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  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-02-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam M. Hames The Hames Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Jesse D. Evans, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Bikoff, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Lawrence W. Daniel, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S14A0158

    Given the overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt, any error in the admission of similar transaction evidence was har

  • Stevenson v. City of Doraville

    Publication Date: 2013-11-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Marcus Edward Howard Pope & Howard PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harvey S. Gray Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Susan J. Moore Georgia Municipal Association, Atlanta, and James R. Westbury Jr., Griffin.
    Case Number: S12G1316

    The public duty doctrine's limitation on liability is restricted to cases involving police nonfea not police misfea

  • Alexander v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine T. Parvis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A1562

    The trial court did not improperly comment on the evidence when it sought to clarify a witness's testimony regarding her pre-trial statement to p

  • Sears v. Humphrey

    Publication Date: 2013-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert P. Edwards Jr, Jarrod F. Loadholt, and Katheryn E. Klimko Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Sabrina D. Graham, and Mitchell P. Watkins, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0670

    It was not reasonably likely that the new mitigating evidence presented in the defendant's habeas proceedings would have resulted in a different trial outcome other than his death sen

  • Rehman v. Belisle

    Publication Date: 2013-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S13A1605

    The trial court properly dismissed an action challenging a city ordinance, as the plaintiff failed to perfect service on any defendant and the defendants timely raised insufficiency of service as a

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  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-10-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua D. Earwood, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosemary M. Greene, District Attorney, Cartersville, Stewart D. Bratcher, Assistant District Attorney, Calhoun, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine T. Parvis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A1298

    The defendant entered a bookstore, which the victim owned and operated, waited until she was alone, then stabbed her to death, taking rings off of her fingers and money from the cash reg

  • Ellery v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-10-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence W. Daniel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Jesse D. Evans, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Bikoff, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A1391

    The surviving victim identified the defendant as one of two men who came into his nephew's home, fatally shot his nephew, shot the surviving victim in the chest, then shot his own penis while trying

  • Moss v. City of Dunwoody

    Publication Date: 2013-10-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S13A1105

    A city of Dunwoody ordinance providing for an occupation tax on attorneys who maintain an office and practice law in the city did not violate the constitution on the challenged grounds, as it does n

  • Moore v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-10-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen M. Reba, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, 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: S13A0700

    Because the State could not seek the death penalty against th ndant due to his age and authority to seek the death penalty was a prerequisite for imposition of a life sentence without parole, t

  • Rutter v. Rutter

    Publication Date: 2013-10-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam M. Hames The Hames Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, Jennifer S. Gill, and Roger M. Johnson Bray & Johnson, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Vic B. Hill, Brad E. MacDonald Hill-MacDonald LLC, Robert K. Abbott Jr., and Parri S. Abbott Abbott & Abbott, Marietta, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Wayne R. Allen Office of Legislative Counsel, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S12G1915

    Senate Bill 316 Ga. L. 2000, p. 875, § 2 eliminated the curtilage exception set forth in O.C.G.A. § 16-11-6