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  • State v. Martinez

    Publication Date: 2012-07-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, and John R. Edwards, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jesus A. Nerio, Atlanta, and Diana F. Grant, Roswell, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0916

    The defendant could not show the required prejudice, regardless of plea counsel's prior erroneous advice, because the trial court correctly informed the defendant of the immigration consequences of

  • Jett v. Jett

    Publication Date: 2012-05-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacquelyn F. Luther, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven J. Berk Berk & Moss PC, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0075

    The trial court impermissibly modified the terms of the settlement agreement incorporated into the parties' final divorce decree when it attempted to compel the husband to sell or otherwise convert

  • Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ Church in Savannah v. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neil A. Creasy Simpson & Creasy PC, and Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellants. James L. Elliott Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding PC, Valdosta, Thomas A. Withers Gillen, Withers & Lake LLC, Savannah, and Mary E. Kostel The Episcopal Church/Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia, David H. Gambrell, John Hinton IV Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, John E. Tomlinson, Loganville, and Joshua D. Hawley The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, D.C. Amicus Appellee: Jon V. Forehand Allen, Forehand & Adams LLP, Moultrie, Brenda C. Youmas Edwards & Youmas LLC, W. Warren Plowden Jr. Jones Cork & Miller LLP, Macon, William B. Marianes McGuireWoods LLP, and Nicholas C. Moraitakis Moraitakis, Kushel, Pearson & Gardner LLP, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: S10G1909

    Neutral principles of law established that the c property at issue was held in trust for the benefit of the parent c

  • Haley v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristin i. Jordan and Brett M. Willis Public Defender's Office, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, , Jennifer D. Hart, Conley J. Greer, Assistant District Attorneys, Gainesville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellant: Joseph M. Beck, William A. Pequignot Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Emmet J. Bondurant Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, John F. Gelzer III Garland, Samuel & Loeb and Sidney L. Moore III Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S11A0606

    In the catchmekiller" case, the state failed to prove specific intent to support the defendant's conviction for tampering with evidence with intent to prevent apprehension and obstruct prosecution o

  • Democratic Party of Ga. Inc. v. Perdue

    Publication Date: 2011-03-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emmet J. Bondurant, David G. H. Brackett, and Jason J. Carter Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Stefan E. Ritter, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mark H. Cohen Troutman Sanders LLP, and Ann W. Lewis Strickland, Brockington & Lewis LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S10A1517

    The photo ID requirement as implemented by the 2006 Photo ID Act is a minimal, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory restriction warranted by the important regulatory interest of preventing voter

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  • MCG Health Inc. v. Owners Ins.

    Publication Date: 2011-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Allgood Enterprise Mill, David E. Hudson and Christopher A. Cosper Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael C. Kendall Talley, French & Kendall PC, Douglasville, Sam G. Nicholson, Harry D. Revell Nicholson Revell LLP, David B. Bell, Bell & Bell Assocs., John C. Bell Jr. and Pamela S. James Bell & Brigham, Augusta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Donna P. Bergson Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta. Amicus Appellee: John D. Hadden Turkheimer & Hadden LLC, Atlanta, and Jason L. Crawford Daughtery, Crawford, Fuller & Brown LLP, Columbus.
    Case Number: S10G1142

    The statutory and regulatory scheme governing TRICARE does not provide any basis for allowing contracting civilian healthcare providers to collect their treatment costs from a third-party tortfeasor/

  • Gasses v. City of Riverdale

    Publication Date: 2010-10-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael B. King, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald J. Freeman Johnson & Freeman LLC, Union City, Deana L. Simon-Johnson and Joseph R. Buller III Insley & Race LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S10A1113

    A municipal ordinance requiring a citizen to maintain grass, weeds and vegetation for the community's welfare did not constitute constitutionally prohibited involuntary serv

  • Neal v. Augusta-Richmond County Personnel Bd.

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher G. Nicholson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel W. Hamilton Shepard Plunkett Hamilton, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0705

    The Court reversed the trial court's affirmance of a county personnel board's termination of a firefighter, because the board erred in admitting a lab report without allowing the firefighter to conf

  • Alford v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-04-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Antonio Alford, Columbus, proceeded pro se. Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Wesley A. Lambertus, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore, Amanda N. Heath, Wesley C. Turner Mercer Law School, Macon, and Leigh S. Schrope, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: S10A0062

    The habeas court erred in denying defendant's petition for relief, because the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Alabama v. Shelton, requiring knowing and intelligent waiver of counsel even in cases

  • Michel v. Michel

    Publication Date: 2010-04-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert R. Bentley and Jamie S. Wingler Bentley, Bentley & Bentley, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roger M. Johnson and Jennifer S. Gill Bray & Johnson, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10F0372

    The 10-year requirement in the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act, 10 USC § 1408 d 2, is simply a limitation on the Act's direct payment mechanism and has no bearing on a state court'