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  • Merlino v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2008-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S07A1271

    A jury question remained as to whether the defendants could be held liable for creating a continuing nuisance, since some evidence showed that defendants plugged an underground drainage pipe on thei

  • Martinez v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-02-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S07A1633

    The defendant admitted to police that he shot the victim to death because the victim kept staring a

  • Cornwell v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-02-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S07A1559

    The defendant could not complaint that the state's chemical testing violated his Fourth Amendment rights, since he was arrested based on probable cause and the state complied with the implied co

  • McKnight v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-02-08
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    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S07A1906

    Crawford v. Washington, 541 U. S. 36 2004, did not apply to admission of a witness's prior inconsistent statements to a detective through the detective's testimony, since the witness testifi

  • Carter v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-02-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S08A0112

    The magistrate had probable cause to issue the warrant authorizing the state to take a blood sample from the defe

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  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-02-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S07A1324

    The defendant was not entitled to impeach a witness with a discrepancy relating to a wholly immaterial m

  • Wood v. Wood

    Publication Date: 2008-01-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S07F1474

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in determining that a home in Tattnall county was t e's separate property, since the husband quitclaimed any interest he had in the property to

  • Monroe County v. Georgia Power Co.

    Publication Date: 2008-01-25
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    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S07G1156

    The tax commissioner's system of apportionment accords with the use of a unit tax method for taxing Georgia public util

  • Voyles v. McKinney

    Publication Date: 2008-01-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S07A1810

    The appellant's mandamus petition based on a municipal court judge's failed to rule on his motions was premature, since the 90-day ruling period set forth in O.C.G.A. § 15-6-21 b had no

  • Britt v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-12-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christine A. Koehler Koehler & Riddick LLC, Lawrenceville, and Walter M. Britt Chandler, Britt, Jay & Beck LLC, Buford, for Britt. Robert B. Remar, Thomas J. Mew IV Rogers & Hardin LLP, Gary Parker Public Defenders Standards Council, Atlanta, and Robert L. McGlasson McGlasson & Assocs. PC, Decatur, for Georgia Pub. Defender Standards Council. Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for Ramseur. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Jeanette J. Fitzpatrick, Richard A. Vandever and Thomas J. Ludlam, Assistant District Attorneys, Lawrenceville, for the state. Walter M. Britt Chandler, Britt, Jay & Beck LLC, Buford, Henderson Hill and Jacob H. Sussman Ferguson, Stein, Chambers, Gresham & Sumter , Charlotte, N.C., for Sanders and others.
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    Case Number: S07A0912; S07A1023; S07A1024

    The trial court erred in failing to quash subpoenas, which would have required the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council "1 to reveal the names and pay rates of all experts from indigent capita