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  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-05-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee W. Fitzpatrick Lee W. Fitzpatrick & Assocs., Kennesaw, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, Christopher R. Johnson, James A. Dooley, Assistant District Attorneys, Douglasville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Laura D. Dyes, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07A0116

    The defendant's two armed robbery convictions merged, since there was only one v

  • Mathis v. Mathis

    Publication Date: 2007-05-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen D. Barr Barr & Warner, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carl S. Pedigo Jr. McCorkle, Pedigo & Johnson LLP, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07F0312

    Conflicting evidence concerning the value of the parties' assets, as well as their premarital and marital contributions, supported the trial court's equitable division of their marital pro

  • Mathis v. Mathis

    Publication Date: 2007-04-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen D. Barr Barr & Warner, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carl S. Pedigo Jr. McCorkle, Pedigo & Johnson LLP, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07F0312

    Conflicting evidence concerning the value of the parties' assets, as well as their premarital and marital contributions, supported the trial court's equitable division of their marital pro

  • Pearson v. Tippmann Pneumatics Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Warshauer and Steven R. Thornton Warshauer, Thomas, Thornton & Rogers PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jonathan R. Freidman, McLendon W. Garrett McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, and Mark J. Hill, Philadelphia, Penn., for appellee.
    Case Number: S06G1139

    The plaintiffs clearly objected to the trial court's recharge on the grounds that the recharge was confusing, misleading and contrary to the law both before and after the trial court gave the recha

  • Horne v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian L. Daly Daly, Bowen & Calhoun, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Ann M. Elmore, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Edwina M. Watkins, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A1791

    An eyewitness identified the defendant as the man who put a gun to the murder victim's head and forced him to his knees moments before she heard a gu

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  • Guyton v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Newell McAfee Hamilton Jr. and Anthony L. Harrison, Brunswick, for Guyton. Ronald E. Harrison II, Brunswick, for Cooper. Grayson P. Lane, Brunswick, for Jones. Alan D. Tucker, Brunswick, for King. Kevin R. Gough, Brunswick, for Preston. Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Charles K. Higgins, Leslie K. Devooght, Assistant District Attorneys, Brunswick, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Laura D. Dyes and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S06A1532; S06A1533; S06A1534; S06A1535; S06A1537

    Although the state's felony murder and burglary case against the five defendants depended on accomplice testimony, the state presented additional corroborating testimony from the victim's girlfriend

  • Barton v. Barton

    Publication Date: 2007-01-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. Garcia, Evans, for Earl Barton. Timothy S. Mirshak Mirshak & Smith, Augusta, for Patricia Barton.
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    Case Number: S06F2159, S06X2160

    A trial court is not bound by the value of stock set forth in a buy-sell provision of a closely-held corporation's stockholder agreement, when placing a value on such stock for purposes of dividing

  • Garnett v. Murray

    Publication Date: 2007-01-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ruby M. Grant, August, proceeded pro se. Michelle M. Rothenberg-Williams and Malissa A. Kaufold-Wiggins Balch & Bingham LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S06A2101

    Trial courts have discretion to shorten the time period for responding to a motion to di

  • Rackoff v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-12-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert W. Chestney The Chestney-Hawkins Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor General, Gary S. Vey, Assistant District Attorney, Jeffrey K. Kwiatkowski, Robert A. King, Rosanna M. Szabo and Lisa M. Moultrie, Assistant Solicitors General, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06G0357

    The DUI defendant was not entitled to consult with an attorney before deciding whether to submit to a breath

  • Radford v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-12-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia F. Angeli, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jewel C. Scott, District Attorney, Melvin E. Abercrombie, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A1851

    Trial counsel was not deficient for strategically deciding to present a justification defense, rather than presenting evidence that Radford suffered from paranoid schizop