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  • Langlands v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-08-04
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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: Michael H. Crawford, Clarksville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Vonnetta L. Benjamin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0297

    The defendant was entitled to a new trial on his conviction for possession of a firearm in the commission of a crime, since the same evidence, which would authorize the jury to find that the defenda

  • Adkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-07-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer R. Burns, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Isabel M. Pauley, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Vonnetta L. Benjamin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A1119

    Trial counsel's decision not to move to sever the defendant's trial was a matter of trial strategy, since the evidence was stronger against the co-defen

  • Cook v. Cook

    Publication Date: 2006-07-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert T. Romeo Brown & Romeo, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lance N. Owen Shepherd, Johnston & Owen LLP, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06F1169

    The trial court trial court did not abuse its discretion in awarding the wife legal and physical custody of the parties' minor child based on the parties' lack of communication, even though the evid

  • McKee v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-07-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald B. Lowe III, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Jerome M. Rothschild Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0957

    The defendant challenged one victim to go get his guns and when the victim returned, the defendant started shooting, injuring one victim and killing an

  • Woodruff v. Gould

    Publication Date: 2006-07-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Carl Reynolds, Katherine L. McArthur and Bradley J. Survant Reynolds, McArthur & Horne, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jack G. Slover Jr., Shaun M. Daugherty Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, and William P. Keenan, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S06A1061

    The trial court erred in transferring a medical malpractice action to another county pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 9-10-31 c, since § 9-10-31 c is unconstitut

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  • Moore v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-07-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark T. Phillips, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, Albany, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A1257

    The fact that the defendant and the victim were fighting before the defendant shot him did not negate the element of m

  • Thomas v. Gastroenterology Assocs. of Gainesville PC

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles M. Cork III Gambrell & Stolz LLC, Macon, and Steven L. Beard, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James E. Brim III Forrester & Brim, Thomas M. Cole Whelchel & Dunlap LLP, Gainesville, for appellees. Amicus appellant: J. Marcus Edward Howard Pope & Howard PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S05G1725

    Plaintiff's medical malpractice action was improperly dismissed for failure to cure the defect in the professional affidavit, since the plaintiff's expert affidavit satisfied the requirements of O.C

  • Holton v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-07-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George P. Donaldson III and Misty G. Haskins Perry & Walters LLP, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, Gregory W. Edwards, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Edwina M. Watkins, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0385

    The murder defendant failed to show actual prejudice from the nearly 20-year delay between her arrest and indictment or that the state acted deliberately to delay

  • Sims v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-06-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sanford A. Wallack, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Robin J. Leigh, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0189

    The defendant shot the murder victim multiple times and a bullet from the defendant's gun hit the aggravated assault victim, paralyzing her from the waist

  • Howe & Assocs. PC v. Daniels

    Publication Date: 2006-06-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott M. Stevens Howe & Assocs., Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tony A. Taylor Daniels & Taylor, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05G1913

    O.C.G.A. § 15-19-14 b prevents dismissal of a suit after settlement to defeat a valid attorney's fee