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  • Sims v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-07-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beau A. Worthington Coxen Worthington LLC, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, Roberta A. Earnhardt, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Dabney Y. Kentner, Assistant District Attorney, Conyers, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason M. Rea, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0182

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions in connection with the death of his girlfriend's nearly 3-year-ol

  • Neuman v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert G. Rubin, Douglas N. Peters Peters, Rubin Sheffield PA, Decatur, and J. Scott Key Miller Key PA, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Anna G. Cross, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Clint C. Malcolm, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0011

    The trial court erred in admitting a psychologist's and a psychiatrist's records related to their evaluation of the defendant for purposes of consulting with his defense team, since that evidence wa

  • Ferguson v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tobe C. Karrh, Public Defender, Swainsboro, and Johnny E. C. Vines, Public Defender, Lyons, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Joshua B. Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0309

    The jury was authorized to disbelieve the defendant's testimony that he stabbed the two victims in self-defense, particularly in light of evidence that appeared at odds with the defendant's ac

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Kleinrock, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Lisa A. Jones, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0614

    The trial court's comments regarding the source of the witness's discomfort on the stand did not amount to an improper comment on her credib

  • Travelers Home Marine Ins. Co. v. Castellanos

    Publication Date: 2015-06-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David M. Atkinson and Ariel E. Shapiro Magill Atkinson Dermer LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry E. Stewart, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14G1878

    In a dispute over recovery under an uninsured motorist insurance policy, the insured plaintiff had the burden of proof on summary judgment to prove that the at-fault driver was "uninsured" as define

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  • Trimble v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nancy L. Anderson and Latesha Y. Bradley Anderson Bradley, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Valdosta, Harriet M. Thomas, Assistant District Attorney, Moultrie, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0040

    Following its grant of a new trial, the trial court properly declined to conduct a second Jackson-Denno hearing to consider anew the admissibility of the defendant's custodial statement, since O.C.G

  • State v. Easter

    Publication Date: 2015-06-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, and Amanda N. Heath The Law Offices of Tanya D. Jeffords, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark A. Begnaud, Atlanta, and Christopher R. Geel, Mount Pleasant, SC, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14G1628

    The Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals' judgment, holding that the trial court did not charge the jury on aggravated assault in a manner not alleged in the indic

  • McHugh Fuller Law Group PLLC v. PruittHealth-Toccoa LLC

    Publication Date: 2015-05-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shannon M. Sprinkle and Tyler J. Wetzel Carlock, Copeland Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John R. Hood, Jason E. Bring, and Glenn P. Hendrix Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A0362; S15A0641

    The trial court erred in awarding permanent injunctive relief to the plaintiff following only an interlocutory hearing without giving the defendant notice of consolid

  • Estate of Callaway v. Garner

    Publication Date: 2015-05-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emmet J. Bondurant II, Alison B. Prout, Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixson Elmore LLP, Atlanta, and Gregory S. Ellington Hatcher Stubbs Land Hollis Rothschild LLP, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Clarence M. Mullin and Joseph L. Waldrep Waldrep Mullin Callahan LLC, Columbus, for appellees.
    Case Number: S14G1184

    Prejudgment interest under O.C.G.A. § 13-6-13 is not available on a judgment granting relief only in the form of specific perfor

  • Daughtry v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael G. Schiavone Jackson Schiavone, and Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, Keith A. McIntyre, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1840

    The defendant failed to prove his 10 ineffective assistance of counsel claims after he was convicted of murder and other serious c