• Reaves v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Franklin J. Hogue Hogue & Hogue, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, James L. Wright III, District Attorneys, McDonough, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Kenneth W. Mishoe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1582

    The defendant's stat to an officer were admissible in her trial for the murder of her stepdaughter, since Miranda warnings were not required while she was not in custody and her ambiguous sta

  • Bradley v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Edwards, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Jessica W. Clark, Bradfield M. Shealy, Assistant District Attorneys, Valdosta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Kenneth W. Mishoe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1857

    The defendant's convi for aggravated assault merged into his convi for armed robbery, since both crimes arose out of the same act or transa

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Verna L. Smith, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louis C. Fraser, District Attorney, Robert B. Faircloth, Assistant District Attorney, Dublin, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine T. Parvis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1759

    Since the felony murder of which the defendant was convicted was premised on child cruelty, those charges merged and the defendant's conviction and sentence for child cruelty was va

  • Wang v. Liu

    Publication Date: 2013-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert R. Long IV, John L. Latham, Brandon R. Williams Alston & Bird LLP, William G. Leonard, and Gregory G. Schultz Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John M. Tatum, Rachel C. Young Hunter, MacLean, Exley & Dunn PC, Savannah, and Charles M. Yoon Yoon & Kim LLP, New York, N. Y., for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1485

    The trial court erred in making permanent an interlocutory injunction prohibiting the appellant from transferring certain assets while the appellee's underlying suit against him was pending without

  • East v. Stephens

    Publication Date: 2013-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony B. Erwin Jones & Erwin PC, Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph D. Little, Calhoun, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1803

    The father could not be found in contempt for failing to pay a portion of the miscellaneous expenses his ex-wife incurred on behalf of their two minor children, since the issue of those expenses was

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  • Ford v. Hanna

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Divida Gude, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan B. Gordon, Lilburn, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1739

    A court with jurisdiction to entertain a petitio odify a divorce decree also has jurisdiction to entertain a motion for contempt of that decree, whether asserted as a counterclaim to the petiti

  • Young v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-02-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, Nancy G. R. Brimberry, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Brittany N. Jones, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1695

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing the State to reopen the evidence during defense counsel's closing ar , as it was not unreasonable for the trial court to interpret the a

  • Merritt v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolscraft III Public Defender's Office, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine R. Thrower, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A2039

    The defendant admitted the main fact of the crime for which he was convicted—that he choked his wife and caused her death—in a text message to his s

  • Heidt v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Bonds The Bonds Law Firm, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, Michael T. Muldrew, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1430

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in disqualifying one of the defendant's attorneys for a conflict of int

  • Ellis v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William G. Cromwell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1923

    The evidence showed that the defendant, his identical twin brother and another gunman engaged in a common enterprise, which involved the defendant luring the victim into his home for the purpose of