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  • Gomillion v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-02-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael W. Tarleton Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Robert B. Bickerstaff II, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1617

    The search of the vehicle the defendant was driving when he was arrested was proper, because the vehicle's owner consented to the search and, even assuming that the defendant had a legitimate expect

  • Coppedge v. Coppedge

    Publication Date: 2016-02-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maxine Hardy, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth W. McBride Page Scrantom Sprouse Tucker Ford PC, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1450

    The trial court abused its discretion in holding husband in contempt for his failure to pay for his children's after-school and summer care expenses, since the language of the divorce decree was am

  • State v. Garland

    Publication Date: 2016-02-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shannon G. Wallace, District Attorney, and Cliff Head, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: William G. Quinn III Willis Quinn PC, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1562

    The habeas court did not err in granting habeas relief to the petitioner on the ground of ineffective assistance of first appellate counsel, because appellate counsel performed deficiently in, inte

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-02-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sentelle Williams, Oglethorpe, proceeded pro se. Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Zina B. Gumbs, Assistant District Attorneys, Tamara L. Ross District Attorney's Office, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew M. Youn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S15A1857

    The defendant was not entitled to raise an ineffective assistance of appellate counsel claim, because the record clearly showed that shortly after appellate counsel was appointed, the defendant made

  • GeorgiaCarry.Org Inc. v. James

    Publication Date: 2016-02-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert W. Hunter III, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1901

    Because one appellant's claim for costs and attorney fees in a mandamus action was moot and the other appellant lacked standing, it was incumbent upon the trial court to dismiss their claims, and th

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  • Smith v. Ashford

    Publication Date: 2016-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tom Pye, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana C. Ashford The Ashford Law Firm LLC, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: S15A1515

    The probate court erred in finding that, under the terms of his will, the decedent failed to exercise the testamentary power of appointment granted him by an irrevocable trust and in consequently re

  • Wiggins v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long D. Vo Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Scott O. Teague, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1729

    The trial court denied the defendant his constitutional right to self-representation when, after the defendant unequivocally asserted the right, the trial court proceeded to trial, leaving counsel i

  • McFarlane v. McFarlane

    Publication Date: 2016-01-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marsha W. Mignott The Mignott Law Group LLC, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert J. Hunter Hunter, Weinstein Somerstein LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1704

    The trial court erred in failing to incorporate a permanent parenting plan in its modification

  • Welch v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth W. Sheppard, Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew Min-soo Youn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1393

    The Court partially vacated the defendant's convictions and remanded the case for resentencing, because the trial court erred in merging a possession of a firearm by a convicted felon count into a m

  • State v. Lewis

    Publication Date: 2015-11-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Anna G. Cross, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael L. Brown, Angela Adams, Bernard Taylor, and Kacy Brake Alston Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Neutral Amicus: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore Mercer Law School, Macon, and J. Scott Key Miller Key PA, McDonough.
    Case Number: S15G0666

    Although it was the court's responsibility—not the State's—to determine whether the defendant breached a negotiated plea agreement by not testifying truthfully in his co-defendants' s, th