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  • McLeod v. Clements

    Publication Date: 2015-07-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Jerry McLeod, Boston, proceeded pro se. Bree O. Sullivan and Stephen R. Sullivan The Sullivan Firm LLC, Thomasville, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S14G1225

    The Court affirmed the trial court's grant of partial summary judgment in a dispute over the appellant's entitlement to water from a well on the appellee's land at no cost pursuant to a purported c

  • Oasis Goodtime Emporium I Inc. v. City of Doraville

    Publication Date: 2015-06-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan I. Begner, Cory G. Begner Begner Begner PC, G. Brian Spears, Atlanta, and Linda I. Dunlavy Dunlavy Law Group LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Bryan A. Dykes and Scott D. Bergthold Law Office of Scott D. Bergthold PLLC, Chattanooga, TN, for appellees.
    Case Number: S15A0146

    The City of Doraville's regulations related to sexually oriented businesses and alcohol sales did not violate the constitutional rights of the plaintiff, a restaurant featuring nude dance entertainm

  • Powers v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-06-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers and Long D. Vo Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, 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: S15A0504

    The trial court properly declined to give the defendant's requested jury ction on justification, since the record did not show that there was any evidence presented at trial to support such an

  • Bowden v. The Medical Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-06-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles A. Gower, Charles A. Gower Jr., and David T. Rohwedder Charles A. Gower PC, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott C. Crowley Crowley Law Firm LLC, Fortson, and Bobby L. Scott Fischer Scott LLC, Columbus, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Elizabeth S. Richards and Thomas L. Carnes III Clinton Harkins PC, Marietta.
    Case Number: S14G1632

    Where the subject matter of a lawsuit includes the validity and amount of a hospital lien for the reasonable charges for a patient's care, how much the hospital charged other patients, i or un

  • Considine v. Murphy

    Publication Date: 2015-06-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cecily Considine, Waleska, proceeded pro se. Johannes S. Kingma, Brian S. Spitler, and Christopher J. Hoffman Carlock, Copeland Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Stephen D. Kelley, Brunswick.
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    Case Number: S14G1202

    Dismissal of a law gainst the receivers appointed in a separate lawsuit was proper because the plaintiff failed to obtain leave from the trial court in the separate lawsuit before filing the la

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  • Dugger v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-05-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert M. Bearden Jr., Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: K. David Cooke Jr., District Attorney, Nancy S. Malcor, Jason M. Wilbanks, Assistant District Attorneys, Macon, 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: S15A0578

    The trial court did not err in instructing the jury to return separate verdicts on the charges of malice murder and felony murder, since the single murder count in the indictment clearly alleged the

  • Mosley v. Lancaster

    Publication Date: 2015-04-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geremy W. Gregory, Malissa A. Kaufold-Wiggins Balch Bingham LLP, Atlanta, James F. Nelson Jr. Nelson, Gillis Thomas LLC, Dublin, and Howard C. Kaufold Jr., Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert R. Cook Hendrix, Nelson Cook, and Ray C. Smith, Richmond Hill, for appellees. Other party representation: Thomas A. Peterson IV, Vidalia.
    Case Number: S14A1914

    The evidence supported the finding that the decedent had revoked her purported

  • Harvey v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd J. Matthews Public Defender's Office, Jonesboro, 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 Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1646

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting a mistrial and ordering a retrial when the defense violated a motion in limine, and the court properly denied the defendant's plea in bar bas

  • Woodard v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long D. Vo, Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Christopher R. Geel, Mount Pleasant, S.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Anna G. Cross, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, 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: S14A1532

    The Supreme Court overruled Heard v. State, 261 Ga. 262 1991, which held that O.C.G.A. § 16-3-21 subsection b 2—stating that the use of force in defense of oneself or others is not justified if the

  • State v. Chulpayev

    Publication Date: 2015-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick, and Joshua D. Morrison, Senior Assistant District Attorneys, Atlanta, for State. Tanya F. Miller and F. Renee Regard Rockwell, Atlanta, for Chulpayev.
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    Case Number: S14A1375; S14X1376

    The trial court failed to consider whether the defendant's statements were obtained in violation of his constitutional rights and whether a subsequent statement was thus inadmissible as fruit of the