• Martin v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-11-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice G. Kenner Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Thomas S. Clegg Clegg Daniels LLC, Decatur, Ty Alper UC Berkeley School of Law, and Bidish Sarma, Berkeley, CA, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: John R. Martin Martin Brothers PC, Robert L. Rothman Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Atlanta, David E. Weiss, and Rebecca Gindi Reed Smith LLP, San Francisco, CA. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Atlanta, Lenny I. Krick, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Richard Tangum, and Sabrina D. Graham, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Brian Kammer Georgia Resource Center, Atlanta, and Charles A. Spahos Prosecuting Attorneys' Counsel of Georgia, Morrow.

    Case Number: S15P0675

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions and death sentences in connection with the rape of his girlfriend, the aggravated sodomy against her in the presence of their 2-year-old child and

  • Beasley v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-11-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Beasley, Valdosta, proceeded pro se. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Vikki M. Clark, Assistant District Attorney, Suwanee, 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: S15A0930

    The doctrine of res judicata precluded re-litigation of the claims the defendant raised in his amended motion for an out-of-time appeal following his guilty pleas to felony murder and possession of

  • Borders v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2015-11-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Bell Jr. and Leroy W. Brigham Bell Brigham, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Amicus Appellants: Lawrence J. LoRusso LoRusso Law Firm PC, Mary C. Cooney, Atlanta, Michael T. McGonigle, General Counsel Georgia Association of Educators, Tucker, John L. Quinn Quinn, Connor, Weaver, Davies Rouco LLP, Decatur, and Donald C. English, General Counsel Southern States PBA Inc., McDonough. Cathy Hampton, City Attorney, Robin J. Shahar, and Seth R. Eisenberg, Assistant City Attorneys, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellees: Gwin C. Hall Georgia Municipal Association, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S15A0816

    The superior court properly granted summary judgment in favor of defendants City of Atlanta, the Mayor and the City Council in a class action lawsuit alleging that they breached certain City employe

  • Harrell v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas F. Jarriel, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Vaughn, District Attorney, and Christopher C. Gordon, Assistant District Attorney, Eastman, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A1045

    The trial court erred in finding the defendant guilty of endeavoring to intimidate a court officer in violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-10-97 subsection a 1, as the defendant's statements did not const

  • Weldon v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Richard Stepp, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, and Thomas L. Williams District Attorney's Office, McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: S14G1721

    The court did not deprive the defendant of his Sixth Amendment right to a fair when it required him to wear an electronic security device under his clothing during the

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  • Elbert County v. Sweet City Landfill LLC

    Publication Date: 2015-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ansel F. Beacham III, Norman S. Fletcher, Lee B. Carter Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson Davis LLP, Rome, Brandon L. Bowen, Robert L. Walker Jenkins Bowen PC, Cartersville, and Billy I. Daughtry Jr., Elberton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lajuana C. Ransaw, Andrew J. Welch III Smith, Welch, Webb White LLC, McDonough, and George E. Butler II, Dahlonega, for appellees.

    Case Number: S15A0489

    The trial court erred in its judgments regarding a county's solid waste disposal ordinance and a company's proposal for a solid waste lan

  • Romano v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-07-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Romano, Morgan, proceeded pro se. Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Craig E. Miller, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, 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: S15A0534

    The defendant's murder convictions had been reviewed and affirmed on direct a and the denial of his motion for an out-of-time a was thus not subject to a direct a

  • Reeves v. Webb

    Publication Date: 2015-07-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Troy A. Lanier, Augusta, for Reeves. J. Larry Broyles, Augusta, for Groenenboom. Jennifer T. Kerr Warlick, Tritt, Stebbins Murray LLP, Debra M. Bryan, Augusta, Chuck R. Pardue, Martinez, and Shellana J. Welch, Grovetown, for Webb et al..
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S15A0335; S15A0336

    The probate court erred in dismissing a petition to probate a will in solemn form after finding that the propounder failed to make out a prima facie case to admit the will to probate in that he fail

  • Marshall v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-07-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy L. Ihrig Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret E. Heap, District Attorney, Matthew Breedon, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, 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: S15A0624

    The defendant failed to prove his several ineffective assistance of counsel claims after he was convicted of murder and making false statements to law enforcement off

  • Phillips v. Harmon

    Publication Date: 2015-07-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly W. Grant, Wayne Grant Grant Law Office, and Jonathan A. Parrish The Parrish Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for Phillips. Michael S. Bailey and Anna B. Fretwell Huff, Powell Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for Harmon. John E. Hall Jr., W. Scott Henwood, Nathan A. Gaffney Hall Booth Smith PC, Atlanta, and Mark W. Wortham Hall Booth Smith PC, Columbus, for Henry Med. Ctr. Inc.. Amicus Appellant in Case No. S14G1868: Charles M. Cork III, Macon.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S14G1868; S14G1893; S14G1895

    The medical malpractice plaintiffs were entitled to a new trial following a verdict in favor of the hospital defendants, because the trial court responded to a note from the jury during deliberation