• Rabun County v. Georgia Transmission Corp.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: V. Robert Denham Jr., Chandler P. Thompson Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP, Atlanta, and L. Allyn Stockton Jr. Stockton & Stockton LLC, Clayton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Fred D. Bentley Jr., Debra H. Bernes Bentley, Bentley & Bentley, Marietta, and Linton K. Crawford Jr., Clarkesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02A1374

    A county ordinance imposing a 3-year moratorium on construction of high voltage lines was void since it unconstitutionally interfered with an electric membership corporation's power of eminent d

  • State v. Beck

    Publication Date: 2002-11-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor General, and Gary S. Vey, Assistant Solicitor General, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wystan B. Getz Clark & Towne, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02A0673

    O.C.G.A. § 40-6-391 a 2 does not violate equal prote

  • Bates v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory W. Valpey Valpey & Parks, and Lucy K. Henry Carey, Jarrard & Walker, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lydia J. Sartain, Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP, Jennifer C. Bagwell, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jennifer S. Gill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02A0969

    Defendant pointed a pistol at his brother's head and pulled the trigger after his brother told him to go ahead and

  • Hyde v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven E. Phillips and Alicia H. Thomas, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02A0810

    Defendant had no expectation of privacy in the victim's abandoned car which contained a bloodstained knife and a sweatshirt similar to the type defendant customarily

  • Granville v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02A1101

    Two witnesses identified the defendant as the man who attacked the victim, dragged him into an alley, punched and stomped on him and sliced his

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  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel A. Summer Summer & Summer and Elizabeth B. Reisman, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason J. Deal, District Attorney, Lisa A. Jones and Jennifer C. Bagwell, Assistant District Attorneys, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02A0595

    Hispanics were not underrepresented on Hall County's traverse jury list, despite a presumptively prejudicial 14.5 percent disparity between the 2000 Census and the master trial jury list, since only

  • Cohen v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-10-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard M. Darden Darden, Burns & Burns LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Ronald M. Adams, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02A1181

    A crime videotape and two photographs were admissible to show the nature and extent of the victim's wounds and location of the body at the crime

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-10-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Julia A. F. Slater, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02A0771

    The defendant pointed a pistol at the victim's right temple and fired from a distance of one or two i

  • Edmonds v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Parks Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02A0968

    Juror's response on voir dire that there was a problem with the system and that there are too many handguns out there did not compel a finding that he had formed a fixed opinion of the defendant's g

  • McCulley v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra J. Popson Katz, Flatau, Popson & Boyer LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, Amy E. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02A1122

    Defendant was not prejudiced by her counsel's decision to pursue a justification and battered person defense, rather than trying to show that her accomplice fired the fatal shot since the jury would