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  • Bright v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela B. Dillon Brown & Gill LLC, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1735

    Three eyewitnesses identified the defendant as the gunman who shot and killed one victim, and the aggravated assault victim identified the defendant as the gunman who sho

  • Durham v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley C. Adams III and Robert L. Wadkins Public Defender's Office, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Douglas L. Breault, Michael E. Craig, Assistant District Attorneys, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine R. Thrower, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1637

    An eyewitness identified the defendant as the gunman who fatally shot the victim and took his gold nec

  • Amerson v. Pahl

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles A. Lanford Jr. Lanford, Smith & Kapiloff, Macon, and Kathryn S. Seabolt, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John P. Fox Fox & Smith LLC, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1458

    The probate court did not err in ruling that the decedent did not lack testamentary capacity and was not under undue influence when he executed his 2010

  • Lee v. Swain; Scott v. Swain

    Publication Date: 2012-11-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
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    Case Number: S12A0992; S12A0993

    An unwitnessed 1999 letter detailing how the decedent wanted her property distributed after her death together with a partially filled-out commercial will form, which was properly witnessed but did

  • Inagawa v. Fayette Cnty.; Fayette Cnty. v. Inagawa

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
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    Case Number: S12A0849; S12X0850

    Fayette County improperly compensated its solicitor-general from July 1, 2007, to pr

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  • Leitch v. Fleming

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin D. Goldberg, Mableton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, Franklin J. Hogue Hogue & Hogue, Macon, and J. Scott Key, Decatur.
    Case Number: S11G1792

    The trial court erred in considering the then-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's petition for a declaratory judgment challenging the DeKalb County Magi Court and selected mag

  • Eldridge v. Eldridge

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garnett Harrison, Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: William R. Ashe, Woodbine, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12F1078

    The parenting plan the trial court adopted failed to comply with OCGA § 19-9-1 b 2 A because it did not designate the day and time that the husband's weekend visitation was to begin an

  • Simmons v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wilson B. Mitcham Jr. The Mitchem Law Firm, Gray, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gray, Stephen A. Bradley, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Eatonton, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0808

    The circumstantial evidence, including the defendant's DNA in dried seminal fluid on the victim's leg and lower abdomen, supported his malice murder convi

  • State v. Sosa

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald J. Poirier, Assistant District Attorney, Hinesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kimberly L. Copeland Kimberly L. Copeland & Assocs. LLC, Jesup, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1130

    The 4-year statute of limitation period to seek a writ of habeas corpus in state court for the denial of a federal or state constitutional right barred review of the defendant's petition alleging t

  • Barnes v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
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    Case Number: S12A0708

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's out-of-time appeal challenging his sentence, as the Court could resolve the validity of his sentencing agreement against him on the r