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  • McGuyton v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew K. Winchester, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis C. Sanders, District Attorney, Kevin R. Majeska, Assistant District Attorney, Thomson, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1688

    The trial court properly denied the appellant's motion to withdraw his guilty pleas to multiple charges, as the record contained strong evidence of actual guilt and the appellant entered his pleas v

  • Rollins v. Rollins

    Publication Date: 2015-12-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John J. Dalton, Alan W. Bakowski, James A. Lamberth, Katie L. Balthrop Troutman Sanders LLP, Sidney L. Moore III Summerville Moore PC, Atlanta, and H. Jerome Strickland Sr. Jones, Cork Miller LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . H. Lamar Mixson, Timothy S. Rigsbee, and Lisa R. Strauss Bondurant, Mixson Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S15G0567

    The Court of Appeals erred in finding that questions of fact remained as to what fiduciary standard applied in an action for breach of trust and breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the manag

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-11-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas G. Dumich, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosemary M. Greene, District Attorney, Mickey R. Thacker, Assistant District Attorney, Cartersville, Stewart D. Bratcher, Assistant District Attorney, Calhoun, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0939

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting certain similar transaction evidence and gave the jury an appropriate limiting instruction with regard to the similar transaction evidence i

  • Berrian v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S.V. Weston Trotter Jones LLP, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Titus T. Nichols, Assistant District Attorney, Joshua B. Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth M. Haase, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0784

    The defendant's own testimony supported an instruction on self-defense, not mutual c and the trial court therefore did not plainly err in failing to charge the jury on mutual c

  • Fulcher v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter C. McMillan Jr. and Thomas C. Rawlings McMillan Rawlings LLP, Sandersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, Benjamin T. Edwards, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Vicki S. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0743

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions arising out of the shooting death of a man who was having a sexual relationship with the defendant's girlfriend, as the record showed that the day

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  • Scott v. Scott

    Publication Date: 2015-10-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jean M. Kutner, Atlanta, H. William Sams Jr., Augusta, and Bree O. Sullivan The Sullivan Firm LLC, Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce W. Kirbo III, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15F1079

    The trial court improperly added monthly amounts for gasoline, the use of a house and the power bill to the husband's gross income as fringe benefits of his employment for the purpose of calculatin

  • Bharadia v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-07-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alissa L. Jones Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, Aimee R. Maxwell Georgia Innocence Project, Decatur, Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret E. Heap, District Attorney, Shalena C. Jones, Nancy G. R. Smith, Assistant District Attorneys, Stacey M. Goad District Attorney's Office, Savannah, and Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: James C. Bonner Jr., Brandon A. Bullard Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, and Adam M. Hames The Hames Law Firm LLC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S14G1149

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's extraordinary motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence, since he failed to show the essential requirement that the delay in obtaining

  • Lue v. Eady

    Publication Date: 2015-06-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne B. Kendall, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael D. Cooper Sell Melton LLP, Macon, for appellees.
    Case Number: S15A0117

    The trial court misinterpreted some provisions of the City Charter in its interlocutory injunction order arising out of a dispute over certain official actions of the Mayor of the City of G

  • Turner v. Georgia River Network

    Publication Date: 2015-06-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, John E. Hennelly, Senior Assistant Attorney General, James D. Coots, Assistant Attorney General, Britt C. Grant Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for Turner et al. in Case No. S14G1780. Nathaniel H. Hunt, William W. Sapp Southern Environmental Law Center, Atlanta, Devin H. Smith, Edward D. Tolley Cook, Noell, Tolley Bates LLP, Athens, Kevin S. Cauley, Cairo, and Charles M. Cork III, Macon, for Georgia River Network et al. in Case No. S14G1780. Amicus Appellants in Case No. S14G1780: Patricia T. Barmeyer and Lewis B. Jones King Spalding LLP, Atlanta. Amicus Appellees in Case No. S14G1780: Donald D. J. Stack and Kevin H. Jeselnik Stack Associates PC, Atlanta. Other party representation in Case No. S14G1780: H. Gibbs Flanders Jr. Dublin Superior Court, Dublin. Devin H. Smith, Edward D. Tolley Cook, Noell, Tolley Bates LLP, Athens, and Kevin S. Cauley, Cairo, for Grady County Bd. of Comm'rs in Case No. S14G1781. John E. Hennelly, Senior Assistant Attorney General, James D. Coots, Assistant Attorney General, Britt C. Grant Attorney General's Office,Nathaniel H. Hunt, William W. Sapp Southern Environmental Law Center, Atlanta, and Charles M. Cork III, Macon, for Georgia River Network et al. in Case No. S14G1781. Amicus Appellant in Case No. S14G1781: Patricia T. Barmeyer and Lewis B. Jones King Spalding LLP, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: S14G1780; S14G1781

    The Court of Appeals erred in its construction of the Erosion and Sedimentation Act because the literal language of the statute does not require a buffer for state waters alongside banks without wre

  • Powell v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Earle J. Duncan III, Darien, for William Powell. Samantha F. Jacobs, Jesup, for Sharmilla Powell. Jacquelyn L. Johnson, District Attorney, Woodbine, Andrew J. Ekonomou, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, John B. Johnson III, Assistant District Attorney, Jesup, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ryan A. Kolb Carlock, Copeland, and Stair, Atlanta, for State.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S15A0600; S15A0601

    The evidence sufficiently supported the husband and wife's various convictions stemming from a deadly armed ro