• Holmes v. Grubman

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Burton and Rosemary Armstrong Burton & Armstrong LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . C. B. Rogers, Richard Sinkfield, Brett Rogers Rogers & Hardin LLP, Atlanta, Walter Rieman, Eric Goldstein, Brad Karp and Susanna Buergel Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY, for appellees.

    Case Number: S09Q1585

    Negligent misrepresentation claims, like fraud claims, can be based on forbearance in the sale of publicly traded secur

  • Stinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Swindle, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, Ryan Leonard, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A2015

    Defense counsel was not deficient with regard to his advice to the defendant about the minimum time served on the defendant's life sen

  • Reid v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A1684

    The trial court did not reversibly err in giving a jury charge on witnesses, which stated that witnesses are presumed to speak the truth, because such a charge does not constitute reversible error

  • Windham v. Araya

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rajeev Kaila and Michael Powell Kaila-Bagwell LLP, Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tanya M. Graham, Snellville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09F1457

    The trial court correctly applied the source of funds rule in classifying the sales proceeds from the wife's premarital house as her sole and separate pro

  • Devega v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. David Wolfe and Robert A. Susor L. David Wolfe PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Jesse D. Evans, John R. Edwards, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Mary K. Ware, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A2064

    The defendant agreed to sell cocaine to the victim for $5K, then shot him fatally nine times with two han

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  • Broughton v. Douglas County Bd. Of Elections

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joan P. Davis, Marietta, for Derrick T. Broughton. James Quarterman, Douglasville, proceeded pro se. David A. Cole and Benton J. Mathis Jr. Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S09A1445, S09A1446

    O.C.G.A. § 21-2-524 a measures the 5-day period starting from certification by the election official having responsibility for taking such action, and not the Secretary of

  • Jackson v. Bittick

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis Jackson, Jackson, proceeded pro se. Richard G. Milam, District Attorney, and Lauren A. Love, Assistant District Attorney, Forsyth, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S09A1487

    The defendant's claim that he was illegally incarcerated under a bench warrant was moot, because he had already been tried, convicted and sent

  • East Ga. Land and Dev. Co. LLC v. Baker

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James L. Paul and Thomas C. Grant Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. Craig, James B. Griffin, Covington, Edward D. Tolley Cook, Noell, Tolley & Bates LLP, Athens, and Peter R. Olson Jenkins & Olson PC, Cartersville, appellees.

    Case Number: S09A1935

    A copy of the lost 1985 Newton county zoning ordinance could be proved by parol evidence, since the proceeding to es h the copy as the original was not one to enforce zoning ordinance, but to e

  • Wilson v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald S. Boyter Jr. and Deborah J. Poole Georgia Justice Project, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Christine S. Barker, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A0809

    The privilege against self-incrimination is that of the person under examination as a wi

  • Williams v. Hall

    Publication Date: 2009-11-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Attorney General, and Amy E. H. Morelli, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore Mercer Law School, Brian P. Adams Sell & Melton, LLP, Macon, and William A. Bonner III, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A0973

    The habeas court erred in granting the defendant's petition based on an issue that he did not raise in his petition or at the he