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  • Gibson v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-01-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin H. Eaves, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, Waycross, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A2084

    The evidence that the defendant had attempted to tie the victim up and threatened to cut her with a knife the day before the murder, and that the victim was stabbed to death in the defendant's apart

  • Fitzpatrick v. Madison Cnty. Bd. of Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barry L. Fitzpatrick, Danielsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael C. Pruett Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Athens, for appellees.
    Case Number: S12A1435

    The appellants were responsible for paying a filing fee to the superior court clerk pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 9-15-4 a in order for the county board of assessors to certify their appeal e valuatio

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory N. Crawford, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, David E. Perry, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Reginald C. Martin District Attorney's Office, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Clint C. Malcolm, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1793

    The defendant's trial was not fundamentally unfair because he was not prevented from challenging the evidence at

  • Lumpkin Cnty. v. Georgia Insurers Insolvency Pool

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelso C. Horne Jr., Joy L. Edelberg Horne & Horne PC, Dahlonega, and Peter R. Olson Olson Law LLC, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael J. Gorby, Jeffrey D. Cooper, Mary D. Peters, and Tony C. Jones Gorby, Peters, & Associates LLC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Daniel L. Studstill Studstill Firm LLP, Nashville, and Timothy M. Tanner Coleman Talley LLP, Valdosta.
    Case Number: S12A1451

    The trial court properly determined that Lumpkin County was not entitled to coverage for pending workers' compensation claims under the Georgia Insurers Insolvency Pool Act, since the County's net w

  • Sosniak v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles G. Haldi Jr. Ashway & Haldi LLP, and William A. Finch, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny A. Penn, District Attorney, Cumming, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0799

    Callaway v. State, 275 Ga. 332 2002, and Boseman v. State, 263 Ga. 730 1994, were overruled to the extent that they held that the denial of a pre-trial constitutional speedy trial claim may be direc

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  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John H. Bradley Public Defender's Office, Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gray, Stephen A. Bradley, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Eatonton, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Brittany N. Jones, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and DeLeigh P. Shelton District Attorney's Office, Milledgeville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0878

    The defendant fatally shot the victim after kicking in the door to his home and stealing money and mari

  • Registe v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-11-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Manubir S. Arora Arora & Lascala LLC, and Stephen R. Scarborough, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, and Laura J. Murphree Prosecuting Attorney's Council, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1190

    The statute addressing mandatory or voluntary disclosure of electronic communications records to the government, 18 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq., allows the voluntary release of non-content records, includ

  • Keever v. Dellinger

    Publication Date: 2012-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher P. Twyman Cox Byington Corwin & Twyman, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harry B. White White Choate Watkins & Mroczko LLC, Cartersville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S12A0865

    Some evidence supported the jury's finding that the appellant failed to prove he adversely possessed certain

  • Chatman v. Brown; Brown v. Chatman

    Publication Date: 2012-11-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S12A0674; S12X0675

    The habeas court erred in ruling that the state failed to establish the asportation requirement of Garza v. State, 284 Ga. 696 2008, and in overturning the defendant's conviction and sentence for ki

  • Ehlers v. Upper W. Side LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-11-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler C. Dixon Raiford & Dixon LLP, and Janet Litt Federal & Hasson LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leon A. Van Gelderen, Atlanta, and Kennon Peebles Jr., Buford, for appellees.
    Case Number: S12A0947

    The 7-year statute of limitation period applicable to reformation actions did not bar the appellee's suit seeking to reform a deed, which mistakenly described an 8-acre tract of land located in Fult