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  • Garrett v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. Lamb, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas C. Earnest, District Attorney, Megan A. Lane, Assistant District Attorney, Cuthbert, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Reggie A. Lampkin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1552

    The defendant admitted to police that he shot the victim, and the victim died from a bullet fired from the defendant'

  • Autrey v. Autrey

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan C. Manheim, Vic B. Hill and Brad E. Macdonald Hill-Macdonald LLC, Marietta, for appellee. Trinity M. Hundredmark Andersen, Tate & Carr PC, Duluth, and Judy C. King, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S10F1806

    Some evidence supported the trial court's ruling that the husband's domicile remained in Gwinnett county during the six months prior to the filing of the parties' divorce comp

  • Joiner v. Glenn

    Publication Date: 2010-11-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard R. Gignilliat and Sharon P. Morgan Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael J. Bowers and Geremy W. Gregory Balch & Bingham LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1267

    The adequate state remedy analysis applied to the plaintiff's liberty interest due process claim and the defendants did not violate the plaintiff's right to due process because a procedural remedy,

  • State v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2010-11-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for the state. William J. Atkins Atkins & Woods LLC, Atlanta, and David B. Fife, Lawrenceville, for Thompson.
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    Case Number: S10A0737; S10X0738

    The police officer murder defendant subjectively believed that he would lose his job, if he did not cooperate with the investigators from the Major Felony Unit and Internal Af

  • Miller v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Public Defender Standard's Council, Atlanta, and Timothy L. Eidson, Cordele, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, and Cheri L. Nichols, Assistant District Attorney, Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10G0670

    The suspension of the defendant's partial sentence revocation, upon completion of a substance abuse treatment program two days before the grant of his application for discretionary appeal mooted his

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  • Herrera v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin D. Goldberg The Bernstein Firm, Atlanta, and Michael R. McCarthy, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, Dalton, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1030

    The trial court did not err in refusing to excuse a juror who stated that he was biased against defendant because he was Hispanic, but then affirmed that he could set aside his feelings and decide t

  • Samuels v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-10-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara E. Meyers, Thomson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis C. Sanders, District Attorney, Durwood R. Davis, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Kevin R. Majeska, Assistant District Attorney, Thomson, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1710

    An officer's suggestion that he might, at some point, be willing to talk to the district attorney about the defendant's situation, did not constitute a reward of a lighter sentence and did not taint

  • Parker v. City of Glennville

    Publication Date: 2010-10-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph C. Kitchings Phillips & Kitchings, Ludowici, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hugh J. McCullough McCullough & Swindell PC, Glennville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S10A0937

    Section 30-8 of the city of Glennville's municipal code-prohibiting owners or residents of lots, areas or places located within the city to permit any weeds, grass or unhealthful growths to obtain a

  • Lucas v. Walker

    Publication Date: 2010-10-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore Mercer Law School, Macon, and J. Scott Key, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary B. Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1099

    The habeas court could not have made a determination from the defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus on his malice murder conviction's face that it was without

  • Thompson v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2010-10-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly A. Dymecki, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan C. Manheim, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10F1231

    The Court reiterated the "long-standing principle that one who has accepted benefits such as spousal support or equitable division of property under a divorce decree is estopped from seeking to set