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  • Glover v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-06-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phyllis R. Williams, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0508

    The witnesses' recorded statements to a 911 operator were admissible as part of the res g

  • Caswell v. Caswell

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam R. Gaslowitz, Brain M. Deutsch, Lisa C. Lambert, Craig M. Frankel Gaslowitz Frankel LLC, Atlanta, and Douglas R. Daum, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Burleigh L. Singleton Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, and Stephen Noel, Monroe, for appellees.
    Case Number: S09A0159

    The uncontroverted testimony of the witnesses to the will showed that the decedent was of sound mind and that he expressed a rational, uninfluenced desire to dispose of his pro

  • Payne v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, James E. Baker and James A. Dooley, Assistant District Attorneys, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08G1267

    Evidence of an unrelated rape of adult woman and burglary of her home was admissible to prove the defendant's motive, intent and bent of mind on the present charges of aggravated c olestation,

  • Wornum v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louis M. Turchiarelli, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Erman J. Tanjuatco, John R. Edwards, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Sheila E. Gallow, Assistant Attorney General,, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0300

    Evidence of the defendant's gang activity, since evidence of his gang affiliation and knowledge of gang structure was relevant and admissible to show his m

  • State v. Palmer

    Publication Date: 2009-03-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Ford II, Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08G1419

    The Court of Appeals failed to accord substantial deference to the magistrate's finding of probable cause to issue the search warrant in this

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  • Schramm v. Lyon

    Publication Date: 2009-03-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lori G. Cohen, Thomas J. Mazziotti, John B. Merchant III and Michael J. King Greenberg Traurig LLP, Jonathan C. Peters and Jeffrey S. Bazinet Peters & Monyak LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Daniel A. Ragland Ragland & Jones, Harvey R. Spiegel, Phillip C. Henry, Wendy G. Huray Henry, Spiegel, Fried & Milling LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Norman S. Fletcher, Robert L. Berry Jr. and Ansel F. Beacham III Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler & Richardson, Rome. Amicus appellee: J. Marcus Howard Pope & Howard PC and Lyle G. Warshauer Warshauer, Poe & Thornton PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S08G1391, S08G1418

    The 5-year statute of repose did not bar the plaintiff's claims, arising from her development of an overwhelming post-splenectomy infection OPSI and her resulting partial loss of

  • Sheppard v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Killeen, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Maudlin, District Attorney, Brian V. Patterson, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0056

    The prosecutor did not improperly comment on the defendant's silence in noting during closing that she offered different reasons for killing the victim when arrested and at

  • Hung v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Mary N. Kimmey, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1811

    The evidence did not support a charge on the lesser offense of voluntary manslau

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd W. Walker, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott L. Ballard, District Attorney, Fayetteville, Robert W. Smith Jr., Randall K. Coggin, Assistant District Attorneys, Griffin, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1878

    The defendant failed to show that the pretrial publicity of his case created an inherently prejudicial atmosphere or affected the jurors' ability to be fair and impa

  • Moreland v. Austin

    Publication Date: 2009-01-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Don C. Keenan, Allan L. Galbraith and Charles H. Allen The Keenan Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Henry D. Green Jr. Green & Sapp LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Jarome E. Gautreaux O'Neal, Brown & Sizemore, Macon, Lee T. Wallace The Wallace Law Firm LLC, Atlanta. Amicus appellee: Tracy M. Field, Ashley S. Kelly and Robert T. Strang III Arnall, Golden & Gregory LLC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S08G0498

    HIPAA's privacy rule precludes defense attorneys in medical malpractice cases from interviewing the plaintiff's prior treating physi