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  • Blackledge v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-07-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh B. Merchant The Merchant Law Firm PC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Benjamin M. First, Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorneys, Jesse D. Evans, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason M. Rea, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0354

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for murder, violation of the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act and other c

  • Moreno v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2016-07-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gilbert M. Taylor, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nathan P. Powell and Anthony O. L. Powell Webb, Tanner Powell PC, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0451

    There was a genuine issue of disputed fact about the existence of a binding and enforceable contract between the mother and daughter for the sale and purchase of real property; the trial court, the

  • Scapa Dryer Fabrics Inc. v. Knight

    Publication Date: 2016-07-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Barwick Duane Morris LLC, M. Elizabeth O'Neill, H. Lane Young II Hawkins Parnell Thackston Young LLP, Atlanta, J. D. Smith, Gainesville, and Robert B. Gilbreath Hawkins Parnell Thackston Young LLP, Dallas, TX, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: William V. Custer IV Bryan Cave LLP, Atlanta, Mark W. Wortham Hall Booth Smith PC, Columbus, and William Anderson Crowell Morning LLP, Washington, DC. Robert C. Buck Buck Law Firm, Atlanta, and Denyse F. Clancy Kazan, McClain, Satterley Greenwood, Oakland, CA, for appellees. Amicus Appellees: J. Phillip Boston, Athens.
    Case Number: S15G1278

    The trial court abused its discretion in admitting certain expert testimony in a toxic tort suit, because the opinion the expert offered did not fit the legal standard for

  • Mims v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Furman Mims, Grovetown, proceeded pro se. Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, and Joshua B. Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S16A0542

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's motion for an out-of-time appeal following his guilty plea to murder and kidnapping after finding that the record revealed no error in the acceptance

  • Anderson v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Walker Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory W. Edwards, District Attorney, Albany, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0190

    Even if the jury determined that a witness who testified as to the murder defendant's guilt was, in fact, an accomplice, other evidence sufficiently corroborated his testimony under former O.C.G.A.

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  • Murdock v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia W. Harrison Harrison Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Heather C. Waters District Attorney's Office, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason M. Rea, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0082

    Where a trial judge ruling on a new trial motion enters an order that, without more, recites that the new trial is refused or denied, that will be taken to mean that the judge has in the exercise of

  • Cheley v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-05-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret E. Heap, District Attorney, Jennifer P. Guyer, Assistant District Attorney, Lyndsey H. Rudder, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Mary C. Greaber Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0003

    The defendant did not unambiguously and unequivocally invoke his right to remain silent before making incriminating statements to investigators about his involvement in a m

  • Olds v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-05-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles E. Arnold Jr. and Jeffrey L. Lee Jr. Public Defender's Office, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory W. Edwards, District Attorney, and Heather H. Lanier, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Albany, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Michael S. Carlson, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, John S. Melvin, John R. Edwards, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, and Donald P. Geary, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur.
    Case Number: S15G1610

    In light of the Supreme Court's clarification of a decision upon which the C f Appeals relied in affirming the defendant's convictions for false imprisonment and battery, the Court vacated the

  • Edwards v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-05-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Page A. Pate and Jess B. Johnson Pate Johnson LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Valdosta, Harriet M. Thomas, Assistant District Attorney, Moultrie, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason M. Rea, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0255

    Other admissible evidence sufficiently corroborated the accomplice's trial testimony implicating the defendant in the murder and firearms of

  • Walker-Madden v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-05-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael W. Tarleton Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, 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: S16A0324

    The trial court properly admitted evidence of three similar transactions involving prior incidents between the defendant and his girlfriend in his trial for murder and aggravated assault in connecti