• State v. Morrow

    Publication Date: 2016-12-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shannon G. Wallace, District Attorney, Cliff Head, and Wallace W. Rogers Jr., Assistant District Attorneys, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: T. Bryan Lumpkin, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16G0584

    State failed to prove that defendant was a teacher, principal, assistant principal, or other administrator of any school and thus failed to prove an essential element of th

  • Yelverton v. State of GA

    Publication Date: 2016-12-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald B. Williams, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford P. Bowden, District Attorney, and Jennifer D. Hart, Assistant District Attorney, Tifton, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A1043

    The court below misconstrued the law concerning petitioner's eligibility for e from the sexual offender registration requirements; the Court, therefore, reversed the denial of his petition for

  • State v. Baxter

    Publication Date: 2016-12-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra Dutton, Assistant District Attorney, Hinesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cheryl C. Quick and Catherine G. DeRoth Public Defender's Office, Hinesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16G0184

    Juvenile defendant waived the 180-day time limit for State to obtain an indictment against him as set forth in O.C.G.A. § 17-7-50.1, and the Court of Appeals erred when it affirmed the transfer of t

  • Shepard v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David G. Williams Jr. and David R. Phillips Public Defender's Office, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, Brian V. Patterson, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Athens, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Mary Catherine Greaber Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A0884

    Detectives' acknowledgement that defendant wanted a deal, that he perhaps could get some arrangement and that they would talk with the district attorney did not constitute an improper hope of benefi

  • Trim v. Shepard

    Publication Date: 2016-11-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maryann F. Blend, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Daniel W. Hamilton Shepard, Plunkett, Hamilton Boudreaux LLP, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A0960

    The habeas court properly denied defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, as he failed to show that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel on a

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  • De La Fuente v. Kemp

    Publication Date: 2016-11-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan L. Sells, Gerald R. Weber Jr., and Nora M. Benavidez, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Cristina M. Correia, and Josiah B. Heidt, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S17A0424

    The trial court properly dismissed plaintiff's petition for mandamus, injunctive, and declaratory relief, in which he sought to compel Secretary of State to place his name on the ballot for the 2016

  • In re: Veronica Brinson

    Publication Date: 2016-10-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Veronica E. Brinson, Macon, proceeded pro se. K. David Cooke Jr., Howard Z. Simms, District Attorneys, Jason M. Wilbanks, Assistant District Attorney, Tilman E. Self III District Attorney's Office, Macon, and Michael D. Smith District Attorney's Office, Fort Valley, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S16A1029

    The trial court did not err in holding an attorney in criminal contempt based on the fact that she continued to make filings in a murder case after the trial court removed her as counsel of record a

  • Sanders v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-09-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Winheim and Samuel G. Merritt Public Defender's Office, Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Plez H. Hardin, District Attorney, Joseph C. T. Lewis District Attorney's Office, Americus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew M. Youn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A1081

    The evidence, including the defendant's own statements, was sufficient to support his conviction for m

  • Webb v. Reeves

    Publication Date: 2016-09-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shellana J. Welch and Chuck R. Pardue Chuck Pardue Associates PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip K. Lichtman Mills, Paskert, Divers PA, Atlanta, Cobb Nixon Blanchard Calhoun Ins., Jennifer T. Kerr Warlick, Tritt, Stebbins Murray LLP, Debra M. Bryan, Troy A. Lanier, J. Larry Broyles, Augusta, and Tyler C. Mahaffey, Wrens, for appellees.

    Case Number: S16A1115

    The record on appeal did not demonstrate that the testator lacked testamentary capacity as a matter of law when he executed his will, and the pr court did not err in admitting the will to pr

  • State of GA v. International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-07-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, William W. Banks Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Julie A. Jacobs, Assistant Attorney General, and Brittany H. Bolton Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Alan I. Begner, Eric C. Coffelt, Cory G. Begner, Boris Y. Milter Begner Begner PC, Kathleen M. Burch ACLU Foundation of GA, and Charles H. Kuck Kuck Immigration Partners, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A0367

    The Supreme Court lacked appellate jurisdiction over the State's appeal in a lawsuit arising after the Georgia Department of Transportation denied a group's application to participate in Georgia'