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  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-09-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheueli C. Wang Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Arthur C. Walton, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0979

    The defendant did not show that his counsel was ineffective in failing to object to the State's cross-examination of a defense character witness regarding his knowledge of the defendant's arrest rec

  • Russell v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-09-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee W. Fitzpatrick Lee W. Fitzpatrick & Associates, Kennesaw, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosemary M. Greene, District Attorney, Suzanne Z. Brookshire, Assistant District Attorney, Cartersville, 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: S13A0882

    The evidence, including the defendant's own inculpatory statements, supported his convictions for his wife's murder and a firearms of

  • Georgia-Pacific LLC v. Fields

    Publication Date: 2013-09-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
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    Case Number: S12G1393; S12G1417

    The defendants presented sufficient evidence, in the form of allegations contained in the plaintiffs' complaint and a sworn information form, to preclude partial summary judgment on the issue of non

  • Pitts v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-09-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna A. Seagraves and Carla D. Brock Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald E. Moore, Solicitor General, and Donald L. Hudson Jr. Solicitor General's Office, Jefferson, for appellee. Other party representation: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S13A0741

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's motion to declare O.C.G.A. § 20-2-690.1—which provides for mandatory education of children between the ages of six and 16—unconstitut

  • Lewis v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-09-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
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    Case Number: S13A0920

    Ample evidence supported the trial court's finding that the defendant understood the nature of the charges against him and the consequences of his guilty plea to felony m

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  • Adams v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-09-11
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    Case Number: S13A0692

    The defendant's sentence of five consecutive terms of life in prison did not constitute a sentence of life without the possibility of parole and therefore did not require a finding of an aggravated

  • Mathis v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-07-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neil A. Smith, General Counsel, and John W. Kraus Public Defender's Office, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Frances C. Kuo, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Bikoff, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0068

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's request for a jury charge on involuntary manslaughter, since there was undisputed evidence that his infant died from blunt force trauma and not from a

  • Odom v. Hughes

    Publication Date: 2013-07-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mather D. Graham, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emily J. Matson Burton Law Firm, Rome, for appellees.
    Case Number: S13A0218

    The trial court properly denied the appellant's motion for directed verdict in a will contest, as there was evidence of undue influence, lack of testamentary capacity, fraud and mono

  • Norton v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-07-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica R. Towne Clark & Towne PC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Katherine T. Parvis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Christa L. Kirk The Ryczek Firm PC, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0301

    The fact that the defendant may have been somewhat intoxicated at the time of his custodial interview did not automatically render the evidence thereof inadmissible and some evidence showed that he

  • Georgia Dep't of Human Servs. v. Wright

    Publication Date: 2013-07-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Mark J. Cicero, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Johnny Wright, Decatur, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: S13A0186

    The Georgia Department of Human Services' authority to seek a child support award on behalf of a minor was not dependent on a prior court order designating a "custodial pa