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  • Pass v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bobby L. Cook Cook & Connelly, Summerville, and Todd M. Johnson Johnson Law PC, Cohutta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David N. Vaughan Jr. Vaughan & Evans, Cartersville, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0256

    Defendant was not entitled to a new trial based on the fact that one juror saw a defense witness speaking to defendant's f

  • Youngblood v. Gwinnett Rockdale Newton Community Service Bd.

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Irwin W. Stolz Jr., Linda A. Klein and Steven Hall Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew P. Stone, Robert W. Stanley, Andrea S. Hirsch Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charles E. Hoffecker, Assistant Attorney General, David C. Will, Timothy J. Sweeney Owen, Gleaton, Eagan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, and Bruce M. Edenfield Gary, Hedrick & Edenfield LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S00A1784

    O.C.G.A. § 37-2-11.1 c 1, which grants immunity to community service boards to the same extent as a county, is unconstitutional because it alters the state's immunity outside of the Georgia Tort Clai

  • Smith & Wesson v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Pope Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, David J. Bailey Jones, Davis, Reavis & Pogue, Richard A. Schneider, William R. Bassett Jr. King & Spaulding, Richard H. Sinkfield, Tony G. Powers Rogers &Hardin, Atlanta, Jeffrey S. Nelson, Gary R. Long Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, Mo., Melissa A. Maye, Yorkville, Ill., James C. Sabalos, Newport Beach, Calif., Thomas E. Fennell Jones, Davis, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, Texas, Lawrence W. Greenwald Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman & Hoffberger, Baltimore, Md., James P. Dorr and Anne-Marie Dega Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Ill., for Smith & Wesson. Susan P. Langford, City Attorney, Nicholas C. Moraitakis Mills, Moraitakis & Kushel, Hezekiah Sistruck Jr. Sistruck & Assocs., Ernest L. Greer Minkin & Snyder, Cheryl D. Cofield, Willie J. Lovett Jr. Office of the County Attorney, R. Clay Porter, Alisa W. Terry Dennis, Corry & Porter LLP, Frank R. Seigel Cofer, Beauchamp, Stradley & Hicks, Matthew W. Clarke, David M. Brown Smith, Gambrell & Russell, and Timothy A. Bumann Budd, Lanier, Gross, Rosenbaum & Greenberg, Atlanta, Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Cochran, Cherry, Givens & Smith PC, New York, N.Y., Samuel A. Cherry Jr., Angela Mason Cochran, Cherry, Givens & Smith PC, Dothan, Ala., Daniel G. Abel, Wendell H. Gauthier Gauthier, Downing, LaBarre, Beiser & Dean, Metairie, La., Kenneth M. Carter Carter & Cates, New Orleans, La., Kevin C. Decie Davis, Saperstein & Solomon PC, Teaneck, N.J., Jack D. Maistros, Keith T. Vernon Climaco, Lefkowitz, Peca, Wilcox & Garofoli, Cleveland, Ohio, Robert C. Tarics, Michael Branisa, Michael Zomcik Tarics & Carrington, Houston, Texas, and William M. Griffin Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock, Ark., for the city of Atlanta. Frank R. Seigel Cofer, Beauchamp, Stradley & Hicks, Atlanta, John S. Kanzler, John Renzulli Renzulli & Rutherford LLC, New York, N.Y., for Glock Inc. Amicus Appellants: Joshua Horwitz Education Fund to End Handgun Violence, Washington, D.C., Michael C. Hewitt Bruinsma & Hewitt, Costa Mesa, Calif. Amicus Appellee: Alfred L. Evans Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: S00A1530, S00A1533

    The state court's refusal to dismiss the city's suit against a number of firearms manufacturers, distributors and trade associations was not subject to challenge by an action for man

  • Sapp v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario A. Pacella, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0396

    The jury was authorized to find that defendant shot the victim with malice based on his behavior before the shooting, his obscene comment about the victim and his actions after the m

  • Blair v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Kimmey III and C. David Turk III Germano & Kimmey PC, Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Kevin W. Drummond, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Daniel G. Ashburn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0055

    Proffered evidence of sexual acts allegedly committed by the victim did not establish the victim's alleged propensity for sexually assaulting young men and

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  • Carreker v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Wadkins, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Mark C. post, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0001

    The trial court properly charged on mutual combat since the jury could have found from the evidence that the defendant and the victim intended to resolve their difference by fighting with deadly we

  • Coppock v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald W. Rogers, Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gregory L. Bushway, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A2068

    Defendant's mental dexterity as exhibited during his videotaped confession supported the trial court's finding that the confession was volu

  • Anderson v. Atlanta Comm. for the Olympic Games Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
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    Case Number: S00A0899, S00A0901, S00A1069

    Whether an activity is recreational under Georgia's Recreational Property Act requires the application of a balancing

  • Welker v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1866

    Given evidence that the murder victim made several death threats, the trial court did not reversibly err in excluding additional evidence that he threatened to pistol whip an unidentified p

  • Foster v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. O'Donnell Jr., Sandersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Malone, District Attorney, William S. Askew, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1853

    Expert testimony that a perpetrator who has had a close relationship with the murder victim may move or cover the victim's body to depersonalize the victim was beyond the average juror'