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  • Wyatt v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. Howell, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan A. Cook, District Attorney, William K. Wynne Jr., Covington, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wesley S. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0842

    Defendant's custodial statement was admissible because he initiated communication with the interrogating officers after they stopped questioning him in response to his statement that he would wait f

  • King v. City of Bainbridge

    Publication Date: 2000-06-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gilbert J. Murrah, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce W. Kirbo Kirbo & Kendrick, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0175

    The plaintiff did not have to exhaust her administrative remedies before she could challenge a zoning ordinance as unconstitutional on its

  • Wade v. Wade

    Publication Date: 2000-06-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Harvey Davis Walters, Davis & Pujadas PC, Ocilla, and Richard W. Schiffman Jr. Davis, Matthews & Quigley PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Guy V. Roberts Jr. Roberts, Roberts & Ingram, Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0489

    Trial court should not have awarded custody of child to paternal grandfather as there was no evidence that mother lacked proper parenting skills or that the child was not being cared for properly in

  • Richardson v. Richmond County

    Publication Date: 2000-06-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Williams and Wendell E. Johnston Jr. Johnston, Wilkin & Williams, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee H. Little and James B. Wall Burnside, Wall, Daniel, Ellison & Revell, Augusta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S00A0683

    County commission's denial of plaintiffs' application for a beer and wine license was not arbitrary or capricious, because it was based on specific criteria set forth in county's

  • State v. Ray

    Publication Date: 2000-06-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Ann M. Elmore, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Allison B. Goldberg, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael G. Schiavone Jackson & Schiavone and William A. Dowell, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0769

    The interrogating officers induced the 17-year-old defendant to confess by promising him years of freedom if he coope

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  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kirk E. Gilliard Garrett & Gilliard PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wesley S. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0037

    The state could ask the defendant if he had "Thug Life" tattooed on his abdomen, since that evidence was relevant to the defendant's possible motive for committing a drive-by sho

  • Holmes v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Sussman, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Augusta, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0103

    The witness's presence during part of defendant's trial did not preclude him from testifying, since a violation of the rule of sequestration goes to the weight and credibility of a witness's testimo

  • Ely v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Wyatt, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tambra P. Colston, District Attorney, Rome, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and H. Maddox Kilgore, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0507

    The trial 's error in allowing the state to impeach three defense witnesses with inadmissible prior convictions was harmless, given the defendant's failure to renew his objection after the tria

  • Torres v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara J. Nelson, Claxton, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, Hinesville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wesley S. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0338

    Although the defendant's expert testified that the 1990 census failed to reflect changes in the county's minority populations, there was no evidence that minorities were substantially under-represe

  • Sharp v. Sumner

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Moulton Moulton & Massey LLC, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ralph S. Goldberg, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0085

    Plaintiff's estate was entitled to a decree of specific performance requiring defendant's estate to transfer title to defendant's house, because plaintiff acquired title to the house during her life