• Moreland v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ladell Moreland, Sparta, proceeded pro se. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S09A1839

    A petition to vacate or modify a judgment of conviction is not recognized as an appropriate remedy in a criminal

  • Roberts v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victor Roberts, Sparta, proceeded pro se. Scott L. Ballard, District Attorney, and Robert W. Smith Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S09A1451

    A motion to vacate is not one of the established procedures for challenging the validity of a judgment in a criminal

  • Loadholt v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jehan Y. El-Jourbagy Haygood, Lynch, Harris, Melton & Watson, Forsyth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard G. Milam, District Attorney, Forsyth, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A1995

    The 9-year delay between the defendants convictions for murder and two firearms offense and his appeal did not prejudice the appeal as the enumerations raised therein were without merit and there ca

  • State v. CityplaceMurray

    Publication Date: 2010-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, CityplaceAtlantafor appellant. Brian A. Hobbs, CityCantonand Leighton R. Berry Jr., CityplaceAtlantafor appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S10M0390

    The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over an action, if the underlying action is a murder case, regardless of whether the order appealed is based on facts, which have some bearing in the underlying c

  • Hotels.com v. City of Columbus

    Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry A. Buchanan Buchanan & Land, Columbus, Edward K. Smith and Robin A. Schmahl Jones Day, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William U. Norwood III, Michael L. McGlamry, Neal K. Pope, Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, Robert M. Travis, John R. Bielema Jr. Michael P. Carey Bryan, Cave, Powell & Goldstein, Atlanta, Charles N. Pope, Wade H. Tomlinson III and Paul Kilpatrick Jr. Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A0906

    The trial court did not err in basing hotel occupancy taxes, which an on-line travel company owes to the City of Columbus, on the hotel rate it charged to its customers, rather than the lower wholes

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  • Leggette v. Leggette

    Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wilbur T. Gamble III Collier & Gamble LLP, Dawson, for appellant.
    for defendant: W. Edward Meeks Jr., Leesburg, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A1503

    The trial court exceeded its authority in modifying the parties' final divorce decree on r

  • In the Interest of C. B.

    Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William L. Reilly, Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joe W. Hendricks Jr., District Attorney, and Warren S. Summers Sr., Assistant District Attorney, Ellijay, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A1749

    O.C.G.A. § 16-12-4 is not unconstitutionally

  • Ruiz v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A0821

    The trial court harmlessly erred in giving an erroneous charge regarding the defendant's silence using the language of O.C.G.A. § 24-3-36, since the charge as a whole was clear enough not to mislead

  • Harold v. Harold

    Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne S. Tartline and Melanie M. Norvell Bovis, Kyle & Burch LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashley D. Bell and William M. B. Parrish Bell & Washington LLP, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A1854

    O.C.G.A. § 19-5-8 prohibits default judgments in divorce, alimony and child custody ac

  • City of Sandy Springs v. Kaplan

    Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew J. Whalen III, Leigh C. Hancher The Whalen Law Firm, LLP, Griffin, Wendell K. Willard Willard & Sullivan and Matthew C. Welch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Russell D. King King & Yalkin LLP, Marietta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: William F. Riley Jr., Scott T. Hastey, Johns Creek, Cecil G. McLendon Jr. and Leonid M. Felgin, Marietta.

    Case Number: S09A1187

    The Court remanded the plaintiffs' nuisance and trespass case to the trial court for clarification of its order denying the city's motion for summary jud