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  • Lindsey v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Yurachek Mark Allen Yurachek & Assocs. and Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07A1220

    The trial court harmfully erred in allowing the prosecutor to question the defendant about his extensive misdemeanor arrest r

  • Fulton County v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie J. Lovett Jr., Overtis H. Brantley, Marina K. Duncan and Coy J. Johnson Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Gary Parker Public Defender Standards Council, Robert B. Remar, Thomas J. Mew IV Rogers & Hardin, Atlanta, Robert L. McGlasson McGlasson & Assocs. PC, Decatur, Henderson Hill and Jacob H. Sussman Ferguson, Stein, Chambers, Gresham & Sumter, Charlotte, NC, for appellee. Amicus appellant: James F. Grubiak, Kemuel A. Kimbrough, Atlanta, and Jeff S. Akins Bullock County Bd. of Comm'rs, Statesboro.
    Case Number: S07A1149

    O.C.G.A. § 15-6-24, which calls for a county to pay itemized expenses ordinarily incurred in a courtroom proceeding, does not expressly authorize the costs of transcribing telephone conversations at

  • Walker v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2007-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, and Chad E. Jacobs Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lucy J. Bell, Thomson, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07A0880

    The trial court's jury charge violated Edge v. State, 261 Ga. 865 1992-disapproving of sequential charges, which instruct the jury to consider voluntary manslaughter only if they have considered an

  • Hall v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft III, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jewel C. Scott, District Attorney, Billy J. Dixon, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07A0826

    An earlier identification has greater probative value than a courtroom identification, which can occur after the suggestion of others and the circumstances of trial may have intervened to create a

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell & Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Mary N. Kimmey, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07A1091

    Any error in the charge on eyewitness level of certainty was harmless, since the eyewitnesses knew the defendant before the m

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  • Dalton v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa L. Smith, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07A0955

    The evidence supported the jury's finding that the murder was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman, since the victim begged the defendant not to shoot her in front of her son and the v

  • Dykes Paving and Constr. Co. Inc. v. Hawk's Landing Homeowners Ass'n Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald L. Swift III, Robert M. Reeves Anderson, Tate & Carr PC, Lawrenceville, and Dennis P. Helmreich, Lexington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerald W. Brown Gordon & Brown, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07A0990

    A petition to quiet title cannot depend upon an eas

  • Rivera v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-07-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Teresa M. Schiefer Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Ctr., Holly L. Geerdes Geerdes & Kim LLC and Richard A. Malone Prosecuting Atty's Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S07P0151

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying a mistrial or failing to give curative instructions, based on the state's narrowly tailored and logical argument that the defendant presented

  • Arnold v. Arnold

    Publication Date: 2007-07-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Allison Jr., Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert A. Kunz, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07F0763

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to set aside the parties' settlement agreement, which was incorporated in the final jud

  • Hester v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-07-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James G. Tunison Jr., Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Bradfield M. Shealy District Attorney's Office, Valdosta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07A0878

    The state's alleged Brady violation did not require reversal, since the undisclosed evidence was not outcome determin