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  • Smith v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2009-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Faith E. Shoemaker-Shiffert, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Felita M. Smith, Douglasville, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: S08F1706

    The husband's retirement account remained his separate property, despite the parties' remar

  • McDowell v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A1777

    The jury was entitled to disbelieve the defendant's self-serving claims of justific

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A1496; S08A1581

    Trial counsel had sound tactical reasons for not objecting to every improper statement the prosecution made during cl

  • Acevedo v. Kim f/k/a Acevedo

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A0798

    Weaver v. Jones, 260 Ga. 493 1990 decided the question of whether father's petition seeking a declaratory judgment as to his obligation for past child support stated a claim for r

  • Morris v. Morris n/k/a Surges

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A1372

    Absent a transcript, the trial court was presumably correct in finding the husband in contempt for failing to comply with the prov of his divorce decree as it related to property div

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  • Jowers v. Washington

    Publication Date: 2008-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A0758

    The defendant's 1999 sentencing order substantially complied with O.C.G.A. § 42-8-34.1's requirements for a ' "special condition of probation," ' authorizing sentenci

  • Baker v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A1678

    The defendant shot the victim in the chest and stood over the victim, threatening to shoot him in the back of the head, if he moved

  • Miller v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A1143

    The defendant fired a gun into a vehicle during an attempted robbery and two of the bullets passed through the intended victim and into his accomplice, who died of his w

  • Savior v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A0807

    The defendant shot a bystander, while trying to shoot a man, whom he had argued with earlier at a nigh

  • Baldwin v. Bedford

    Publication Date: 2008-10-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A1041

    The habeas court properly dismissed the appellant's habeas petition for failure to name the proper defe