• Young v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-04-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael L. Edwards and Jennifer R. Burns Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Ann M. Elmore, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S06A1922

    The state properly showed a connection between the murder the defendant was on trial for and a previous murder involving the same weapon, since evidence of the first murder provided motive for the s

  • Orr v. Georgia Transmission Corp.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard N. Hubert Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Frank Armstrong III Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S06G1952

    The Court of Appeals erred in focusing on O.C.G.A. § 22-2-109 a in determining that the effective date of condem was filing of the condem petition, since it was undisputed that the conde

  • Warner v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-04-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Jennifer L. Parker, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Robin J. Leigh, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S07A0051

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in excepting the lead detective from the rule of sequestration, the since state maintained that it needed the primary investigator's presence for the ord

  • Hunter v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-30
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Ann M. Elmore, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Edwina M. Watkins, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S06A1691

    Evidence that the murder victim was shot in the back of his head did not support a justification de

  • Banks v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth D. Kondritzer, 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 and Edwina M. Watkins, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S06A1560

    Eight post-incision autopsy photographs were admissible to show injuries under the victim's scalp and to his

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  • Chandler v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony S. Carter, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Robin J. Leigh, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S06A1956

    The state's reasoning for striking two prospective African-American jurors was race-neutral as the first prospective juror displayed a lack of interest in the proceedings and the second prospective

  • Ryder Integrated Logistics Inc. v. BellSouth Telecomms. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David M. Atkinson and Roger D. Martin Magill & Atkinson LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Robert Persons Carter & Ansley, Thomas C. Harney Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, J. Henry Walker IV and James R. Thompson Bellsouth Telecomms Inc., Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S06G1133

    The appellant did not agree to indemnify the appellee for the appellee's sole negli

  • Conway v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-30
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph Frails, Augusta, for Conway. Samuel W. Cruse, Augusta, for Bates. Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Edwina M. Watkins and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S06A1649; S06A1650

    The defendants hired a shooter to kill the first defendant's ex-boyfriend and the shooter killed the ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend, who happened to be with him at the

  • Stokes v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth W. Sheppard, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John D. Durden Jr., District Attorney, Mark A. Hendrix, Melissa L. Poole, Assistant District Attorneys, Hinesville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Chad E. Jacobs, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S06A1975

    The defendant was one of three men, who lay in wait for the intended victim to make a night deposit from a dollar store, and, when the victim drove up in a truck, which resembled the intended victim

  • McCreary v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2007-03-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael P. Bain, LeAnne P. Cooper and Warren R. Power Power & Cooper PC, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert S. Highsmith Jr., Heather A. Calhoun Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, and Norman Smith, Barnesville, for appellees.

    Case Number: S07A0137

    A candidate, who lost a primary election, did not timely exercise his statutory right to seek a stay of the general election or petition the Court for an expedited a