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  • Watkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Lewis, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1894

    The defendant and another man pistol-whipped and robbed two victims of their property, and while pistol whipping one victim, the defendant's .22 caliber gun went off and the bullet fatally wounded t

  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Robert B. Bickerstaff II, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1825

    The trial court properly admitted evidence of a similar transaction concerning the 5-year-old victim's infant brother, who suffered a black eye and cut lip, since the injuries occurred while the inf

  • Ballard v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Sandra G. Rivers, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1720

    Eyewitnesses identified the defendant as the man, who fatally shot one victim and twice shot another, seriously woundin

  • Phillips v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah H. Pines Ross & Pines LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, John S. Melvin, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sheila E. Gallow, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1500

    The defendant took the victim's wallet at gunpoint and then fired several shots into the victim's vehicle, killin

  • Matthews v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Robinson III Robinson & Assocs., Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Robert E. Statham III, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Reggie A. Lampkin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1577

    Substantial evidence corroborated the accomplice's testimony that the defendant strangled the victim and stole his ATM card and vehicle, after their romantic relationship

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  • Bradshaw v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
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    Case Number: S08A1057

    Life sentence is so harsh in comparison to failing to register as a convicted sex offender within 72 hours of changing an address, that it is unconstitut

  • Sacks v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
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    Case Number: S08A0857; S08X0859

    The appellees' actual adverse posse of the disputed tract as evidenced by a ditch, fence and farming functions for over 20 years prevailed over appellants' constructive posse

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
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    Case Number: S08A0830

    The defendant fatally shot the unarmed murder v and wounded another v

  • Jenkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
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    Case Number: S08A0761

    The statutory phrase ' "relating to quot; ' as it applied to former O.C.G.A. § 42-1-12 applied to attempted

  • Dyess v. Brewton

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Case Number: S08A1087

    The trial court was authorized to use parol evidence to resolve the decedent's codicil's ambiguity, since it expressly referenced a March 2000 will by noting its date and identifying its wit