Nicholas S. Papleacos Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Dana L. Jackel and Christopher L. Phillips Jackel & Phillips PC, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S10A0102

    O.C.G.A. § 9-2-60 b provides that any action where no written order issues for five years is automatically dism

  • Ononye v. Ezeofor

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey A. Evans and Andrew T. Mosley II Mosley & Evans LLC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leah R. Brown, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S10A0496

    The appellant induced the errors of which he complained in his partition action involving a residence, which he owned jointly with his ex

  • Thomas v. Freeman

    Publication Date: 2010-05-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shelton R. Thomas, Atlanta, proceeded pro se. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, and David K. Getachew-Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S10A0166

    The defendant's claims could not serve as the basis for pre-trial habeas relief, since the defendant may assert them in his pending prosecution for armed robbery, aggravated assault and related c