• Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03A1044, S03A1045

    The rationale in Renner v. State, 260 Ga. 515 1990, applies to the specific issue of flight in criminal cases, not the inference which can be drawn from a defendant's recent possession of stolen

  • Hendricks v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert W. Lenzer Lenzer & Lenzer, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, George F. Hutchison III, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03A0943

    The trial court erred in limiting the defendant's closing arguments in a capital case to only one

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ksthryn R. Elwart and Lashawn E. Mikell Fulton County Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth M. Pawlak, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03A0608

    The swabbing of an accused's hands to lift gunshot residue does not constitute an unconstitutional search or se

  • Clyde v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ellis R. Garnett, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles M. Ferguson, District Attorney, Cuthbert, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03A0054

    The evidence was insufficient to show the defendant's guilt as either a party to the crimes or a conspi

  • Dohn v. Dohn

    Publication Date: 2003-08-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl S. Pedigo Jr. and Patricia M. Murphy McCorkle, Pedigo & Johnson LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony L. Harrison, Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03A0309

    The trial court exceeded its authority in a contempt proceeding by finding that no obligation to maintain an insurance policy existed under the parties' divorce decree since that finding amounted to

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  • Baugh v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel, William C. Lea Garland, Samuel and Loeb PC and Tony L. Axam Axam, Adams & Secret PA, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Anne E. Green, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03A0473

    The state improperly bolstered its witnesses' testimony by introducing their prior consistent statements through the testimony of a detective, even though the defense did not suggest on cross-examin

  • Lewis v. McDougal

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Adam M Hames ,Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Mark A. Gilbert, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roger J. Dodd Dodd & Dennis, Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03A0254

    O.C.G.A. § 15-1-9.1 f, as amended in 1990, does not specify the content of an order for county designation and Hicks v. State, 231 Ga. App. 552 1998, is overruled to the extent it held that an

  • Gulledge v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Arthur M. Gulledge, Valdosta, proceeded pro se. Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, Dalton, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S03A0506

    The defendant could not directly appeal the denial of his extraordinary motion for new

  • Milliken v. Stewart

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas M. West, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03A0159

    The habeas court lacked authority to authorize an second direct a of defendant's convictions or to confer jurisdiction upon the Court of A to hear such an a

  • Printis v. Bankers Life Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney L. Moore Jr., Atlanta, for appellant. Thomas M. Byrne and Thomas W. Curvin Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S02G1697

    O.C.G.A. § 33-31-4 a authorizes the sale of "total of payments"-gross balance decreasing term coverage-credit life insurance in connection with installment