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  • Statham v. Kelly

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald R. Donovan Donovan Chambers PC, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jay I. Shreenath, Austell, for appellees.
    Case Number: S03A1041

    A reversionary interest contingent on the grantee's use of property for a personal residence was a nullity since its constituted a restraint on alienation, which was repugnant to the grantee's fee s

  • State v. Walker

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and Katherine Diamandis, Assistant Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jackie G. Patterson, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03G0431

    The City Court of Atlanta, which was authorized and created as a non-uniform court, is not subject to the venue provisions of the Georgia Constit

  • Gurley v. East Atlanta Land Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. Gurley Gurley Professional Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: C. Terry Blanton Perrie & Cole LLC and Richard C. Freeman III, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0913

    O.C.G.A. § 23-3-43 does not restrict the right to a jury trial in cases involving quia timet against all the world-such as quiet title cases arising out of tax

  • Manuel v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Edward Marks Jr., Loganville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Alan A. Cook, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0780

    The trial court properly admitted similar transaction evidence that the defendant committed an armed robbery three years earlier to show the defendant's course of co

  • Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP v. Henry

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Lane Young II and Debra E. LeVorse Hawkins & Parnell LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Christopher L. Casey J. Huey Henry PC, and Regina M. Quick, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02G1248

    A client was presumably entitled to discover a memorandum prepared by his co which summarized conversations with opposing co

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  • Convergys Corp. v. Keener

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dana F. Braun Callaway, Braun, Riddle & Hughes PC, Savannah, Grant S. Cowan, Sheryl G. Snyder and Griffin T. Sumner Frost, Brown Todd LLC, Louisville, Ky., for appellant.
    for defendant: Wade W. Herring II and Colin A. B. McRae Hunter, MacLean, Exley & Dunn PC, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03Q0400

    Georgia courts will not enforce restrictive covenants which are contrary to Georgia public p

  • George v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. Strauss, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0545

    Defendant's convictions for malice murder and aggravated assault involving different victims did not

  • Salyers v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ramon J. Fajardo, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Elberton, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0690

    The trial court adequately covered the law on "cooling time" when it charged that the killing could be attributed to murder if there was a sufficient interval between the provocation and the killing

  • Shiver v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody D. Peterman, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Valdosta, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0144

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion by failing to sua sponte excuse for cause a juror who was the father of an assistant district attorney, since the juror said he would judge the case sole

  • Daniels v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight L. Thomas and Caprice R. Jenerson, Atlanta, 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 Jr., Attorney General, and Jennifer S. Gill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0454

    Evidence that defendant and the victim's girlfriend argued on the day before the victim's murder was relevant and admissible to show defendant's motive since defendant, the girlfriend and the victim