Case Digests

Proctor v. Heirs of Susie Jernigan

Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Rhyne Jr., Lafayette, for appellant.
for defendant: . Larry B. Hill, Lafayette, for appellees.
Case Number: S00A1459

Actual notice of an adverse possession claim is required only when the claim is based on permissive possession of the pro

Mosley v. State

Publication Date: 2000-10-20
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony L. Axam, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Herman M. Kilgore, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S00A1201

Defendant's possession of a knife at school supported his felony murder conviction because the knife escalated the defendant's schoolyard fight with the victim into a hom

Pope v. Fields

Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: George T. Smith Browning, Tanksley & Casurella, Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Dennis C. O'Brien and David J. Koontz, Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: S00A1244

The appointment of a guardian for the decedent did not destroy her right or ability to change her

Board of Comm'rs of Atkinson County v. Guthrie

Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Manley R. Gillis, Douglas, for appellant.
for defendant: Josephine E. Graddy and Berrien L. Sutton Sutton & Assocs., Homerville, for appellees.
Case Number: S00A1164, S00A1695

The county had authority under state law to require property owners to pay their tenants' garbage collection

Copeland v. State

Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas F. Jones Thomas F. Jones & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and W. Swain Wood Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S00A1152

Defendant's oral motion to suppress evidence on the first day of trial did not satisfy the requirements of O.C.G.A. § 17-5-30 b or Uniform Superior Court Rule

State v. Freeman

Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, Clarkesville, and Robert D. Cullifer, Assistant District Attorney, Clayton, for appellant.
for defendant: Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellants: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
Case Number: S00A1108

The defendant's convictions for being a party to the felony murder and for hindering the apprehension of the murderer were mutually excl

Hill v. State

Publication Date: 2000-10-06
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore Johnson Johnson & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S00A0859

Ray v. Jacobs

Publication Date: 2000-09-22
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Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
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Case Number: S00A1342, S00A1343

The defendant who was sentenced to life in 1972 failed to show that he faced a significant risk of increased punishment from retroactive application of the parole board's rule extending the interval

Jackson v. State

Publication Date: 2000-09-22
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
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Case Number: S00A1043, S00A1044, S00A1046, S00A1047, S00A1048

Defendants failed to show that their defenses would be seriously prejudiced by the state's negligence in bringing their cases to

Holiday v. State

Publication Date: 2000-09-22
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger J. Dodd and Sam D. Dennis Dodd & Dennis PC, Valdosta, for appellant.
for defendant: H. Lamar Cole, District Attorney, Bradley M. Shealy, J. Bennett Threlkeld, Assistant District Attorneys, Valdosta, Charles M. Stines, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S00A0886

The trial court properly admitted the prior inconsistent statements of three witnesses who testified at trial based on facts showing that the statements were voluntary and reliable under the circumst