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  • Evans v. Georgia Bureau of Investigation

    Publication Date: 2015-06-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harrison W. Kohler, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Joseph J. Drolet, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Rebecca J. Dobras, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Neutral Amicus: Brooks K. Hudson Hull Barrett PC, Augusta.
    Case Number: S15A0103

    The Open Records Act's exemption for pending investigations removed from mandatory disclosure the materials the mandamus petitioner requested related to his a

  • Mallard v. Mallard

    Publication Date: 2015-06-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James K. Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth R. Mallard, Conyers, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: S15F0401

    The superior court erred in awarding 100 percent interest in the parties' marital home to husband in their divorce proce

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Zina B. Gumbs, Assistant District Attorneys, A'Sheika L. Penn, Assistant Solicitor General, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Andrew G. Sims, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0310

    The challenged jury instructions in the defendant's murder trial did not constitute plain

  • Crosdale v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cerille B. Nassau, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0447

    The defendant never asserted at trial that the conversation he had with an assistant pastor after he killed his wife and her cousin was privileged under former O.C.G.A. § 24

  • Gooch v. Gooch

    Publication Date: 2015-06-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. Nichols Jr., Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas A. Roach Jr. and David W. Frost Roach, Caudill Gunn LLP, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0202

    The trial court abused its discretion in failing to devise a remedy for husband's willful contempt of a directive of the parties' divorce decree, since the evidence showed that there were remedies a

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  • Chatman v. Walker

    Publication Date: 2015-06-05
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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, Richard Tangum, and Sabrina D. Graham, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Kammer and Kirsten A. Salchow Georgia Resource Center, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0260

    Following the imposition of a death sentence, the habeas court's factual findings were sufficient to support the legal conclusions that trial counsel rendered constitutionally deficient performance

  • Guthridge v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-05-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Viveca B. Famber, Austell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Brian K. Ross District Attorney's Office, Jonesboro, 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.
    Case Number: S15A0589

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions arising out of the fatal stabbing of her m and the assault with a knife on her br

  • FCCI Ins. Co. v. McLendon Enters. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-05-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephanie F. Glickauf Goodman McGuffey Lindsey Johnson LLP, Atlanta, and Robert M. Darroch Goodman McGuffey Lindsey Johnson LLP, Sarasota, FL, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ansley B. Threlkeld Bart, Meyer Company LLP, Savannah, Malcolm F. Bryant Jr., Paul K. Cook, Daniel J. O'Connor Bryant Cook PC, and Thomas W. Everett, Vidalia, for appellees.
    Case Number: S15Q0286

    Answering a certified question, the Court held that an insured party can recover under an uninsured-motorist insurance policy providing that the insurer will pay sums "the insured is legally entitle

  • Bostick v. CMM Properties Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-05-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan A. Alderman and Donyale N. Leslie Anderson, Walker Reichert LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John C. Spurlin Spurlin Spurlin LLC, Tifton, for appellees.
    Case Number: S14G1223

    The Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's finding that res judicata barred the

  • Torres v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long D. Vo Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla H. Zon, District Attorney, Christopher D. Sperry District Attorney's Office, Covington, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ryan A. Kolb, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0396

    Trial counsel's strategic decision to not pursue a mental health defense in the defendant's murder trial was not unreaso