• Jones v. Foster

    Publication Date: 2010-05-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nevis A. Jones, Macon, proceeded pro se. Lypell Foster, Macon, proceeded pro se.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S10A0278

    Absent a transcript, evidence presumably supported the trial court's denial of the appellant's motion for contempt and emergency change of cu

  • Johnson v. Roberts

    Publication Date: 2010-04-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart E. Walker Martin Snow LLP and Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore Mercer Law School, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S10A0063

    The habeas court erred in determining that the defendant was not prejudiced by his attorney's deficient performance in misinforming him on his parole eligibility, since the trial court's alleged cor

  • DeKalb County v. Perdue

    Publication Date: 2010-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy E. Barnes, Allison B. Salter The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, and Lisa E. Chang County Law Dep't, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Warren R. Calvert, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S09A2016

    The Court upheld the 2007 changes to the Homestead Option Sales and Use Tax Act-specifically, "changes in the manner in which HOST proceeds are distributed in those special HOST districts" in which

  • Atlanta Oculoplastic Surgery PC v. Nestlehutt

    Publication Date: 2010-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan C. Peters, Melissa B. Johnson Peters & Monyak LLP, Thomas S. Carlock and Eric J. Frisch Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael B. Terry, Sarah M. Shalf Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, James D. Summerville The Bird Law Group PC, Frank A. Ilardi Houck, Ilardi & Regas LLC and Rosser A. Malone, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S09A1432

    The damage cap in O.C.G.A. § 51-13-1 unconstitutionally infringed upon the right to a jury trial, because it undermined the jury's basic function as factfinder by nullifying any portion of a jury's

  • Huff v. The Harpagon Co. LLC

    Publication Date: 2010-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Clark Jr. and Travis C. Hargrove Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford PC, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert J. Proctor and Cristine L. Patterson Proctor Hutchins Porterfield, Alpharetta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09G0990

    Since no levy occurred, the fee discussion in Harpagon Co. v. Huff, 296 Ga. App. 107 2009, constituted an improper advisory op

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  • Wright v. St. Lawrence

    Publication Date: 2010-03-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: LaFayette Wright, Savannah, proceeded pro se. Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, R. Jonathan Hart and Lisa G. Colbert, Savannah, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S09A1977

    The defendant's petition failed to allege any cognizable claim for habeas relief, since the defendant was granted bond but had failed to

  • Sentinel Offender Servs. LLC v . Harrelson

    Publication Date: 2010-03-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick J. Rice, Alana R. Kyriakakis Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, Andrew G. Mackenzie, and Chiquita T. Johnson, Augusta, for Sentinel Offender Servs. and Jones. John B. Long, Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier, Augusta, for Harrelson. Other party representation: Bob Reinhardt Reinhardt, Whitley, Wilmot & Summerlin, Tifton.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S09A1624; S09A1625; S09X1626

    The trial court did not clearly err in ruling that the state failed to meet its burden of showing that the defendant entered her guilty plea to driving under the influence of drugs knowingly, volunt

  • Tunison v. Harper

    Publication Date: 2010-03-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry R. Barnick, Adel, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Zachary R. Cowart Cowart & Perry LLP, Valdosta, and Daniel L. Studstill Studstill Firm LLP, Nashville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A1964

    The right to use water for strictly domestic purposes is the only use superior to other lawful uses of water and all other lawful uses of water should be treated eq

  • Merritt v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. David Wolfe and Robert A. Susor L. David Wolfe PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A1476

    There is no conflict between the term of years sentencing option in O.C.G.A. § §16-6-1 b and 17-10-6.1 and the Court's ruling in State v. Velazquez, 283 Ga. 206 2008 that life without parole cannot

  • Smith v. Hallum

    Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter M. Britt and Luther H. Beck Jr. Chandler, Britt, Jay & Beck LLC, Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nowell D. Berreth, Jay D. Bennett Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Ethel D. Anderson Anderson, Davidson & Tate, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A1790

    No clear and convincing evidence showed that modification of an irrevocable trust was warranted by a beneficiary's alleged attempt to kill the settlor's