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  • Mikesell v. RP Motorsports Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-05-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S08A0663

    OCGA § 9-11-68, which was not effective until February 2005, did not apply, because the cause of action accrued in September 2002 and the plaintiff filed suit in February

  • Gibson v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-04-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S08A0614

    An eyewitnesses' identification of the defendant was not tainted by the fact that officers showed her only one photograph, since that witness had known the defendant for seven

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-04-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S08A0554

    Defendants convicted after a trial are not similarly situated to defendants, who plead guilty, since defendants, who plead guilty, have admitted to having committed a

  • Gary v. Gowins

    Publication Date: 2008-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S07G1104

    The trial court could not hold a father in contempt for failing to pay child support under a private settlement agreement prior to its incorporation into an April 2005 court jud

  • Beck v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S07G1735

    A search warrant signed by an assistant magistrate, whose position was not authorized or created by county commissioners or the judges of the superior court was in

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  • Hampton Island Founders v. Liberty Cap.

    Publication Date: 2008-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S07A1567

    The trial court abused its discretion in issuing an injunction that failed to maintain the parties' statu

  • Lewis v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S07A1352

    The defendant's convictions for felony murder and a firearms offense were reversed, since trial court improperly gave the jury a sequential charge in violation of Edge v. State, 261 Ga. 865

  • Clark v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S08A0494

    The defendant admitted speeding under the influence of illegal drugs and keeping his finger on the trigger of a loaded and cocked sawed-off shotgun while turning in the driver's seat so that the

  • Woodham v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2008-02-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S07A1309; S07A1566

    The expenditure of school tax funds is limited under Art. VIII, Sec. IV, Par. 1 a and b of 1983 Georgia Constitution ' "only for the support and maintenance of public schools, public vocati

  • Navarrete v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-02-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S07A1456

    The jury could infer defendant's intent to commit the crimes from the fact that he assaulted the victim during a 20-minute drive to the wooded area where the victim was stabbed, participated in