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  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell & Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel P. Bibler, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Justin R. Arnold, Assistant District Attorney, Robert H. Reeves District Attorney's Office, Americus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Daniel A. Bikoff, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1671

    The trial court's statement regarding the investigator's thoroughness did not constitute an opinion of the investigator's credibility and did not express an opinion as to the defendant's guilt or in

  • Hunt v. Richmond Cnty. Bd. of Educ.

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. B. Long, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leonard O. Fletcher Jr. Fletcher Harley & Fletcher LLP and Troy A. Lanier Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1513

    The trial court erred in granting the order enjoining the plaintiff from taking action to enforce a monetary judgment, which she secured in her breach of contract action against her former employer

  • Hoffler v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alixe E. Steinmetz Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0100

    The defendant shot and killed the victim after the victim stole his duffe

  • Hayes v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Dan W. Mayfield, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Clint C. Malcolm, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1742

    The defendant shot and killed her former daughter-in-law during a custody exc

  • Harper v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-02-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George A. Koenig Koenig Law Group PC, Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Janice Singer-Capek Thompson & Singer PA, Atlanta, and Kimberly K. Frye Frye Law Group LLC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Marietta, Anna G. Cross, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, and John C. Butters, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Nels S. D. Peterson Attorney General's Office, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S12A1508

    The trial court erroneously applied the tolling provision of O.C.G.A. § 17-3-2.2 to certain counts of the indictment, since those offenses were against a corporation, not the individual who was the

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  • Holland v. Caviness

    Publication Date: 2013-01-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Johannes S. Kingma and Peter Werdesheim Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Brian R. Smith, Frank J. Beltran The Beltran Firm, Atlanta, Henry N. Crane III, and Danny L. Durham Durham & Crane Law Firm PC, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12Q1648

    Answering a certified question, the Supreme Court held that the current version of O.C.G.A. § 51-12-6 precludes the admission of worldly circumstances evidence in a tort action where the only injur

  • Rashid v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan I. Begner, Cory G. Begner, and Boris Y. Milter Begner & Begner PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jason B. Green, Kathryn L. Powers, Assistant District Attorneys, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1698

    The trial court properly admitted a videotape of the defendant's conversation with family members in the police interrogation room, as no reasonable expectation of privacy existed and no evidence es

  • Clarke v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0021

    The evidence showed that the 74-year-old victim's head injury, which the defendant inflicted, was the underlying process that started the ball rolling in a continuous downhill course, culminating in

  • Nichols v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie G. Davis Jr., Jonesboro, 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, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Bikoff, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1997

    Expert evidence showing that the victim died as a result of strangulation effected by pressure from hands and ruling out smoke inhalation refuted the defense theory that the victim died as the resu

  • Leonard v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara M. Collins, Riverdale, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Brittany N. Jones, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0990

    The trial court properly prohibited the defendant from asking a prospective juror if she would weigh the testimony of a police officer more heavily because of the officer's occupation since the ques