• Menzies d/b/a Cars for Christ v. Hall

    Publication Date: 2006-11-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Keith Logue, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Albert Myers Mumford & Myers, Conyers, for appellee.

    Case Number: S06A1167

    The trial court did not err in ordering the defendant to regrade area near the base of a concrete wall separating his property from the plaintiff's and to refrain from storing or parking unattended

  • Bradley v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-11-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S06A0725

    A photograph of the murder victim's head taken at the crime scene was relevant to show the extent and nature of her w

  • Rios v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-11-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney L. Mathis, Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, Cartersville, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S06A1126

    The record showed that the defendant knowingly and intelligently entered his guilty plea to murder and related off

  • Soloman v. Barnett

    Publication Date: 2006-10-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce M. Edenfield and Evan R. Mermelstein Grey, Hedrick & Edenfield LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey M. Fishman, Duluth, and Jeffrey P. Rothenberg Moss & Rothenberg, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Matthew G. Nasrallah Robertson, Bodoh & Nasrallah LLP, Marietta.

    Case Number: S06G0496

    Even if the defendant had carried his burden of proof on his motion for summary judgment, the plaintiff would not have been required to counter with evidence proving his contentions as matter o

  • Durham v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Grube, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, Timothy M. Marlow, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S06A1020

    The defendant pointed a revolver at her husband and shot him twice, after he failed to return home the night b

  • Upchurch v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2006-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deanna H. Powell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew D. Gansereit Allen, Kopet & Boyd PLLC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S06A1099

    Jurisdiction over the appellant's petition to modify child custody was in ounty, despite the mother's move to California with the children, since it was undisputed that the children resided in

  • Mayberry v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brooks S. Franklin, Curtis L. Hubbard Jr. and Rodney A. Williams Franklin & Hubbard, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Anne E. Green, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Laura D. Dyes, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S06A0724

    Trial counsel's course of pursuing an accidental defense was strategic and reaso

  • Jones v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert S. Stubbs III Banks, Stubbs, Neville & Cunat LLP, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert J. Grayson Edwards, Friedewald & Grayson, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S06A0388

    The father waived his right to seek downward modification of alimony in form of child support below a pre-determined $1,657.68 per month "floor am

  • Johnstone v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2006-06-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton L. Kell and Carol A. Callaway Brock, Clay & Calhoun PC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Roy E. Barnes, Allison B. Salter and John F. Salter Jr. The Barnes Law Group LLC, for appellee.

    Case Number: S06A0400

    The Cobb county School Board, its members and superintendent lacked authority to use $59 million of technology portion of SPLOST proceeds to fund an initiative to provide laptop computers for every

  • Knott v. Evans

    Publication Date: 2006-06-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Michael Dever and Bonnie L. Keith Friedman, Dever & Merlin LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David J. Marmins and Michael J. Bowers Balch & Bingham LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S06A0219

    The trial court erred in granting a permanent injunction at odds with the jury's special verdict without setting forth factual findings of its own to support its r