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  • Atlanta Indep. Sch. Sys. v. Atlanta Neighborhood Charter Sch. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-09-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Cox and Christopher J. Hoffman Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Rocco E. Testani and Lee A. Peifer Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: John J. Park Jr., Atlanta, Mariem L. Hubbard, Joshua P. Thompson, and Lana Harfoush Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, Calif.
    Case Number: S13A0987

    The plain language of the statutory funding formula set out in the Charter Schools Act of 1998, O.C.G.A. § 20-2-2068.1 subsection c, does not authorize a school system to deduct its unfunded pension

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-09-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon W. McClure Public Defender's Office, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford P. Bowden, District Attorney, Ronnie A. Wheeler District Attorney's Office, Tifton, 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: S13A1169

    Because the defendant's felony murder c was predicated on the felony of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, the trial court erred in sentencing him on the firearm possession c

  • Georgia Insurers Insolvency Pool v. Hulsey Envtl. Servs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-09-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Gorby, Mary D. Peters, Tony C. Jones, Amy C. M. Burns Gorby, Peters & Associates LLC, Atlanta, Thomas W. Jenkins, and Julie L. Young Locke Lord LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
    for defendant: Barbara H. Gallo, Jeffrey D. Horst, and Christopher E. Adams Krevolin & Horst LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Sidney L. Moore III, James D. Summerville Summerville Moore PC, C. Jeffrey Kaufman Kaufman Law PC, and Marvin L. Price, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S12G1470

    The Georgia Insurance Insolvency Pool lacked standing to challenge the 2010 amendment to O.C.G.A. § 33-36-20, which broadened its coverage to retroactively include the defendants' previously exclude

  • Boyd v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-09-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald G. Shedd Public Defender's Office, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Joshua D. Morrison, Senior Assistant District Attorneys, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A1128

    Witnesses identified the defendant as the man who left the scene of the victim's murder following a dispute between the men, and officers recovered unspent shell casings of the same make and caliber

  • Malloy v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thelma W. C. Moore Moore Law LLC, Dwight L. Thomas, Atlanta, and Mary K. Durant Durant Law LLC, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Nancy B. Allstrom, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Henry A. Hibbert, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Keith E. Adams, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0188

    An administrative law judge's civil ruling did not preclude the State's subsequent criminal prosecution of the defendant for two counts of Medicaid

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  • Wheeler v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan S. Raines Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret E. Heap, District Attorney, Anna Guardino, Donna R. Sims, Assistant District Attorneys, Savannah, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Brittany N. Jones, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0776

    A co-conspirator's testimony and the defendant's own admissions at trial were sufficient to establish his guilt of malice murder as a party to the

  • Barnes v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S13A0860

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's motion for appointment of counsel to assist him with the filing and presentation of a motion to withdraw his guilty plea, since the motion to withdra

  • State v. Grube

    Publication Date: 2013-06-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, LaFayette, and Alan C. Norton, Assistant District Attorney, Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: William D. Cunningham and Benjamin T. Bradford Wm. David Cunningham PC, LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12G1565

    Identification of a victim in an indictment by use of an alias or other name by which the victim is generally known sufficiently informs a defendan he victim's identity and apprises the defenda

  • Wellstar Health Sys. Inc. v. Jordan

    Publication Date: 2013-05-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry D. Green Jr., Mary P. Adams, and Daniel J. Moriarty Green & Sapp LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Amicus Appellants: Hunter S. Allen Jr., Simuel F. Doster Jr. Allen, McCain & O'Mahony PC, and Jason E. Bring Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Atlanta. Meri K. Benoit and Thomas W. Malone Malone Law Office, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellees: Gary P. Bunch, Carrollton.
    Case Number: S12G1629

    The trial court erred in granting a medical malpractice plaintiff's motion to compel the production of transcripts of ex parte physician interviews defense counsel conducted pursuant to a qualified

  • Jackson v. Sanomi

    Publication Date: 2013-05-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Venice R. Daley, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fred L. Cavalli Wilson, Morton & Downs LLC, and Michael R. Granims, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0508

    The superior court lacked jurisdiction to modify the foreign jurisdiction's custody order since the requirements of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act were not met and the ci