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  • Culpepper v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-09-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Richard A. Vandever, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Dana E. Wolk, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A1338

    The Court declined to uphold the defendant's aggravated assault conviction based on one of the victim's n al stab wounds, since no evidence showed a deliberate interval between infliction of a

  • Royal v. Blackwell

    Publication Date: 2011-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda L. Caldwell, Theodore P. Meeker III and Michael E. Sumner Sumner Meeker LLC, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen C. Andrews Bodker, Ramsey Andrews & Winograd, Atlanta, Patrick W. McKee McKee & Mitchell and C. Bradford Sears Jr. Sanders, Haugen & Sears, Newnan, for appellees.
    Case Number: S11A0009

    Whether a plaintiff has met any of the preconditions for an award of attorneys' fees and expenses set forth in O.C.G.A. § 13-6-11 is solely a question for the

  • Cook v. NC Two LP

    Publication Date: 2011-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick H. Garrard and Thomas H. Rogers Jr. Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley PC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Beth E. Rogers and Gregory S. Krivo Rogers Law Offices, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10G1374

    O.C.G.A. § 18-4-64 a plainly and unambiguously requires notice to the judgment debtor within three business days when the creditor decides against serving the judgment debtor pursuant to the Civil P

  • City of Atlanta v. Hotels.com

    Publication Date: 2011-05-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wade H. Tomlinson III Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood, Columbus, Michael L. McGlamry, William U. Norwood III, Neal K. Pope, R. Timothy Morrison, Charles N. Pope Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood, Robert M. Travis, Michael P. Carey and John R. Bielema Jr. Bryan Cave Powell Goldstein LLP, Atlanta, for city of Atlanta. Emmett J. Bondurant, Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore LLP, Robin A. Schmahl, Edward K. Smith Jones Day, Brett A. Rogers, Richard H. Sinkfield Rogers & HardinLLP, Atlanta, Mark J. Altschul, Jeffrey Rossman, Elizabeth B. Herrington McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, Ill., Brian S. Stagner, Marcus G. Mungioli, Chad Arnette Kelly, Hart & Hallman LLP, Fort Worth, Texas, Deborah S. Sloan, James P. Karen Jones Day, Dallas, Texas, and Karen L. Valihura Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, Del., for Hotels.com. Amicus: David G. Archer Archer & Lovell PC, Cartersville, Robert M. Brinson, Samuel L. Lucas, J. Anderson Davis, Norman S. Fletcher Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis LLP, Rome, John W. Crongeyer Crongeyer Law Firm PC, Davis W. Davenport, Robert C. Lamar, Keith A. Pittman Lamar, Archer & Cofrin LLP, Kenneth N. Winkler Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson LLP, Matthew J. Simmons Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough LLP, and Kevin A. Ross, Atlanta, and Walter J. Gordon Sr. The Gordon Law Firm, Hartwell.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11A0508; S11X0509; S11A0510; S11X0512

    The amount that is taxable pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 48-13-50 et seq.-pertaining to city of Atlanta hotel occupancy taxes-is the retail room rate an online travel company charges its consumers, and not

  • O'Leary v. Whitehall Construction

    Publication Date: 2011-04-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry E. Stewart, Lawrenceville, for O'Leary. James S. Teague Jr., Keisha L. M. Chambliss Teague & Zeliff LLC and Larry C. Oldham, Cumming, for Whitehall Construction.
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    Case Number: S10A1443; S10X1442

    The plaintiffs' effort to appeal the denial of their motion for a new trial on their action for trespass and nuisance associated with excessive storm runoff from construction on an adjacent lot was

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  • Draughn v. Draughn

    Publication Date: 2011-03-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Molly M. Howard and Victoria H. Tobin Howard & Whatley PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth P. Johnson McCorkle & Johnson LLP, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1599, S10A1600

    Once a child enrolls in approved online courses in an effort to graduate from secondary school, his online attendance constitutes attending school for purposes of extending child support beyond the

  • Crowder v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer F. Arndt, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Melanie M. Bell, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, Layla H. Zon, District Attorney, Monroe, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1711

    Defense counsel misstated the law when he advised the defendant that he would serve probably 20 years or in excess of 20 years when defendant actually was subject to serve a minimum of 30 years befo

  • Gude v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: D. Lowell Thomas and Thomas M. West, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General and Patricia B. A. Burton, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1748

    Recusal of the judge appointed to hear the state's m to recuse the original trial judge in this case involving murder and other crimes was not warranted on the face of the defendant's m

  • Baptiste v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: David McDade, District Attorney, James A. Dooley, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A2004

    The trial court did not err in charging the jury on the law of party to a crime, even though there were no co-defendants, since there was slight evidence that another unindicted individual may have

  • Lowe v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anne C. Carroll, Thomson, for appellant. Dennis C. Sanders, District Attorney, Durwood R. Davis, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Thomson, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S10A2033

    The reasonable hypothesis rule applies only when the evidence is entirely circumsta