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  • Arnold v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James R. McNiff, Winterville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, Brian V. Patterson, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Kenneth W. Mishoe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1669

    The defendant failed to overcome the strong presumption that defense counsel discharged her duties to him with regard to adequately investigating his mental health in an objectively reasonable m

  • Sears v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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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, David E. Perry, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Reginald C. Martin District Attorney's Office, 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: S12A1211

    The trial court erred in failing to merge the defendant's aggravated assault conviction with his felony murder conviction, as the aggravated assault conviction was the predicate felony of the greate

  • Hendry v. Hendry

    Publication Date: 2012-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth J. Kuhn Hait, Eichelzer & Kuhn, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lawrence L. Washburn III and Nicholas P. Martin, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12F1302

    The trial court erred in calculating the father's gross income, for purposes of a child support award, to include the $935 his employer paid him each month to reimburse the costs of his family healt

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rahmaan A. Bowick and Katherine M. Mason Public Defender's Office, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Brittany N. Jones, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1138

    The trial court did not err in sustaining the State's objection to the repeated references to "gangs" in closing, since no evidence pointed to gang act

  • State v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2012-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, and Lenny I. Krick, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian A. Hobbs Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0868

    The trial court erred in ruling that the defendant timely asserted his speedy trial rights, and in ruling that the defendant was subjected to oppressive pretrial incarceration and experienced unusua

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  • Nicely v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam S. Levin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Wanda L. Vance, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0876

    Evidence that the defendant fled from the scene before paramedics arrived and told inconsistent stories about how the 1-year-old victim was injured while in his care, as well as the child's injuries

  • Blevins v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy J. Bell, Thomson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Brittany N. Jones, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1469

    Circumstantial evidence supported the defendant's convictions for murder, armed robbery, arson, and several traffic offenses, excluding every reasonable hypothesis other than his

  • Powell v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long D. Vo and Tyler R. Conklin Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, 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: S12A1311

    The prosecutor's improper remarks did not form a basis for reversal as trial counsel failed to raise an objection at trial, and a trial judge has no obligation under OCGA § 17-8-75 to rebuke a pros

  • Daniel Corp. v. Reed

    Publication Date: 2012-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Thomas II Ichter Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amber A. Robinson City of Atlanta Department of Law and Mark G. Trigg Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S12A0867

    The intervening defendant did not forfeit the alcohol licenses of its two Atlanta nightclubs, even though it did not sell alcohol in the nine months following the licenses' issuance, since it compli

  • Floyd v. Floyd

    Publication Date: 2012-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dana A. Azar, Atlanta, and Robert S. Stubbs III Banks & Stubbs LLP, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Szczecko Simmons & Szczecko PC, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1042

    The requirement that the ex-husband execute a quitclaim deed in favor of his ex-wife in order to purge his contempt for failing to refinance the marital residence or list it for sale amounted to an