• Wallace v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Lewis, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Atlanta, Lyndsey H. Rudder, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Andrew G. Sims, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S14A1371

    A detective's testimony was sufficient to show that the defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his Miranda rights and gave a statement, even though the defendant had indicated at the time of his

  • Nwakanma v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for Nwakanma. Edwin J. Wilson Snellville, for Francis. D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Jesse D. Evans, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Amelia G. Pray, Benjamin M. First in Case No. S14A1442 only, Assistant District Attorneys, 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 State.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S14A1442; S14A1443

    The defendants were among a group of armed gunmen who entered an apartment complex to rob a man with whom one of had a dispute and shot towards another group of men, fatally hitting one of

  • Durham v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Green B. Moore III and Sean I. Brodie Public Defender's Office, Gray, for appellant.
    for defendant: K. David Cooke Jr., District Attorney, Shelley T. Milton, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Clint C. Malcolm, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S14A1296

    The Supreme Court declined to consider the defendant's claim that the trial court violated his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation when it allowed certain statements of the deceased victim to be

  • Lejeune v. McLaughlin

    Publication Date: 2014-11-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam M. Hames The Hames Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Vicki S. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S14A1155

    In habeas cases, the petitioner bears the burden of proving that his guilty plea was not voluntary, knowing and intelligent; the Supreme Court overruled Purvis v. Connell, 227 Ga. 764 1971, and its

  • Walker v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tanya D. Jeffords, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Joshua B. Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Andrew G. Sims, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S14A0674

    The State failed to prove that the defendant unlawfully concealed the victim's death by moving her body from the floor to the sofa and turning off a light in the apartment before le

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  • Raysoni v. Payless Auto Deals LLC

    Publication Date: 2014-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Michael Flinn, Carrollton, and Charles M. Cork III, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Charles R. Bliss Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc., Atlanta, John R. Bartholomew IV, Donald M. Coleman Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc., Angela J. Riccetti, Decatur, Jon E. Heath Legal Aid of Cobb County, John R. Bevis The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, and David F. Addleton Addleton Ltd. Co., Macon. Steven M. Lefkoff Jacobs & King LLC, Atlanta, William K. Kincheloe United Consultants, Legal Counsel, Norcross, and Margaret M. Cadigan, Winter Garden, Fla., for appellees.

    Case Number: S13G1826

    The trial court erred in granting judgment on the pleadings to the defendant car dealership on the plaintiff's Fair Business Practices Act claims alleging th defendant gave false assurances t

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Kleinrock, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Jon W. Setzer, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, 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: S14A1179

    The defendant was not entitled to a new trial in order to present evidence of his co-indictee's acquittal at a separate and subsequent trial, as the defendant was not charged distinctly and exclusi

  • Lynn v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna A. Seagraves, Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: James B. Smith, District Attorney, Jefferson, Deborah S. Wilbanks, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Winder, Samuel E. Skelton, Assistant District Attorney, Homer, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Rochelle W. Gordon, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S14A0910

    The trial court erred in disallowing additional evidence of the murder victim's alleged infidelity, since the defendant's discovery that his wife had been unfaithful could amount to sufficient prov

  • Newton Cnty. v. East Ga. Land & Dev. Co. LLC

    Publication Date: 2014-10-23
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward D. Tolley, Devin H. Smith Cook, Noell, Tolley & Bates LLP, Athens, and Peter R. Olson Olson Law LLC, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jimmy L. Paul and Drew V. D. Greene Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S14A1049

    A zoning ordinance was void from its inception because the maps that were an essential part of the ordinance were not yet in existence at the time of the ordinance's enac

  • Miller v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-10-23
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Joshua D. Morrison, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S14A0878

    Two eyewitnesses who knew the defendant personally identified him as the gunman who fatally shot the victim in the back of the