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  • Rowe v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harry D. Dixon Jr. Oliver, Maner & Gray LLP, and Thomas A. Withers Gillen, Cromwell & Withers LLC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Nancy G. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0376

    The trial court did not violate defendant's confrontation right by admitting portions of his videotaped statement with a non-testifying detective after defendant opened the door to that evi

  • Williams v. Mitchell County Elec. Membership. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2003-06-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank C. Vann Vann Law Firm, Camilla, and Frank T. Burge Burge & Wettermark, Birmingham, Ala., for appellant.
    for defendant: . Hugh B. McNatt, Richard S. Thompson McNatt & Greene, Vidalia, James C. Brim Jr., Camilla, and John W. Bass Sr., Cairo, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02G1550

    The decedent's failure to give notice as required by the High-Voltage Safety Act barred recover for his death when a sagging power line became entangled with his cotton p

  • Laster v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald L. Lamberth, Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cecilia M. Cooper, District Attorney, Americus, Barbara A. Becraft, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Cheri L. Nichols, Assistant District Attorney, Cordele, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jennifer S. Gill, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0023

    The trial court improperly restricted defendant's voir dire by disallowing a question intended to determine if the extended period of time between the commission of the charged crimes and the trial

  • Powell v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reed Edmondson Jr., Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jennifer S. Gill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0092

    The defendant failed to carry his burden of showing that his trial counsel was ineffe

  • Howard v. Lane

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Kyle A. Pearson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, McDonough, Robert B. Ellis Jr., District Attorney, Nashville, and Joseph F. Burford, Smyrna, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0282

    The state could not use a writ of prohibition to prevent a criminal bench after the defendant waived his right to a jury

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  • White v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer E. Hildebrand, Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, Lafayette, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0062

    Defendant's wife's statement that the victim probably did not see who shot him was admissible under the necessity exception to the hearsay rule after she invoked the marital priv

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-04-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia F. Angeli, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, Jack S. Jennings, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth M. Pawlak, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1419

    Evidence that the defendant telephoned his co-indictee, asked for his assistance in robbing a boot who lived in an apartment complex and said "let's get the cab" after discovering that the boo

  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-04-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher A. Townley, Rossville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, Lafayette, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth M. Pawlak, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1350

    The officers had probable cause to arrest the defendant without a warrant under O.C.G.A. § 17-4-20 a based on evidence that he committed a family violence

  • State v. English

    Publication Date: 2003-04-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell C. Gabriel Univ. of Ga. School of Law, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Edward H. Brumby Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1808; S02X1809

    Defendant's incarceration for more than 90 days without indictment was tantamount to being refused bail so he was entitled to mandatory bail under O.C.G.A. § 17

  • Ricketts v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-04-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip C. Smith, District Attorney, Penny A. Penn, Assistant District Attorney, Cumming, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jennifer Susan Gill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1454

    The defendant was not entitled to suppression of audio of his wife's conversations with her lover which the search warrant sufficiently described the