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  • Fein v. Bessen

    Publication Date: 2016-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Bowers, Christopher S. Anulewicz, and Brooke W. Gram Balch Bingham LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kaye W. Burwell, Assistant County Attorney, Melody P. Bray, and Kristen B. Williams County Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A1190

    Attorney lacked standing to compel a judge to rule on default motions and to enter a final judgment in the action pending before her, and the trial court properly dismissed his mandamus pet

  • Capps v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy C. Head Jr. Public Defender's Office, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: George E. Barnhill, District Attorney, Michelle C. McIntire, Assistant District Attorney, Waycross, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth M. Haase, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A1071

    Defendant failed to prove his several ineffective assistance of counsel claims in his murder

  • Prince v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph T. Prince, Grovetown, proceeded pro se. Gregory W. Edwards, District Attorney, Albany, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S16A0920

    Defendant was not entitled to a direct a from the adverse ruling on his "Motion to Vacate a Void Sentence and Mere Nullity Conviction," and the Court dismissed his a

  • Lane v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-10-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Lane, Glennville, proceeded pro se. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S16A0721

    The court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to grant defendant a continuance on the first day of to allow new counsel to prepare for

  • Waller v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-09-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lester Waller, Waycross, proceeded pro se. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S16A0788

    The trial court properly dismissed the defendant's motion for an out-of-time appeal following his convictions and sentences for malice murder and possession of a knife during the commission of a fe

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  • Hooks v. Walley

    Publication Date: 2016-09-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Daniel M. King Jr. King Law Group, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brenda J. Bernstein The Bernstein Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0660

    The Court reversed the grant of the defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, as the habeas court erred in finding that appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance in failing to pursue

  • Patterson v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-07-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George B. Sparks and Michael R. McCarthy Public Defender's Office, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert M. Poston Jr., District Attorney, Benjamin B. Kenemer, and Susan L. Franklin, Assistant District Attorneys, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15G1303

    The crime of simple assault as set forth in O.C.G.A. § 16-5-20 subsection a 2 does not require that the defendant have the specific intent to cause the alleged victim of the assault to suffer injury

  • Cottrell v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2016-07-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler C. Dixon Raiford Dixon LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher G. Moorman, Nicholas J. Pieschel Moorman Pieschel LLC, and Timothy A. Baxter, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S16A0013

    The trial court properly granted judgment notwithstanding the verdict on the plaintiff's claims for defamation, breach of fiduciary duty and invasion of privacy after the defendants posted informati

  • Reed v. McConathy

    Publication Date: 2016-07-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert G. McCurry The McCurry Law Firm LLC, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lawrence A. Stagg Stagg Law Firm LLC, Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0326

    The trial court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's petition for an equitable partition of real property and an accounting, as the trial court erred in finding that the parties were joint tenants w

  • Brooks v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-07-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony B. Brooks, Abbeville, proceeded pro se. Layla H. Zon, District Attorney, Amber R. Bennett, Jillian R. Hall District Attorney's Office, Covington, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S16A0450

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's motions for an out-of-time appeal and for an evidentiary hearing following his guilty plea in 1992 to felony murder and attempted armed ro