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  • Pollard v. Pollard

    Publication Date: 2005-03-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William O. Cox, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Francesca A. Rehal, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05F0160

    In the absence of a transcript, the evidence presumably supported the trial court's findings regarding the individual and marital contributions to the marital home during a couple's 10-year mar

  • Woods v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-02-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darel C. Mitchell, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A0448

    The legislature specifically enacted O. § 16-13-33 under the Controlled Substances Act to provide for potentially higher punishment than the general punishment provision for criminal attempt-O

  • Wallace v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-02-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice Brown, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Frank M. Gaither Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A0161

    A witness's testimony about a conversation her boyfriend had with the defendant on the afternoon after the murder was admissible as an adoptive admission, since the defendant affirmatively acknowled

  • Lanier v. Lanier

    Publication Date: 2005-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth P. Johnson McCorkle, Pedigo & Johnson LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gilbert L. Stacy, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04F1710

    Tier 1 railroad retirement benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act can be considered in calculating an alimony

  • Rakestrau v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh O. Morris Jr., Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, Bradford R. Pierce, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Frank M. Gaither Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A1625

    Trial counsel were not deficient for failing to interview and present a witness who gave a statement to police, implicating the defendant as the person who stabbed and killed the v

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  • Rice v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles J. Rice, Reidsville, proceeded pro se. Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, Clifford A. Sticher, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S04A1705

    The defendant had no right to a direct appeal from his guilty pleas to murder and armed robbery, since he did not develop his ineffective assistance of counsel claim in a post-plea he

  • Gerisch v. Meadows

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith E. Gerisch, Hardwick, proceeded pro se. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Julie A. Adams, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellant: James C. Bonner Jr., Sarah L. Gerwig Georgia Indigent Defense Council, and Mark A. Rogers Georgia Pub. Defender Standards Council, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: S04A1071

    Defense counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance in failing to raise a double jeopardy defense to a charge of aggravated battery, which arose from the same altercation that resulted

  • Morris v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher S. Warren, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, Sadhana Pandey, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A2022

    Any error in failing to serve defendant's new counsel with a written scientific was harmless where the state gave a copy of the to defendant's counsel and presented testimony about the

  • Gordon v. Whitwell

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth R. Francisco and John R. Francisco Sinnreich & Francisco, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth G. Lawrence The Fears Firm PC, Jackson, and Douglas R. Ballard Jr. Fears, Lawrence & Turner PC, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A1965

    The appellant was not entitled to a writ of prohibition because she could have challenged the underlying juvenile court orders through appropriate appellate r

  • Watson v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-11-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton and Joseph S. Key Sexton & Morris PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A1098

    Venue in Fulton county was appropriate, since the victim's body was found there and the evidence did not readily show where she was k