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  • Hammond v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
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    Case Number: S12A0871

    The defendant untimely filed his motion in arrest of j t on his convictions for felony murder, aggravated assault, and making terroristic threats more than 11 years after the term in which the

  • We, the Taxpayers v. Board of Tax Assessors of Effingham Cnty.; Board of Tax Assessors of Effingham Cnty. v. We, the Taxpayers

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
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    Case Number: S12A0700; S12X0701

    The trial court lacked jurisdiction over the taxpayers' suit against the county board of tax assessors seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the board to act in accordance with the taxpayers' interpr

  • Campos v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
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    Case Number: S12A1639

    The only available means for the defendant to withdraw his guilty plea to malice murder was through habeas court procee

  • State v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher M. Quinn, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Long Dai Vo Georgia Public Defenders Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1889

    Even though the judge who heard the defendant's new trial motion was not the same judge who presided over his original trial and therefore had a narrower scope of discretion, the successor court did

  • McLean v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darrell B. Reynolds Sr., Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Tiffany C. Boulware, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0930

    The trial court did not violate the defendant's Sixth Amendment Confrontation Right in allowing an officer to testify about the co-defendant's statement, since nothing in the complained-of statement

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  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh B. Merchant The Merchant Law Firm PC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, John A. Warr, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine R. Thrower, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1552

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in permitting a witness to testify about the victim's statements regarding deals or meetings with the defendant on the day of his murder or the previous

  • Woods v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Converse Bright, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Catherine H. Helms, District Attorney, Nashville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1143

    Since the legal concept of justification is a necessary component of the delusional compulsion d , the trial court reversibly erred in omitting the defendant's orally requested charge on self-

  • Barrett v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher M. Foss, Assistant District Attorney, Hiawassee, John R. Martin, and Sandra L. Michaels Martin Brothers PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William J. Langley, District Attorney, Blairsville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Dana E. Weinberger, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Brian Kammer Georgia Resource Center and Richard A. Malone Prosecuting Attorney's Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S12P0710

    The defendant's death sentence for brutally beating and shooting the victim was not disproportionate within the meaning of Georgi

  • Burke Cnty. v. Askin

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barry A. Fleming and Frank A. Nelson Fleming & Nelson LLP, Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thomas R. Burnside III and James W. Ellison Burnside Wall LLP, Augusta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S12A0649; S12X0650

    The Court vacated and remanded the trial court's order granting the property owner's mandamus action to compel the County to repair and maintain certain roads inasmuch as it granted relief under the

  • Brundige v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin A. Pearlman, Public Defender, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, Brian V. Patterson, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, and Antonio E. Veal District Attorney's Office, Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11G1821

    Heat loss, which a thermal scanner can measure and record, does not fit within the scope of tangible evidence as that term is used in O.C.G.A. § 17-5-21 a 5—authorizing a search warrant for ' "the