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  • State v. Pittmon

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor General, and Gary S. Vey, Assistant Solicitor General, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wystan B. Getz Clark & Towne, and W. Keith Davidson, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0691

    O.C.G.A. § 40-6-391 a 2 does not violate the equal protection clauses of the United States or Georgia Constitutions by affording disparate treatment for drivers ed under that statute and driver

  • State v. Kachwalla

    Publication Date: 2002-04-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor General, Stephen A. Fern, Gary S. Vey, Carole C. Korn, Jeffrey P. Kwiatkowski, Emilien O. Loiselle Jr., Jonathan D. Aurelia, Sharon C. Dickson, Assistant Solicitors General, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wystan B. Getz, David E. Clark, Jessica R. Towne, Richard T. Ryczek Jr. Clark & Towne PC, and Christine A. Koehler, Lawrenceville, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Christopher S. Brasher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S01A1405

    "Less safe to drive" under O.C.G.A. § 40-6-391 a and "incapable of driving safely" under O.C.G.A. § 40-6-391 b set the same standard of impairment necessary to establish that a driver is driving un

  • White v. White

    Publication Date: 2002-04-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George M. Hubbard III and Blake M. Whisnant George M. Hubbard PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: James C. Metts III, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1378

    The provisions of Uniform Superior Court Rule 24.7, which forbid the grant of a divorce decree unless all contestable issues in the case have been finally resolved, applies only to pending divorce ac

  • Young v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Chambless, Dawn G. Benson and Charles K. Wainright II Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless LLP, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Frank J. Klosik Jr. and Robert J. McCune Greer, Klosik & Daugherty, Atlanta, for appellee. Neutral Amicus Representation: Antoinette D. Johnson Smolar & Assocs., Atlanta. Amicus Appellant: H. Andrew Owen Jr., Roger E. Harris Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, David A. Cook, William T. Clark, Atlanta, Temple Sellers, Decatur, and Marilyn J. Allen, Marietta.
    Case Number: S01G0589

    The 2-year statute of limitation for medical malpractice claims does not provide for the commencement of the limitation period upon the termination of a health care provider's treatment of a p

  • State v. Grant

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marilyn Primovic, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1600

    Defendant's indictment for felony murder sufficiently put him on notice of the crimes with which he was charged, even though the indictment failed to include an essential element of the predicate o

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  • Pye v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore Johnson Johnson & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Adam M Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1773

    Defendant's indictment sufficiently charged him with aggravated assault where it alleged that defendant struck the victim with a bottle and his hands which were likely to cause serious bodily injury

  • McClellan v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft III Schoolcraft & Watkins, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, Jay M. Jackson, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1241

    Defendant could not be sentenced on three felony murder counts where only one victim

  • Lawrence v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric R. Gotwalt Zipperer & Lorberbaum, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Christine S. Barker, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1677

    The defendant fired a pistol from his second-floor porch into a car, killing the 13-year-old v

  • Alexander v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia F. Angeli, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, Jay M. Jackson, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1244

    Defendant and her co-defendant engaged in the physical abuse of her 3-year-old son who died from blunt force abdominal t

  • Cox Enters. Inc. v. Nix

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter C. Canfield and Thomas M. Clyde Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Edward T. M. Garland and Nelson O. Tyrone III Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01G0743

    The Supreme Court reinstated the grant of summary judgment to a publishing company and its newspaper on an attorney's defamation claim arising out of two articles that characterized him as a crimina