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  • SJN Props. LLC v. Fulton County Bd. of Assessors

    Publication Date: 2015-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John F. Woodham Woodham Law LLC, Robert D. Feagin, Atlanta, and Irwin W. Stolz Jr. Hurt Stolz LLC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . R. David Ware, Cheryl M. A. Ringer, Shalanda M. J. Miller Fulton County Attorney's Office, and Cary Ichter Ichter Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellees: Glenn R. Thomson Alston Bird, Atlanta, and Clark R. Calhoun Alston Bird LLP, Los Angeles, Calif..
    Case Number: S14A1493

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to the Fulton County Board of Assessors in a taxpayer's lawsuit challenging the Board's valuation methodology in connection with ad valorem taxes a

  • Favors v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Arthur C. Walton, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1797

    The court erred with respect to the merger of certain counts in the defendant's murder

  • State v. Lampl

    Publication Date: 2015-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Kathryn L. Powers, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, and Frances C. Kuo, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14G0591

    The superior court erred in dismissing a perjury charge against the defendant and in suppressing his testimony before a specia ose grand jury as sanctions to remedy the overbreadth of the speci

  • Jeffrey v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Kathryn L. Powers, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1418

    The Supreme Court overruled Durden v. State, 293 Ga. 89 2013, holding that a family violence aggravated assault verdict did not merge as a matter of law into a malice murder verdict as to the same v

  • Cordero v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheueli C. Wang Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Joshua D. Morrison, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorneys, 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: S14A1336

    The trial court properly declined to merge the defendant's conviction for cruelty to children arising from events that occurred on and between September 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007, with his felony

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  • Wetherington v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-02-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wetherington, Abbeville, proceeded pro se. J. David Miller, District Attorney, Jessica W. Clark, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S14A1525

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's motion for an out-of-time a from his convictions based on a guilty plea, as he failed to show that he had a right to file a timely direct a

  • Reynolds v. Reynolds

    Publication Date: 2015-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Selinda D. Handsford Handsford Law PC, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Martin M. Kendall The Kendall Law Firm PC, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1656

    The trial court erred in granting an order for service by publication of the husband's complaint for divorce, as he could have ascertained the wife's address through reasonably diligent efforts but

  • Whitfield v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2015-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Whitfield, Atlanta, proceeded pro se. Cathy Hampton, City Attorney, Veronica L. Hoffler, Assistant City Attorney, and Laura S. Burton City of Atlanta Law Dep't, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Zack Marsh Secure Parking Enforcement LLC, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S14A1882

    The trial court erred in considering the merits of the plaintiff's constitutional challenge to a city ordinance because he did not properly present the ordinance and it was not otherwise made part o

  • Babbage v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Musa M. Ghanayem Ghanayem Rayasam LLC, Mark J. Issa The Issa Law Firm PC, Atlanta, and Jonathon J. Majeske, Norcross, for Babbage. Anthony S. Carter, Public Defender, Monroe, for Hall. Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Gary D. Bergman, Charles C. Olson in Case No. S14A1286 only, Charles A. Spahos in Case No. S14A1286 only, and Joseph F. Burford in Case No. S14A1287 only Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, Atlanta, for State.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S14A1286; S14A1287

    Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole is an authorized punishment for murder under O.C.G.A. § 16-5-1 regardless of whether the State sought the death pe

  • Drake v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard M. Darden Darden Law Firm, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret E. Heap, District Attorney, Sarah L. Moorhead, Reginald C. Martin District Attorney's Office, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ryan A. Kolb, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A0935

    Statements the defendant made to officers in his first interview, prior to being Mirandized, were properly obtained and admissible, since the defendant was not in custody at the time he made