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  • You v. JP Morgan Chase Bank NA

    Publication Date: 2013-05-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Ates, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Amicus Appellant: Charles R. Bliss, Karen E. Brown, John R. Bartholomew IV Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc., and David A. Webster, Atlanta. Shanon J. McGinnis, Joseph D. Wargo, Michael Wolak III, Julie C. Jared, Amy L. Hanna Wargo & French LLP, Atlanta, Sarah B. Akins, Megan U. Manly, and Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Monica K. Gilroy and Tania T. Trumble Dickenson Gilroy LLC, Alpharetta.
    Case Number: S13Q0040

    In considering three certified questions regarding the operation of Georgia's law governing non-judicial foreclosure, the Supreme Court held that the holder of a deed to secure debt does not have to

  • Holton v. Physician Oncology Servs. LP

    Publication Date: 2013-05-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter N. Hall, David W. Long-Daniels, and Michael J. King Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Daniel Beale, Spencer F. Preis McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, and Shannon R. Creasy, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S13A0012

    The inevitable disclosure doctrine is not an independent claim under which a trial court may enjoin an employee from working for an employer or disclosing trade se

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. V. Weston Trotter Jones LLP, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Titus T. Nichols District Attorney's Office, Augusta, 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: S13A0605

    The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for felony murder in connection with the death of her 3-year-old son after she administered methadone t

  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry M. C. Pilgrim The Pilgrim Law Group LLC, Villa Rica, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Brooks Jr., District Attorney, Buchanan, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth W. Mishoe, Assistant Attorney General, and Gary D. Bergman Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0128

    The record showed that the defendant freely and voluntarily entered his guilty plea to murder after he was fully advised of his r

  • Campbell v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-04-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Joshua D. Morrison, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1804

    The evidence did not support a jury instruction on voluntary manslaughter in a case arising out of a deadly roommate dispute, as the initial confrontation between the defendant and the victim ended

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  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan P. Waters, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory W. Winters, District Attorney, Nancy S. Malcor, Dorothy V. Hull, Assistant District Attorneys, Macon, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Kenneth W. Mishoe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1978

    The defendant failed to prove that his trial counsel was deficient for not asserting a sleepwalking defense after he was convicted of murdering his

  • Blake v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Robinson III Robinson & Assocs., Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Luana P. Nolin, Sheryl D. Freeman, Assistant District Attorneys, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1852

    The defendant was not eligible for life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, since he committed his crimes in December 2008, prior to the effective date of the amendment to the murder sen

  • City of Suwanee v. Settles Bridge Farm LLC

    Publication Date: 2013-02-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurel E. Henderson Henderson & Hundley PC, Decatur, and Gregory D. Jay Chandler, Britt, Jay & Beck LLC, Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Thomas M. Mitchell Carothers & Mitchell LLC, Buford. Gerald Davidson Jr., John D. Gussio, Andrew D. Stancil, and Richard L. Tucker Jr. Mahaffey, Pickens, Tucker LLP, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1599

    The plaintiff failed to exhaust its administrative remedies in an inverse condemnation action because it should have submitted a special use permit application to the City Planning Commission before

  • Wright v. Hall

    Publication Date: 2013-02-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Russell Russell & Mingledorff, Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Debra S. Hall, Jefferson, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: S12A2026

    Case law and statutes validating an otherwise void marriage for purposes of protecting the children of the marriage were inapplicable to the case because the alimony award at issue was unrelated to

  • Green v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-02-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald L. Beckstrom, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford P. Bowden, District Attorney, and Kevin E. Hutto, Assistant District Attorney, Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1898

    The trial court clerk's clerical error in entering the indictment's return date did not void the indictment, as it was an immaterial defect that could be corr